Drama and Role Play

This is a role-play activity to explore temptation, work ethics, conscience and the difference between right and wrong.

This activity uses visualisation and role-play to build assertiveness and confidence in coping with difficult situations.

This is a fun group energiser that encourages and builds communication skills through mime.

The idea is for the group to produce the sounds of a storm. It is a good introduction to group work as it will only happen if they work together to create the effect.

This is an energiser that encourages teamwork and develops communication skills to create group ‘tableaux’ (frozen pictures).

This role-play activity enables young people to explore the concept of body language and the power of communicating without words.

This role-play activity encourages young people to formulate persuasive arguments and develop social skills to advocate on behalf of themselves.

This is a small group role-play exercise that focuses on developing character and builds confidence. The confined space of the lift acts as a stage and offers each person a reason for being there.

This exercise looks at the realities of drinking alcohol and asks young people to create short improvised advertisements to tell others.

This exercise aims to give participants some insight into how a restorative meeting could work by roleplaying bringing a victim and perpetrator together to explore what has happened and come to some resolution.