An ancient curse, Ordnance Survey map or Roald Dahl story can all inspire stimulating drama sessions. Youth theatre organiser Alex Marker shows you how not to be boring. i was lucky. I went to a primary school that had a very enlightened drama teacher. He discussed method acting with our group, played trust games - and I recall a particularly memorable lesson based around Spike Milligan's post nuclear apocalypse film 'The Bed Sitting Room', in which all the characters mutate into pieces of furniture. Contrast this with the apathy my friends and I felt at high school when we were...