Allen Kerr

Allen Kerr is a teacher, writer, performer and storyteller, who has been teaching Drama in Primary and Secondary schools for more years than he cares to remember. His ‘Primary School Drama Book’ was one of the first of its kind to specifically incorporate the Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) into the teaching of Drama. Providing a simple, step-by-step guide to the teaching of Drama in Primary School, the book is aimed primarily at those Class Teachers who, although interested in Drama, may not have undertaken any formal training in the subject. Although intended mainly as a guide for Primary School Teachers, the lessons are easily adaptable for pupils at all stages from P1 to S2.

Allen's second publication - 'Hattie & The Magic Hat' - is the first in a series of adventures about Hattie, a girl who thinks that nothing interesting or exciting ever happens in her home town of Northburgh; until, that is, she finds a strange hat that makes her fingers tingle when she holds it...

Having studied Drama and Expressive Arts at Queen Margaret University and Edinburgh University, Allen is currently a Specialist Teacher of Drama in Scottish Education, where, apart from teaching Drama to pupils of all ages, he also provides staff training and workshops to school Class Teachers. When not teaching and writing, Allen drinks coffee and reads other people's books.

A native of Glasgow, he now lives in Edinburgh, where he is never far from a proper espresso.