What’s on at NRM York
Platform 4 Theatre - drama workshops
A combined drama performance and workshop from our resident theatre group.
- Date:
- Dates vary, booking essential
- Time:
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Can be booked for 10.30, 11.45 or 13.30.
Approx 45 mins - Price:
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£60 per group
- Type:
- Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3
Platform 4 Theatre drama workshops, written by playwright Chris Ford, comprise a performance followed by an interactive drama workshop (approx. 40 minutes) which explores some of the issues raised through techniques such as hot seating, tableaux and role-play.
Workshops must be pre-booked well in advance and cost £60 per group. Maximum group size: 35 children. Payment must be received a minimum of one week before the performance.
Performances
The precise Workshop will depend on the availability of the actors on a given date but choices include:
Is Your Journey Really Necessary?
World War II
A railway porter at York railway station sets the scene: it’s 1945, and WWII has ended...
The performance explores: blackout; disruption to family life; evacuees; Prime Minister Winston Churchill; the role of the railways; rationing and going home after the war. Serious issues are explored and there are some very poignant scenes involving evacuees and the victims of the 1942 bombing raid on York.
Booking
The workshops can be booked at 10:30, 11:45 or 13:30 Monday to Friday, subject to the actors' availability. Please contact our Learning Administrator.
Telephone 01904 686230
Fax 01904 685786
Email school.bookings@nrm.org.uk
Or write:
Learning Administrator,
National Railway Museum,
Leeman Road,
York,
YO26 4XJ