Join theatre-maker Katharine Marwick and musician Tara Franks to explore approaches to drama and music within and beyond the curriculum. The day will also include a chance to network with theatre, drama and music organisations. Suitable for primary, secondary and special schools.
The session will be facilitated by Nimble Fish, creative producers and facilitators with extensive experience of helping to create the conditions for creativity in the classroom, and working with teachers to reconnect with innovation in their practice.
About the artists
Katharine Marwick is a theatre-maker, writer and workshop leader. She read English at Cambridge University before training in Theatre Creation and Performance at the London International School of Performing Arts (LISPA). Katharine's company Hot Ice Theatre produces and tours devised work based on new writing. Katharine has led drama workshops for TeachFirst's Secondary English cohorts since 2011.
Tara Franks is a musician. Having worked in education since 2003, receiving a PGCE from Homerton Cambridge and then later an MMus in Leadership from the GSMD, an important part of Tara’s work involves leading creative projects in collaborative composition/improvisation, percussion and vocal work. She has worked for organisations including Arts First, Barbican, Aldeburgh Music, Royal Opera House, Serious, Kobe University, Japan, and co-founded an on-going song writing project/leadership programme in Mexico City, Sunland Express.
