Let's Perform!

Poems and Scripts with Performance Tips

​Let's Perform! Monologues, duologues and poems for children to perform, is Cath’s Key Stage 2 literacy and drama book.

In the past, Cath struggled to find up-to-date drama texts that primary children could relate to, so she began writing her own performance pieces based on the children she encountered every day and their real feelings and experiences. This new book assembles all the monologues, duologues and performance poetry that Cath has developed with primary children in schools, assemblies and drama festivals.
​This is a fun, engaging and educational collection, that will give both creative practitioners and students between 7 and 11, fresh performance-based material to work with.

In this video from Bloomsbury, you can join Cath Howe and the children of Fern Hill Primary School as they perform scripts and poems from Let's Perform!

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​Features

The book includes helpful performance tips for children, as well as imaginative follow-on activities. Cath also shares further tips and ideas for using the book here on her website - visit the Resources page to find more suggestions. 

Monologue resources

DUOLOGUE RESOURCES

"A great pick-up-and-go resource, enticing great fun and engagement with the whole class." 
UK Ed Chat

“I love “The Secret Guinea Pig Attack” poem, it only took me a day to learn it!” 

“I love working with Cath’s scripts - it’s like she can see inside our heads”
Year 5 pupil.

​“DRAMA SCRIPTS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE AND DRAMATICALLY INSPIRING!”
​DRAMA FESTIVAL JUDGE, KINGSTON-ON-THAMES

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Cath was interviewed for the November Issue of Writer's Forum magazine about the book.