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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Moretonhampstead Primary School year 6's are delving into the world of myth, from Dartmoor to Greece! They are beavering away at creating their very own performance which will incorporate mythology from around the world. They will perform in December.

Students from Chagford Primary and Okehampton College are working together this term to create lanterns inspired by the history and surroundings of the local site of Castle Drogo. MED Theatre will work with the students at the National Trust property to create a lantern procession with an exciting performative element!

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...

Bovey Tracey Primary School students performed 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.

Braunton School and Community College worked together with Ilfracombe and Pilton Colleges to create their very own film. The DVD not only contains the film of a story about a girl called Layla, but the outtakes are an interesting viewing alternative too!

West Exe Technology College took part in the Snow Responses workshop, designed to accompany MED Theatre’s community play Snow. As a consequence they built characters as part of their year 10 syllabus and performances were developed as a result of these characters meeting. West Exe brought these performances to MED Theatre's studio on Dartmoor in the summer term.

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.

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 All that was left Behind written and produced by Wild Nights Young Company has been accepted for the View From Here 2009 Talent Show Case.

All That Was Left Behind

Performance in Princetown, November 2009

NEW WORKSHOPS!

DARTMOOR RESOURCE

MYTH MAKING

The new website charts the history, ecology, folklore and communities of Dartmoor through the eyes of the performing arts. Students will navigate their way through the cyber world of Dartmoor, getting inspired to dramatise a contemporary myth of their own which will later appear up on the web -

a claim to fame!

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