Ribbon of Silver History through drama All too often the craft

All too often the craft of playwriting is overlooked in the curriculum

Lesson 21: creative writing

In discussion with students

Speech is the act of turning raw sound into language

adapt and sustain telling a story supported by simple props

Ribbon of Silver History through drama All too often the craftThis article gives some background to the aims and objectives of Theatre Powys Companys TIE programme, Ribbon of Silver. It then offers some approaches for the individual classroom teacher who wishes to further explore the material. The elements of a participatory TIE programme (text, story, theatre image, dramatic action, role, carefully selected settings, objects, perhaps music) are combined with drama conventions to create the fictive context and