Reviews: Drama Menu, Second Helpings

A good collection of drama exercises and games can be worth their weight in gold. Many teachers and practitioners will be familiar with Glyn Trefor-Jones' Drama Menu, a rich resource that offers a little more than one-off games for fun and is hugely accessible.

Trefor-Jones is back with the aptly named Drama Menu, Second Helpings and, let's face it, who isn't a fan of seconds? The format is similar to the first book with the ‘Appetisers’ offering warm-up games and exercises to focus and energise the group. This time, they have been split into ‘Circle Appetisers’ and ‘Non-Circle’ versions. This specifity is very useful for the way that most of us teach or run workshops. Some of these exercises are well-known crowd pleasers, though there are others more left-field suggestions which would work well with all age groups.