Visual Arts & Theatre

A free archive of scripts for 10 minute plays

A good collection of tongue twisters to use in actor warm ups.

This virtual exhibition from the Canadian Museum of History has sections on the History of Puppetry in Canada, traditions in puppetry around the world, as well as a Teacher's Corner.

Drama resources for teachers from the BBC

This resource includes learning, teaching, multimedia, and research resources and pedagogical tools related to how Shakespeare has been adapted into (and out of) Canadian theatre.

The idea of the project is to keep an ongoing, highly accessible, database of information about Canadian actors, playwrights, directors, producers, designers, theatre organizations and institutions, composers and plays available to the world.

Prepare to be horrified, and to look into the face of inhumanity with the Grand Guignol. Mike Rugnetta teaches you about one of theater history's most horrible chapters.

Drama strategies – also known as drama techniques or drama conventions – are the everyday tools of the drama teacher. They help to develop enquiry skills, to encourage negotiation, understanding and creativity.

A database of the full text works of Shakespeare

160 large cast scripts by high school teacher, Richard Stuart Dixon. If you’d like to request the use of one of the scripts, please contact him (there are no fees).

The Legend Library from Theatre Museum Canada is a collection of videos featuring interview with many of the top actors, directors, playwrights, and designers in our country

A good site to begin to explore musical theatre as an art form

A free database of scripts for one act plays

A comprehensive page of links to puppetry resources, including technique, construction, puppeteers, and related issues.

An online journal for performative teaching and learning

A website containing all of Shakespeare’s monologues, sorted by gender and show

Heart racing, palms sweating, labored breathing? If speaking in public makes you feel like you're fighting for your life, you're not alone. But the better you understand your body's reaction, the more likely you are to overcome it.

Theatre Alberta Library eScripts are unpublished plays that have been produced in Alberta, written by local playwrights. You can search and access these plays from our online catalogue or from this webpage.

Yes, this is actual free stuff. No strings, no sign-ups, just good stuff for you to use in your classroom.

Here you’ll find articles on classroom management, exercises and activities and podcasts where you can hear directly from other teachers. Whatever you’re going through, you are not alone.

A comprehensive academically-oriented site (almost an e-course) which provides a nice insight into issues of theatre history.

A useful website with lots of information for teachers about how to produced a good theatrical production with almost no budget.

A site recommended for translating student ad-libs into teacher english.