Present Moment produce theatre that illuminates and so enables participants and audience to make sense of our world through the experience of those who came before or from elsewhere. Engaging young people in the arts, as audience and participants, is fundamental to Present Moment's work.  That's why we offer:

 

  • Discount tickets for schools/college parties (including teachers).
  • Free education packs providing information on the social and historical context of the play as well as practical work suitable for A-level English Literature, A-level Drama and Theatre Studies and GCSE Drama.
  • Devised theatre projects, and other creative opportunities, exploring the themes and conventions of each production.
  • Vocational and pre-vocational training placements.
  • A range of workshops in schools to support and enhance students work, (planned by Joss Bennathan, author or Developing Drama Skills 11-14). These include whole day workshops which deliver specific practical units of GCSE Drama or A level Drama and Theatre Studies.

Present Moment recognise that education is a lifelong process and that those beyond school age or not in education, employment or training should have access to our work, via discounted tickets as audience and via participatory opportunities.

For further information and cost, contact info@present-moment.co.uk.

Financial support for previous education work has been provided by: The Prince's Trust, The Royal Victoria Hall Foundation, The Paul Hamlyn Foundation, London Borough of Newham Neighbourhood Renewal Fund for various education outreach projects.

TEACHERS' COMMENTS

Students were encouraged to work in a highly creative atmosphere - devising, directing and acting. Thank you for involving us in such an inspiring project
Head of Drama, St Angela's Ursuline Convent School, L B Newham

Students were encouraged to work in a highly creative atmosphere - devising, directing and acting. Thank you for involving us in such an inspiring project.
Head of Drama, St Angela's Ursuline Convent School, L B Newham

Present Moment are fast becoming my favourite theatre company … the booklet for teachers was brilliant.
Head of Drama, St Clement Danes, Chorleywood

The workshop you provided was invaluable, not only to the students but for me, too. My students learnt refreshing ways of exploring and presenting their Drama which they used in other areas of the course.
Head of Drama, Warren School, L B Barking & Dagenham

A very mixed ability group - including beginner's learning English - benefitted from the workshops run by you in order to consolidate and inform their learning, their understanding of the play and their practical Drama skills.
Co-ordinator for Expressive Arts, Little Ilford School, L B Newham

The Wild Justice project in which my students took part was only of benefit to their overall learning. The combination of themes, workloads, time management and opportunity to work with real professionals of the theatre has had a marked effect on their attitude to drama both in their practical work and theoretical thinking.
Head of Drama, Raines Foundation School, L B Tower Hamlets

The best workshop I can recall, the most useful education pack and a great production - it really brought Restoration theatre to life for my students!
Head of Performing Arts, Darrick Wood School, Kent

The workshops alongside seeing the professional production itself and the excellent education pack combined to make a dynamic and diverse project that will directly benefit students in all papers of the A level Drama exam.
Head of Drama, St Angela's, L B Newham

Fantastic! They absolutely loved it and the booklet for teachers was brilliant
Head of Drama, St Clement Danes, Buckinghamshire

Brilliant! The production in combination with the workshop made a difficult genre accessible to 14 year old Hackney girls and, more to the point, had them buzzing with excitement about what making and appreciating theatre can be about!
Head of Drama, Haggerston School for Girls, L B Hackney

Excellent. The rare opportunity to have a question and answer session with a director who knows how to interact with young people increased their understanding of the genre as well as the importance of interpretation.
Head of Performing Arts, Barking College, L B Barking & Dagenham

Excellent background notes ... saved me a lot of explanation; they really did make the social context very clear. You brought the text to life for us. I look forward eagerly to your next interpretation of some dusty classic.
Head of English, Francis Holland School, London

Initially its impact was one of pleasure and entertainment, but the longer lasting value has been immense ... Some updated version of classic plays can seem patronising and lose the essence of the dialogue, but your production did not, in any way, compromise the original
Head of Drama, The Kings School, Peterborough.

Our students found both the production and the workshop fascinating and intructive, as well as immensely entertaining.
Head of English, The Green School for Girls, Middlesen

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