MED
Theatre Education
Our
aim at MED Theatre is to encourage young people to be inspired by
their local surroundings and to go on to create original and exciting
new pieces of work. We are constantly forming new relationships
with schools across the South West, as well as developing out of
school projects with local young people. With a new Education
Officer MED Theatre are currently engaged in an exciting period
of change.
If
you would like to know more, or are interested in booking any education
projects, please contact our Education Officer, using the email
link at the bottom of this page, or call
on 01647 441356.
Wild
Nights Young Company filming on location
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- Teignmouth
Community College's
gifted and talented pupils wrote, acted and directed in a superb
series of short plays when they took part in MED Theatre's Play
in a Day workshop.
- West
Exe Technology College students are
coming to Moretonhampstead! Having taken part in the Snow Responses
workshop, designed to accompany MED Theatre’s community play Snow,
the year 10 students worked on building a character which they
have been developing and will bring to a MED audience this term.
- Braunton
School and Community College are
bringing together students from two other schools in north Devon
to experience a film-day workshop in June. Watch this space for
further details!
- Bovey
Tracey Primary School students
perform the Dartmoor myth of Elfrida using drama, song and dance
to tell the tragic story to family, friends and fellow school
students. This course was made possible, thanks to the Helen Foundation's
input.
- In partnership
with the launch of the groundbreaking new Dartmoor Resource website
(www.dartmoorresource.co.uk)
MED Theatre is offering a brand new web and drama based workshop
for primary and secondary schools which makes links between the
history, ecology, folklore and community of Dartmoor.
Last
Term...
- Exeter
University MA students
in Applied Drama formed small "community theatre companies"
for a day's workshop when MED Theatre led them through the process
of reating a community project.
- For Coombeshead
Community College's film week in February, MED Theatre
worked with twelve year 8 pupils to create a dramatic short film
of their own interepretation of Macbeth.
- Chagford
and Okehampton Primary schools
have been part of the Dartmoor Resource project by creating and
dramatising their own contemporary Dartmoor myths through exciting
shadow puppet shows. Visit www.dartmoorresource.co.uk
to see their work.
- Over
the last two terms MED Theatre has worked with Hatherleigh,
Exbourne, Boasley Cross and Northlew Primary Schools. MED
Theatre led a series of creative writing courses at the host school
Hatherleigh for gifted and talented students in years 3&4
and years 5&6.
- There
is a film and
resource book on the transition to 'big school' available to primary
schools: they were created during the project Rumours
that MED Theatre worked on with students from Clyst
Vale Community College, in the summer term 2008.
MEDIA
NEWS! The short film The Children's Castle
written and produced by Wild Nights Young Company has been accepted
for the View From Here 2008 Talent Show Case.

The
Children's Castle.
The
performance , 2007
NEW
WORKSHOPS!
SNOW
RESPONSES
In
conjunction with MED Theatre’s community play Snow
, sponsored by the Met Office, about the extreme weather conditions
of the winter of 1962/63, students will be led in a workshop exploring
the themes of snow, past memories, and capturing moments in history
through drama. The changing climate in our locality will be investigated,
focusing on how people coped with weather conditions in the past
and what we would do today.
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MED Theatre

Wild
Nights Young Company warm up for Dartfest '08,
Moretonhampstead
Parish Hall, 2008

Rehearsing
Dartfest '08,
MED
Theatre Studio, 2008

Rehearsing
Dartfest '08,
Moretonhampstead
Parish Hall, 2008

Filming
of Rumours,
Clyst
Vale Community College, 2008

Photo
by Jenny Steer
PROGRAMME LAUNCH
AND 18th BIRTHDAY
PARTY
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here for a write-up and pictures...

The
Snow People and The Glowing Rocks,
Bovey
Tracey Primary School, 2007

The Children's Castle.
Shooting
the short film, 2007

Lost
Roots interview with the BBC
2007
REMEMBER!
Junior Drama and Playwriting club is every Tuesday for 8-12 year
olds.

A
Junior Drama Club member rehearses
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