Primary Voices
Practical Playwriting for Year 6 Children
Primary Voices is Quicksilver's exciting playwriting programme that makes
children hungry for writing plays and creating narrative.
Quicksilver sends a theatre director and actors into the classroom to help the
children to understand that writing has a purpose, and to reveal to them the power
they have as writers. Primary Voices can raise attainment in literacy -
"You cannot imagine the enjoyment and excitement of these Year Six pupils.
Usually it is so difficult to motivate and keep a theme running with these teenagers
who think they have outgrown the primary school but these pupils had grins as
big as four years olds at Christmas time. In the SATs at Year 6 in 2006 our
Writing results were better than our Reading results.
I have no hesitation in commending Primary Voices as a way of supporting the school
to achieve expected standards of attainment" Head Teacher London E8
Credits
- Project Director - Carey English
- Showcase Directors - Carey English & Guy Holland
- With Thanks To - John Lloyd
Primary Voices Showcase Actors To Date:
- Babatude Aleshe
- Tigger Blaize
- Tyrone James
- Anna Maria Nabirye
- Dan Pott
- Rose Urguhart
- Ayesha Antoine
- Nick Oshikanlu
- Sydney Smith
Press and Quotes
"I'll be honest. When I agreed to come and see the plays I thought
I was in for an afternoon of childish stuff. Instead you’ve given us
polished works of imagination, fantasy and humour." Sir Arnold Wesker
"Primary Voices was, amongst its other attributes, a first class showcase
for the talents of those actors. We certainly saw plenty of Real Acting in a
whole range of moods from hilarity to tragedy often in the same play, all
beautifully handled." Susan Elkin, The Stage, 2009
Toured
- Hackey/Islington Schools (2008), Arcola Theatre, London.
- Hackney Schools (2009), Arcola Theatre, London.
- Camden Schools (2009/10), The New Diorama, London.