Devising Theatre Transforms Lives | Ali Godfrey | TEDxRoyalCentralSchool

Ali looks at the process of devising theatre and opens up the idea that this process can have a significant impact on peoples lives. For a number of years Ali was Head of Drama in London secondary schools in the top 1% of deprivation where she significantly raised the profile of Drama, increasing GCSE results from 53% to 96% A*-C in two years. She has worked as a GCSE and A’ Level Drama examiner, and leads consultancy and Drama INSET training programmes at The London Palladium, and designs the educational workshops to accompany The Railway Children at Kings Cross Theatre, and The Scoop free theatre season. She managed the social inclusion programmes at the National Youth Theatre for two years. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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Ali also changed my life. Going to drama school was a distant dream. Ali made we believe that can happen. I am now at Guildhall. She's definitely an angel!

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Good on you Ali! Keep telling the truth about the way theatre is in this country. We can make things better for working class kids and bring them into theatre

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Love this well done x

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What an inspiring story! 🫶🏻👏🏻 Specially these lines- "Error is not just acceptable, it is necessary for the continuation of life, provided it is not too great. A large error is a catastrophe, a small error is essential for enhancing existence. Without error, there is no movement. Death follows."