‘New Views’ with the National Theatre
In the Performing Arts department this week – A group of Year 10 and Year 9 students had the wonderful opportunity to take part in a National Theatre playwriting competition ’New Views’.
12 students had a workshop with playwright Maryam Shaharuddin.
New Views is the National Theatre’s nationwide in-school playwriting programme for students aged 14-19. Each school will be working with a professional playwright who mentors the students throughout this academic year to write their own original 30-minute plays.
The New Views programme empowers students to:
- Tell stories that matter to them
- Develop playwriting techniques such as independent working, communication, and research through feedback
- Understand the power of theatre to create a shared experience of storytelling
- Explore and communicate ideas on the changing world
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Present different perspectives
This is an extremely exciting project. Maryam was very impressed with the students at Stepney All Saints commenting ‘They have great original ideas and I can’t wait to read their plays- and what a lovely bunch of students’
The SASS Creatives will host a play reading festival in the drama studios in July. Watch this space!