Review

CPD review: Teach Woyzeck for A Level Drama

This session from We Teach Drama is 'full of useful tips for approaching a difficult text with your students', says reviewer Freddie Machin.
 Thomas Pickles as Woyzeck wth the community ensemble of Birmingham Rep theatre
Thomas Pickles as Woyzeck wth the community ensemble of Birmingham Rep theatre - Graeme Braidwood

Woyceck is tough. I didn’t study it at A Level and have since managed to get through a career in the theatre without having read or seen it once (hangs head in shame). So ahead of my CPD session with We Teach Drama I sat down to read it for the first time.

And it’s tough. On first impression, it seems to behave more like poetry than narrative – rich, distant, complex. The story itself is written so simply that it has this sort of mythic quality. It’s violent, tragic and morally challenging. There are many strange characters and a palpable feeling of threat throughout.

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