Spitfire Girls UK Tour Education Pack
Key Info
Introduce your students to the world of the Spitfire Girls before you visit, and as a tool to engage with it in your classroom before and afterwards. This resource pack endeavours to support young people with engaging with these stories beyond their visit to the theatre and champion the story of these incredible women.
Inside you will find:
• A synopsis of the play and key themes
• Historic and contextual information which inspired the narrative
• Quotes and interviews from the writer and producers
• Spotlight focus on the roles involved in bringing the show to life including:
◦ Actor
◦ Writer
◦ Movement Director
◦ Sound Designer
◦ Director/Dramaturg
◦ Historian
• Original photographs from World War II
• Artefacts and articles from the time
• A poem written by a real life “Spitfire girl”
• Links to the History and Drama curriculum at A Level and GCSE, to help you think about how you could use the play as a discussion point or stimulus in your lessons
• Exercises for students to complete
• Rehearsal images
• Designer’s notes and early drafts
• Terminology banks
• Live Production Analysis guidance and note-taking tools
• Paragraph structures and writing frames You can also find lesson plans specific to the History and Drama curriculum on the schools area of our website to download and use, visit tiltedwigproductions.com/schools
About Spitfire Girls
INSPIRED BY REMARKABLE TRUE EVENTS
“It’s built for us, isn’t it? The Spitfire. Built for women.”
New Year’s Eve, 1959.
Decades after answering the call, two women separated by the war meet again as the rain hammers down on the windows of The Spitfire pub.
As we hear their story, we’re transported back to a time when female pioneers defied expectations and soared through the skies.
Spitfire Girls is inspired by the extraordinary true stories of the women who dared to fly during WWII and the incredible bond that tied them together.
Funny and heart-warming, this is an untold story of strength, courage and loss. But above all else, hope.
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Spitfire Girls UK Tour
Spitfire Girls UK Tour