Recently, there has been a considerable amount of discussion on social media about the nature of evidence informing teacher decisions about learning. These discussions emerged as a result of a post entitled ‘The problem with using scientific evidence in education (why teachers should stop trying to be more like doctors’) (McKnight and Morgan 2019). In a previous editorial for this journal, we reflected on the complexities of educational research and our role in contributing to the discussion asking then, ‘Is it time then to change the game by sharing educational research in new ways? Might we achieve the change we all know is needed, within drama and beyond, by bringing together personal narratives, established research findings and the aesthetic and dynamic qualities of drama and theatre?’ (Dunn and Stinson 2015, 99).