Mary Chater

I worked for 10 weeks at the new scuola primaria in Fermignano in Le Marche in central Italy from January to March in 2024 - I taught the students songs, poems, rhymes and a rap about London. They performed to great acclaim for their friends and family in two shows at the end of the 10 week period.

I taught students for the Shakespeare Week at Brighton Girls for three years. My brief was to get the girls on their feet and we worked on scenes from Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

I have been a professional actor for 40 years and teach when I have no acting work.

I use songs, poems, games, Shakespeare and theatre in schools.

I consider the most important aspect of learning is having fun because this helps the learning process.

I am founder of The Chronicle Theatre Company where you can see reviews of some of my teaching work.

We are a UK registered charity run by a board of Trustees and Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Treweek are our patrons.