Healthy Relationships

This performance and workshop – part of our Challenging Choices programme – gives young people the chance to consider what makes a healthy relationship and explore the danger signs of an unhealthy relationship and coercive control through a fictional character’s story.

Cara is delighted when Liam shows an interest in her, introducing her to his mum and calling her his girlfriend after their first date. But Liam is different when they’re on their own and the demands he puts on Cara have isolated her from her friends and changed her behaviour. And now he’s asked her to keep a package at her house and the police have turned up and Cara is struggling to remember why she liked Liam in the first place.

This performance, delivered by a single actor, is part of a one hour / 90 minute session which helps young people explore healthy relationships and consider the warning signs of unhealthy habits and controlling behaviour.

Home School Workshops PSHE Healthy Relationships
Young actor performing in school drama workshop exploring the theme of healthy relationships

Topics covered

The young audience watch the performance and, afterwards, take part in discussion-based workshop activities, led by our experienced team of actor educators. The session is a safe space for discussion and reflection, and young people are encouraged to explore the choices made by the character and the different potential futures.

When you book this Challenging Choices workshop, your students/young people will explore:

Features of a positive and healthy relationship, including trust, friendship and mutual respect.

Controlling behaviour and coercive control.

The importance of maintaining connections with friends and family when in a relationship.

The legal consequences of hiding / holding a parcel for someone, without knowing what it is.

What to do and who to talk to if they find themselves in the same situation.

Sources of advice and support.

Suitable for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. We make minor adjustments to the script and change the workshop plan to suit each key stage.

Is this the right workshop for you?

For multiple classes

Book a Challenging Choices Workshop

Challenging Choices workshops are designed for a group of around 30-35 young people.
They all watch the performance together and then take part in the workshop, in a self-contained 60-90 minutes (depending on your timetable.)
We know that all schools and settings are different, and we can change the format, delivery length and number of workshops to meet your needs. Give us a call or pop us an email to chat through your needs.

The session can be repeated up to 6 times each day in a school.

Got a question?

Give the team a call or send us a message

Every school is different

We know that every school and setting is different, so give us a call to chat about how this Challenging Choices project would work for you. Contact Dan Costello, our General Manager. Dan will send over a price list and a booking request form, making the booking process quick and easy.

Dan Costello | [email protected] | 0151 443 0333