Devising with FOUND TEXTS

Maybe writing your own play isn’t your thing. If so, here are many tools for using existing words and types of text and how you can rework them into dialogue or spoken word in a piece of devised theatre.
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◉ ABOUT ME
I’m Alex Packer and I’m a theatre director and workshop leader. I’ve worked in theatre for the last 15 years in the West End, around the UK and internationally as well as in several UK drama schools and universities. I’ve created Apex Drama Tools as a digital resource for teachers and students of drama. These videos can be student-facing resources or the exercises and tools can be adapted and used by teachers. If you want to work with me get in touch [e-mail]
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CHAPTERS
0:00​ - Intro
0:42 - Poetry
1:47 - Twitter Thread
2:33 - Song Lyrics
3:17 - Online Comments / Newspaper Letter
4:06 - Instructions
5:14 - TED Talk
5:52 - Film Re-Enactment
6:32 - An Interview
7:03 - A School Report
7:19 - Book Extract
8:13 - Wrap Up
8:27 - Buy This Book