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BOOK REVIEW

DRAMA MENU AT A DISTANCE: 80 SOCIALLY DISTANCED OR ONLINE THEATRE GAMES

By Glyn Trefor-Jones Published by Nick Hern Books

Following his very successful 2015 book: Drama Menu: Theatre Games in Three Courses, here comes Glyn Trefor-Jones with the same formula applied to distanced activities now that every drama teacher needs them. As before he suggests appetisers, starters, main courses and deserts – all 80 activities are doable in Covid-safe conditions or online. Many are fresh and original too.

Trefor-Jones is an experienced actor and teacher who founded (2005) a chain of drama classes for children, the Academy of Performing Arts for age 5-17 across Bedfordshire and Warwickshire. Thus, he knows what works for anyone from quite small children having confidence-development fun through to professional actors in training.

I particularly liked his version of the Antiques Roadshow in which each person presents an item from

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