Soho Poly releases free KS4 theatre education pack

The Soho Poly has released a free education pack for GCSE and A Level students studying Drama and English. 

Unpacking the history of the Soho Poly venue, the pack also takes a look at the future of theatre, covering topics such as sustainability, disability, neurodiversity, ethnic minority participation, queer spaces and community theatre. 

There are a number of activities for students throughout the resource, for example a page encouraging young people to imagine their own theatre and imagine how they would market this. Another exercise looks at the casting of roles in a play to ensure that they are representative of minorities. 

The pack includes a list of 50 different jobs that students wishing to enter the theatre industry may be wanting to pursue. 

Alongside the education pack, the venue hopes to launch a smartphone guided walking tour that will reanimate the key spaces from the post-war alternative theatre movement inside the Soho Poly. 

Discussing the resource Dr Matthew Morrison, senior lecturer in Creative Writing and creative producer of the Soho Poly, told D&T: 'One of the best things about working on this education pack was learning more about the lived experience of a really diverse group of theatre practitioners. We’re so pleased to include their stories here.'

Soho Poly theatre is supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Find the education pack and more information about the Soho Poly here.