School shutdowns have revealed the importance of drama classes

Nicholas Waxman

By Nicholas Waxman
Community contribution / July 5, 2020

The world has recently been split into two categories, the essential and the non-essential.

Hundreds of lounge room concerts, viral family dance videos and amazing cross cultural, international Zoom meeting performances have taken the internet by storm.

As a teacher of drama, I have fallen into both simultaneously.

I have watched my friends in long-term performance contracts ...

This story appeared in the June 2020 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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