City of Westminster Archives delivered eleven drama workshops to 371 children and teachers at schools in London, Folkestone and Preston. 

Childhood drama workshops were delivered to children at Mundella Primary School in Folkestone, Kent, formerly known as North Board Elementary school, where Walter and his siblings went before Walter and Edward moved to the orphanage. 

Football drama workshops were delivered to children from Deepdale Primary School and Goosnargh Primary School in Preston.  The workshops took place at The National Football Museum in Preston (see links).  After the children had finished the workshops, Peter Evans, education officer at the Football Museum, gave a tour of the National Football museum.  

Soldier drama workshops were hosted at the National Army Museum in London. Staff from the museum wore soldier and officer uniforms, giving the day an authentic feel.  The West Indian Ex-Servicemen made a special guest appearance, answering many questions from the children and showing off their medals.

Following the drama workshops, the children used templates of each scene to write their own script for the play.  Their work  was then edited by Phil Vasili, Walter Tull biographer, to produce a playscript called “Crossing the White Line: The Walter Tull Drama”,  available to download from resources on this website (see resources).  The playscript was then sent to Russell Hepplewhite, music teacher at St Vincent de Paul RC primary school, Westminster, who worked with pupils  to produce songs which will form part of the play.  The play will be performed to an audience of 400 on the 10th November, 2008 at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster.

Teachers' comments:

"The drama helped give the children a real understanding of who Walter was and the important part he played in history.  We learnt alot in a very short space of time, thank you."

"I have been pleased to see lively drama demonstrations.  The children have been inspired and lots of the children who are often quiet and shy in class have taken a lively interest."

"We learnt lots about racism, and how it makes people feel.  The drama element gave the children confidence to perform."