Review: Introduction to The Paper Birds CPD Course

How great to see a room full of 20 plus teachers and practitioners being funded by their CPD budgets for ‘An Introduction to The Paper Birds.’ The company, famed for its excellent, engaging and accessible work, offered two practical workshops in October 2024, one in Hammersmith at The Lyric Theatre and one at Sheffield Theatres. There were a range of teachers, performers and facilitators here to develop devising and verbatim work for GCSE, A-Level and BTEC courses. The workshop itself focuses on five aspects of Paper Bird's work, namely: Verbatim, Character/Narrative, Movement, Exposing the Process and Motif. The experience was a fantastic practical exploration where we put ourselves into our student's shoes, making use of energy and hard work, in an atmosphere of warmth and safety in the room.