2014 Company Profiles
HANNAH LEE
Actor
Hannah will be joining SATTF to play Audrey in AS YOU LIKE IT, and Thomasina in ARCADIA.
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Outreach & University Workshops
OUTREACH/EDUCATION
SATTF has built an Outreach/Education arm to augment the main company, giving students and faculties around the country a chance to experience our dynamic and enriching performing arts programme.
“Your workshop actively develops student’s understanding of texts – bridging the gap from the page to the stage.”
Rebecca Bailey (Senior lecturer in English), Gloucester University
Despite Shakespeare being the only compulsory writer left on the national curriculum, teachers are given little guidance as to the best method of dealing with his plays in the classroom. We can help to give the confidence, skills and support to engage in the practical teaching of his plays.
OUR MISSION
Our Mission is simple: to make exciting Shakespeare, and indeed any other text, available to schools, colleges and universities in the context of an extraordinary teaching experience, using only experienced working professional actors who have been trained at premier Drama Schools in the UK. We don't come to lecture on the history of Shakespeare theatre or performance; we come to make something happen in the classroom. The desks are pushed away, the space is open, the imagination is free, the body loose and ready for play. It is active learning in the truest sense of the phrase, opening up that immense possibility for all students of discovering for themselves, of sharing a living theatrical experience.
"The clever and fine teaching gave us all a rich, fun, fabulous afternoon that the
observing professional acting members of staff appreciated as much as the students.”
Petronilla Whitfield. (Senior Acting Lecturer) Bournemouth University
“The day really emphasised that the way to understanding the text is through making
it come to life (rather than reading it and annotating it in a classroom!)”
Lorna Smith (Head of PGCE Education) Bath Spa University
Our actors can adapt their skills to bring their knowledge to a wide variety of classes. Not only Drama and Performing Arts, but English Language and Literature, Education and Communication Courses, Psychology, Gender Classes, Business and Law; we can fit in anywhere, because what theatre can offer, what the experience of presentation and performance can offer, belongs in most classrooms or lecture halls.
“The experience was great! I always pretty much hated Drama at school, so I found it
especially helpful to me as a teacher who’ll potentially be doing some kind of Drama in the years to come."
Clare Boulter (2nd year PGCE student) Soton University
HOW TO CONTACT US
To book a workshop, or to get more information about SATTF Outreach and University Work, please contact Chris Donnelly: or or email
Photos by Graham Burke
