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Roald Dahl

Learn all about Roald Dahl’s life and work through an exciting drama workshop which brings his stories, characters and themes to life in your school hall.

If you are studying the work of Roald Dahl, or one of his books, then a drama workshop can be the perfect way to help your pupils explore the story while developing confidence, speaking and listening skills, communication and team work.

Our workshops are designed to meet your needs as a school, so whether you’re working on Matilda, the BFG, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or Fantastic Mr Fox we can deliver a drama workshop that will be fun, engaging and memorable for your pupils – giving them a wow experience they won’t forget.

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Primary school pupils act out reading in a Roald Dahl drama workshop in their school hall

Topics covered

If you book a Roald Dahl drama workshop, your pupils can learn about the following areas of the topic:
Roald Dahl’s early life and the experiences that led him to become a writer.
Key stories including The Twits, George’s Marvellous Medicine, Matilda, Danny the Champion of the World and more.
Narrative elements of Dahl’s work, including how he positioned children as heroes, his use of grotesque and his made up words and language.
Key themes of Roald Dahl stories including family, transformation, power and food and drink!
The moral messages Dahl included in his work.
If you book a drama workshop about a specific text, we will create a workshop to explore this in detail including the whole story, characters, themes and settings.
All of our workshops are completely inclusive, so all children can get involved and achieve.

PLEASE NOTE: We do not offer a Roald Dahl Learn and Perform for Key Stage 1.
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  • Suitable for: Year 01Year 02Year 03Year 04Year 05Year 06
How to book
For a single class

Book a Learn and Perform Day

For one class of up to 35 children
The class spend all day with the practitioner, working on the topic and at the end of the day perform their play to an audience.
A great way to help children learn about the topic and develop their confidence, speaking & listening, and team-work skills.
How to book
For multiple classes

Book an Explore Day

For up to 4 classes of 35 children in a day
Each class receives a workshop of 60-120 minutes
A fast-paced workshop for each class with lots of memorable and engaging drama activities
A great way to help children explore the topic whilst developing their confidence, imagination and passion for learning.
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Getting the best out of your Roald Dahl drama workshop

Our workshops need to take place in the school hall ideally, securing this space for the day of the workshop will help it run really smoothly (we can absolutely move into a classroom for lunchtime set up if needed)
Make sure a teacher or TA will be present in the workshop to support the pupils and help us understand their needs.
If you would like pupils to dress up we are happy for you to do this! We don’t provide costumes (as we don’t feel they are needed for the learning to take place) but we can always help with ideas of what to wear if you want to do this.

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For all enquiries 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
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