Tag: mental health

• Self-harm as spectacle in “Measure for Measure” (Donmar Warehouse, 2018)

  

  Sometimes a play can be so callous, so poorly-judged, so utterly tone-deaf that one isn’t sure whether to laugh or cry. On this occasion, however, my mind is rather made up.

  James Alsop

  Feb 5, 2019

  A-Level texts, Reviews + Poetry, Shakespeare + E-M Drama

  donmar warehouse, Early Modern, helena wilson, josie rourke, measure for measure, mental health, Shakespeare, teaching, trigger warning

• Review: “Vincent and the Doctor” (s5, ep10)

  

  A long time ago, a young man became lord of all space and time. He saw things that no human eye had ever seen; heard what no human ear had ever heard. He danced to the music of the sunlight and stared up at the stars. He listened to songs of sunflowers. His kingdom was…

  James Alsop

  Sep 11, 2018

  Reviews + Poetry

  doctor who, matt smith, mental health, science fiction, television, vincent van gogh

• Shakespeare, Schools, and Student Wellbeing: the “Shake-in-a-Day” Project

  

  In this paper I discuss the ways in which Shakespearean performance can be used to promote student wellbeing in education. Originally presented at the BritGrad conference, June 2018.

  James Alsop

  Aug 1, 2018

  Shakespeare + E-M Drama, Teaching and Education

  as you like it, Department for Education, Drama, Education, James Alsop, mental health, much ado about nothing, perfectionism, play’s the thing, Risk-taking, Shake-in-a-Day, Shakespeare, student resilience, teaching, university