Compendium Secondary Drama

Drama resources for secondary schools

Theatre Centre

In response to conversations with teachers, we are now offering our Birds and Bees Digital Package  FREE  to every state school  in the country until 23rd July 2021. Birds and Bees  is a brand-new show by award-winning writer Charlie Josephine, tailor-made and filmed for secondary school students. Developed with, and for, Year 10 and Year 11 students, it will help teachers address complex topics such as consent, sex positivity, online safety and intersectionality.

Free digital theatre pack

Théâtre Sans Frontières

For Secondary A level students of Spanish we have a Theatre Censorship Project, originally devised with Durham University Spanish Department, based around Lorca’s La Casa de Bernarda Alba (The House of Bernarda Alba).

Workshop materials for Lorca and Censorship

National Theatre 

Enjoy over 30 world-class productions, plus a range of tailored learning resources from the National theatre for free.

School resources

BBC Teach 

The BBC has a great source of online free teacher resources suitable for use in drama lessons.

Key Stage 3 drama

Key Stage 4 drama

What's on Stage 

What's on Stage have a list of links to shows that you can currently stream online for free including The Northern Ballet's version of Gorge Orwell's book '1984' and the Globe Theatre's 2009 version of Shakespeare's 'Romeo & Juliet'.

Theatre you can stream online

Into Film 

Into Film has created a range of informal discussions and extension activities to accompany a wide range of films for children and young adults. 

Film activities and guides