In their own words': using interviews to devise monologue

Drama

Drama made from real people’s words about real life events, or a certain subject - usually from interviews.

Can bring focus on important or untold stories / themes.

Is really easy and so requires not a lot of work

What are some advantages of verbatim theatre? (Tick 2 boxes)

Real words from news articles or reports.

Very old script that has been discovered.

Their hair looked good during the interview

They agree you have copied the words exactly right and made no mistakes

They are happy for us to use the words in a piece of Drama that people might see

After an interview, and before making drama from someone's words, what should we check with the person we interviewed? (Tick 2 boxes)

Something you find down the back of the sofa

After an interview, and before making Drama from someone's words we should check with the person we interviewed:   (Mark two)