Practical drama activities to energise, focus and develop your students
This free resource brings together the most useful drama games for use with groups aged 11 and above, as suggested by drama teachers. We've included newer games, and old favourites that are popular with students and teachers, including warm-ups, games aimed at encouraging team building, improvisation and devising, or activities designed to improve students’ understanding of texts.
Explore the resourceWhy are drama games important?
Drama games and activities help students build confidence and develop valuable performance skills. In performing arts or speech and communication classes, they can improve focus, teamwork and communication within the group, while encouraging students to engage with and enjoy drama.
Drama games and activities
Each section below contains handy, downloadable 'how-to-play' PDFs and links to videos of many of the games in action.*
Warm ups
Exercises to warm up or cool down. Warm-up activities are a great way to energise the group, release any tension and limber up ahead of a lesson or performance.
Team building
Games that focus on unity and collaboration. These activities are designed to build community and a sense of trust within the group, supporting students' teamwork skills.
Improvisation
Activities to hone students’ creativity. An excellent way to explore ideas and develop performance skills. With improvisation you never know where the game might lead!
Devising
Group collaboration in response to an idea. Games that encourage students to get inventive and deeply consider characters, dilemmas and emotions from a stimulus.
Texts
Using drama to make texts relatable. Exercises to further develop understanding and interpretation of a text, including character and dramatic tension.
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