Creating Participatory Radio Drama with Children

Originally published as a chapter in a Portuguese language manual produced for the National Children's Radio Seminar in Mozambique, this English-language guide for facilitators aims to help create radio dramas with children. Designed for young facilitators and producers, the guide focuses on encouraging active participation of children in creating radio about children's issues. A workshop outline provides information on how to write radio dramas, recording and creating sound effects. Tips and technical information for producing high quality dramas in various resource settings are also included.

The fully-illustrated format includes: kinds of dramas and lengths; ice breaker ideas and exercises focused on sound and radio as a medium; 5 basic steps of writing drama; 'voicing'; creating an indoor studio; creative sound and exercises to produce and record it; and formatted sheets for effective writing and organisation.