A curriculum of change: Bloomsbury's Lit in Colour project

A core theme in the conference programme for the 2023 Music & Drama Education Expo in London is the diversification of the curriculum, as qualifications across the arts seek to redress the long historic imbalance in representation of cultures in studied set works.

Sessions in the music programme include keynotes on decolonising instrumental teaching and the anti-racist music studio; while in the drama programme delegates will discover storytelling from Ghana and the Caribbean. They’ll also hear from drama educators at the heart of a campaign to increase students’ access to texts by writers of colour and from ethnic minority backgrounds.

On Day 1 of the show, at 10.15am, we’ll hear from Hannah Khalil, writer in residence at Shakespeare’s Globe, where her new play Hakawatis, currently in performance, explores the importance of storytelling and representation on stage in a reimagining of the ancient tales of 1001 Nights.