At the Hands up Project, we love doing intercultural link ups between young people in different places in the world. You can read in a book about what it's like to live in a particular place but it all becomes so much more engaging, and the learning is much richer when you actually hear about it from young people of your age who live there themselves.
Read MoreOrganizing for change! Volunteer Sue Piper tells us about an evening of togetherness across the internet.
Read More'Hey everybody! I've got this really useful tool! It's made of purple and clear plastic, and it's got bristles on the end (that's the bit that you put in your mouth). I use it for brushing my teeth every day. It's called a toothbrush!'
Read MoreThis week's blog comes from volunteer Becca Young whose tireless efforts have led to our first contact in the U.S.A.
Read MoreHaneen Khaled's moving post tells us that war children can still find their own peace and express their humanity, joy and sorrow through artistic collaboration. And I'd like to quote another war child - and Hands Up supporter - Ana Begovic, who said "Our task is not to fight, but to grow, learn, support and love – in unison".
Read MoreHere's another activity that will be going in 'The Remote Theatre Handbook' (again from the chapter on Physical Activities). We'd love to hear from you if you try it out with your own students. In the summer I ran a remote theatre taster course for English teachers from all over the world and the video below, demonstrating the activity, is from that course.
Read MoreI'm reposting Diana's blog as I think it's good to be reminded that, although we can't see our audience's faces or hear their voices, there's a whole world out there sharing in what we do.
Read MoreHere's another activity from our forthcoming, Remote Theatre Handbook, this time from the chapter on physical activities. As always we'd love it if you could try out the activity with your students, and give us some feedback. We'd especially like to have some video versions of students doing some of the 'body idiom' mimes, and, with permission of course, may be able to include these in the book.
Read MoreWe're all very excited at the Hands up Project about one of our new ventures. In collaboration with four language schools (in Croatia, Italy, Romania and Spain), we have been awarded an Erasmus plus KA2 grant from the European Union to create lots of free to access materials related to remote theatre.
Read MoreOf course young people and teachers in Palestine have been creating and performing remote theatre pieces for quite a long time now and have become leaders in this emerging field. And while the rest of the world have been trying to catch up because of the corona pandemic, Palestinians involved in HUP have been busy creating a brand new genre of remote theatre which we're calling Lockdown Theatre.
Read MoreUnlike Captain Lawrence Oates on the Antarctic expedition circa 1912, the word “outside” may not hold much significance for you. “Where’s the cat?” “She’s outside.” “Leave your shoes outside - they’re covered in mud”. Outside denotes a general space.
Read MoreWe're now approaching the end of The Hands Up Project certificate in Remote Theatre. It's been a great course. With teachers from Argentina, Canada, Czechia, Mexico, Palestine, Serbia, and Syria participating it's been really international and intercultural, and we've all learnt a lot about Remote Theatre - and indeed about its new variant with only one actor per webcam which we're calling Lockdown Theatre.
Read MoreThe idea for today was to talk about our world and the changes we’d like to be a part of. We started small - talking about things we really like about our communities and things we’d really like to see changed in them. We went into our breakout rooms with one rule only - speak English. Of course, the tech glitched so I had the opportunity to talk to Hala about her community.
Read MoreYoung learner literacy is an area which needs informed and skilled teachingand Wendy Arnold puts out a plea for a naturalistic approach in today's blog.
Read MoreA post from teacher Sue Piper about how the mix of online and face-to-face classes, known as blended learning, can have surprisingly positive results.
Read MoreThis week we have a lovely post from Katy Colley about their first 'Family Matters' meeting with our very own Raja'a.
Read MoreA few weeks ago Adrian Underhill gave a talk about the work of the Hands up Project at an online event in the UK. Anyone who's ever seen Adrian talk at a conference will know that he is a real innovator in our field and is always exploring new ways of working.
Read MoreThis week's post is by longterm Hands up Project volunteer in Gaza, and winner of last year's remote theatre competition, Sahar Siam.
Read MoreThis weeks post is written by one of our most loyal participants and also presenters in our Facebook live sessions, Diana Abu Khaled. Over to you Diana...
Read MoreI'm not sure who said this originally, but I remember seeing it years ago, on a postcard stuck to my parents' fridge. It's a joke of course (the whole thing about making mistakes is that we don't plan to make them!) but then, like all good jokes, I think there's also a universal truth behind it.
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