Theatre in Education
In 1968 I began my career in theatre and worked in the Theatre in Education department at the Bolton Octagon. Our leaders were Roger Chapman and Cora Williams. I believe they had come from the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry where, correct me if I'm wrong, the movement for TiE was born.
In my naivety, I thought performance of fictional material for children required a pantomimic approach. Oh, the red face! Then came the TURNING POINT. Roger Chapman demonstrated the narration of the introduction to one of our adventure 'programmes'. (Read on.....)
