Wuthering Heights is currently on tour, including performances at Royal & Derngate, Northampton, Oxford Playhouse, Warwick Arts Centre, Rose Theatre, Kingston and Northern Stage. Click here to visit the show page for more information.
Teaching Resource Packs
Key stages: KS4 & KS5 (GCSE / A Level)
Subjects: Drama, English Literature
Available to support with:
- analysing and interpreting the live performance
- exploring methods and techniques within the production and ways into devising
- the process of interpreting a classic novel and shaping meaning from text
The resources offer students access to behind-the-scenes materials and the processes of making the show. They explain the company’s artistic intentions and approach to adapting the novel as well as the social and cultural context for the adaptation. They contain a synopsis of the show, background information, video interviews with cast and creative team as well as practical activities connected to the Drama and English Lit syllabi.
Click here to view and download the Drama resource.
Click here to view and download the English resource.
Click here to watch the cast and creative team interview videos.
★★★★★ ‘I couldn’t help but think how this would be an incredibly compelling piece of theatre to study as part of a drama syllabus’ – Lauren in Leicester
If you have any questions or for more information, please email [email protected]
Practical Workshop
Key stages: KS4 & KS5 (GCSE / A Level)
Subjects: Drama, English Literature
School workshops will be available to schools in areas the show is touring to in April, May and June (limited availability).
These workshops will explore themes, characters and extracts from Wuthering Heights. Students will gain insight into Inspector Sands’ artistic approach and theatrical style as well as the making process of their adaptation of Wuthering Heights.
In the course of this two hour workshop, students will learn to devise an original performance piece using key moments from Wuthering Heights as a stimulus. Students will also explore Inspector Sands’ unique devising methods, which will equip them with new skills in performance, directing and critical analysis.
★★★★★ ‘Inspector Sands’ fresh take on the literary classic is sure to make it more appealing to audiences young and old.’ – West End Best Friend
Email [email protected] to find out more.
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