Our work does not just present high quality arts programmes but also aims to influence decision makers to prioritise arts-based learning, to train practitioners - both teachers and drama professionals - and to ensure children improve their attainment through engaging with our programme.

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We often refer to our work during the Shakespeare Festivals as a "stealth writing project". Using the drama work that we bring to the classroom, and allowing the children to have an immersive drama experience - inhabiting character and exploring the play from within - we feel that each child is better prepared and more able to write. We take away the fear of the blank page. Everything that we do is tailored toward engaging the children in their learning across the curriculum. Social skills develop, confidence soars, teamwork is embedded as they learn the works of a key cultural figure - William Shakespeare. The theatre professionals that we send into each school bring skills not only to the children but also to the teachers. Currently in teacher training, only one day is dedicated to drama, so many teachers are scared of using it as a teaching technique. The teacher training that we provide is seeking to slowly redress this balance. We want not only to prove its importance, but also to arm teachers with the requisite skills to be able to use it in their practise. Some of the schools that we have worked with over a 

number of years are changing the way they deliver their lessons as a direct result of working with us.