ABSTRACT
Migration is a touchstone of these times, and much drama work deals with it. This chapter probes the possibilities of drama in telling the stories of migration, and in dealing with the complexities and challenges of identity for migrants and the communities that receive them. A postcolonial reading of the relationship between migration, nation and identity offers an insight into the conceptual relationship, and we acknowledge a breadth of migratory experiences. Migration is examined through drama by using it as a means to encourage participants to imagine difference. A number of spotlights of practice are drawn upon from drama education. The premise of learning about migration by ‘living though’ in a dramatic world is examined and the case made that the potency of drama may be from its possibilities in ‘living with’. The final part of the chapter examines drama for migrants spotlighting the Calais Jungle and looking at language acquisition for migrants through drama. Finally, the chapter concludes with a discussion of the representation of migration in drama and more contemporary performance theory.
