Devised Theatre
Devising in the Drama Classroom
Q&A with Pilar OrtiLindsay Price talked with Pilar Orti, author of Your Handy Companion to Devising and Physical Theatre, about her experiences with devising in the drama classroom. Here are some...
Devised Theatre
Build original work as an ensemble.
Devised theatre gives students the chance to create, collaborate, experiment, and shape performance pieces from the ground up.
Devised Theatre
Devising Challenge: One-Minute Word Association
Devising a brand-new piece of theatre from scratch can be exciting, overwhelming, or just plain scary for students. It can be challenging for students to narrow their focus when there are literally...
Devised Theatre
Devising Exercises for the Drama Classroom
What is devising? The hallmarks of a devised theatre piece is that it: • does not start with a script, it start with a idea/concept/topic • is a collaborative creation • there are no traditionally...
Devised Theatre
Devising Exercise: Playing With Change
“Devising: A project that starts with an idea/concept/source material rather than a completed script” The culminating activity for collaboration in the drama classroom is to have your students work...
Devised Theatre
Devising and Physical Theatre
Episode 110: Devising and Physical Theatre Pilar Orti talks about how you can devise (create theatre from an idea) using physical theatre. How do you find stimulus for a piece, explore that...