About this event
Join ISTA for this two-day immersive professional development studio designed for educators eager to reimagine Shakespeare through innovative, inclusive, and student-centred approaches.
In this dynamic, hands-on workshop, participants will explore and apply playful, accessible strategies that bring Shakespeare’s works to life for learners of all styles and backgrounds. Through devising, physical theatre, inclusive casting, and interdisciplinary approaches—including digital performance—educators will uncover fresh ways to connect timeless themes such as power, identity, justice, and ambition to students’ lived experiences and global contexts.
Participants will gain drama-based techniques to help students embody Shakespeare’s language and emotional worlds, amplifying the core elements of TEAM (Tension, Emotion, Atmosphere, and Meaning). The workshop also invites critical reflection on traditional and contemporary pedagogies, examining how Shakespeare is taught and how it can be reimagined for today’s diverse classrooms.
Collaborate with fellow educators from around the world, exchange ideas, and build a toolkit of strategies to empower young people as creative interpreters, critical thinkers, and confident performers of Shakespeare.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this two-day studio, participants will be able to:
Explore and apply innovative and playful approaches that make Shakespeare’s works accessible, relevant, and engaging across a range of learning styles and classroom contexts.
Create inclusive and imaginative learning experiences that connect Shakespeare’s themes—such as power, identity, justice, and ambition—to students’ lives and current global conversations.
Examine Shakespeare’s texts through contemporary lenses, such as devising, physical theatre, inclusive casting, digital performance, and interdisciplinary frameworks, to deepen students’ creative and critical engagement with the plays.
Apply drama-based techniques to help students understand and physically embody Shakespeare’s language, characters, and emotional worlds—amplifying the elements of TEAM throughout.
Critically reflect on traditional and modern pedagogies, evaluating how Shakespeare is positioned in education and how TEAM can serve as a framework for reimagining his work for diverse, contemporary learners.
Collaborate with fellow educators to exchange ideas, strategies, and resources—building a global network of creative Shakespeare practitioners committed to innovation, inclusion, and student voice.
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Fees
ISTA Members £315
Non-Members £390
- All prices are in GBP
Fees include event materials and lunches. - T-shirt (Optional): £20
- All participants will receive an official ISTA Certificate of Attendance following their participation.
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