Free at-home drama resources for teachers and parents/guardians

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Disclaimer: Although we have done our best to suggest resources from reputable sources, we recommend that you check the full content before using with children.

• Drama Online is offering the National Theatre Collection for Schools to UK state schools and FE colleges for free.
  
  
• The Old Vic has an extensive range of free resource packs based on previous productions, such as King Lear, Jekyll & Hyde, The Crucible, The Winter’s Tale and many more.
  
  
• The Watermill Theatre has a huge list of free downloadable education packs for a range of productions. They're designed to complement a school theatre visit, but activities and worksheets can be adapted for online or at-home learning. 
  
  
• Live-recorded at Half Moon Theatre, Dust is showing for free on 15 February at 9am. It's perfect for children aged 4-9. 
  
  
• Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has over 300 free resources for children and young people learning about Shakespeare.
  
  
• Shakespeare’s Globe has a ‘Playing Shakespeare’ production of Romeo and Juliet available to watch for free on YouTube until the end of February, including free resources. The Globe’s ‘Teach Shakespeare’ site is also full of free resources.
  
  
• The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has announced a host of free resources for children, young people and teachers working online. Read our round-up. 
  
  
• New Adventures has a host of resources and exercises for choreography and devising, suitable for Primary Years upwards.
  
  
• Theatre Centre is offering a range of online resources, including a free writing course for young people aged 11–16.
  
  
• Vamos Theatre has created a free resource entitled 'Creating Theatre Online'. The Tweet about it says you can access it by emailing learning@vamostheatre.co.uk.
   
• Curve Theatre recently launched a new educational initiative for lockdown, with free sessions available for all ages in a range of subjects. Curve Classroom is available on their website or on YouTube.
  
  
• Chichester Theatre Festival has created ‘CFT At Home’ with plenty of fun activities and resources, including tutorials on puppetry, dance and playwriting.
  
  
• Open Drama UK has a PDF of 'Top Tips for Teaching Drama Online' by Jenny Cameron available to download on its website. Simply input your name and email address for access. 
  
  
• Arts on the Move has pages of Drama Games, Drama Methods, and Creative Resources, ideal for a variety of ages to do at home. 
  
  
• The School Musicals Co is currently offering free packs of Songs and Scenes, Monologues and Duologues from their musicals, great for enjoying at home. They’ve also written a useful blog post entitled ‘All the Home’s a Stage: What Role Can Drama Play in Remote Learning?’
  
  
• National Youth Theatre produces resource packs each year to support its REP Season, which are available to download and can be adapted for online learning. They've also released 'Playing with rhymes and stories' for KS1 containing four video lessons, each around 15 minutes long. 
  
  
• Oak National Academy has Tweeted an update about its KS1-3 Drama provision. 
  
  
• The Lowry has launched a timetable of free creative activities to support positive mental health in lockdown.
  
  
• Masterclass is offering a free filmed version of Cookies by Emily Jenkins, accompanied by KS4 and KS5 learning resources.
  
  
• BBC Bitesize's GCSE Drama section includes extensive online resources for AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, OCR, and other exam boards.  
  
  
• University of Leeds is currently offering a free course, ‘Physical Theatre: Exploring the Slap’. It’s 2 hours a week for 2 weeks, focusing on Meyerhold’s form of physical theatre, biometrics and ‘The Slap’.
  
  
• Unicorn Theatre has made available six stories in its series: Philip Pullman’s Grimm Tales Online – new theatrical readings based on the book by Philip Pullman. The videos are free on YouTube until 31 March 2021. There are also many other free digital theatre activities for children on the website.
  
  
• Kneehigh is producing ‘The Shadow Kit’, which combines access to a new short film the company created during the first lockdown with a practical educational toolkit.
  
  
• The MAC has created an Art at Home activity pack for all ages, available to download until 31 March. Six artists have been involved in its creation, including Alice Malseed, writer and theatre maker, and Keith Singleton, actor and voice over artist. 
  
  
• Burts Drama features 30 remote learning lessons for drama, all of which are free to use. The website also includes a Drama Teacher's Toolkit and a section of leadership in Drama. 
  
  
• Third Angel theatre has 'The Film Room' featuring their short films available to watch online for free. There are lots of productions to choose from. 
  
  
• Royal and Derngate has a 'Get Involved' page listing plenty of ways to do just that, including links to the theatre's Creative Learning page, as well as shows and activities for streaming at home. 
  
  
• Trestle Theatre released a series of #TrestleChallenges on social media during the first lockdown. They are available to watch and use as video resources on the website.
  
  
• Mousetrap has also done something similar in a project called ‘Every Home a Theatre’. The videos are available to watch online for free.
  
  
• Birmingham Hippodrome’s Learning and Participation Team has put together some learning packs for teachers and parents/guardians, including activities suitable SEND, Early Years, KS1 and older students.
  
  
• Watermans Arts Centre have a YouTube channel which includes a playlist called ‘Myths and Adventures from Ancient Greece’, specially created for children learning at home.
  
  
• Punchdrunk has created Our Home Story, a free story writing and storytelling project for families to enjoy at home, including videos, activity sheets and audio. Read our news story here. 
  
  
• Cheek by Jowl provides three free education packs for Measure for Measure, Approaching Shakespeare and The Winter’s Tale, all including a full-length film and comprehensive education resources. Suitable for GCSE/BTEC students upwards.
  
  
• Northern Broadsides is offering a range of free Education Packs for their productions, including 1984, Much Ado About Nothing, Cyrano, Hamlet and others.
  
  
• Little Angel Theatre’s website features plenty of fun drama activities for children ages 3–11.
  
  
• The Drama Geezers have two creative online projects for at-home drama learning.
  
  
• Speech Bubbles Practitioners have created some free drama resources for children at home or school, available on the London Bubble website.
  
  
• Red Rose Chain is offering free access to Alice in Wonderland, accompanied by an activity pack for primary school children.
  
  
• Official London Theatre has a ‘Family Theatre Fun’ page, filled with resources for children at home.
  
  
• TuneUp Arts has an updated page of free resources for registered schools including assemblies, 5-minute activities for developing artistic skills and free digital content available to stream. 

• North West Drama is offering an animated 'Dream at Home' resource page, guiding students through A Midsummer Nights Dream in 5 steps.