Autumn Term Workshops & Shows
Celebrate Christmas, Diwali and other autumn events.
Autumn Term Highlights | Autumn Events and Festivals
Dance and drama workshops are the perfect way to promote teamwork, build confidence and give children the best possible start to the academic year. Our workshops are available all year round, but in the Autumn Term we look forward to helping schools celebrate key dates such as Diwali, Remembrance Day, Anti-bullying Week and Christmas.
Autumn Term Highlights
Diwali
29 October - 3 November 2024
Diwali Workshops: Dance and Drama
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Celebrate Diwali by exploring the great Hindu epic about prince Rama and his wife Sita. By retelling the famous story through dance or drama, children improve their cultural understanding and confidence in self-expression.
Anti-Bullying Week
11 - 15 November 2024
Anti-Bullying Drama Workshop
PSHE
Spread a positive and inclusive anti-bullying message and use drama techniques alongside examples from children’s books.
Story Explorer Drama Workshop
PSHE
Take an even more literacy-based approach with workshops inspired by the children’s books Ruby’s Worry by Tom Percival, Something Else by Kathryn Cave, or The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf.
Christmas
Available from November onwards
The Pantomime Dance Workshop
Christmas
Recreate the magic of panto in this festive celebration of dance and storytelling. Choose between Aladdin or Cinderella.
Professional Pantomime in your School Hall
Christmas
Bring some West End panto magic to your school with a performance of Dick Whittington and his Cat, Scroogical! or Beauty and the Beast.
Autumn Term Events and Festivals
Roald Dahl Day: 13 September 2024
Bringing Books to Life Dance Workshops
Reimagine our most beloved books through dance, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Enormous Crocodile or The BFG.
Story Explorer Drama Workshops
Explore a book first-hand through drama, with options including Matilda, The Magic Finger or Fantastic Mr Fox.
Diwali: 29 October - 3 November 2024
Diwali Workshops: Dance and Drama
Celebrate Diwali by exploring the great Hindu epic about prince Rama and his wife Sita. By retelling the famous story through dance or drama, children improve their cultural understanding and confidence in self-expression.
Guy Fawkes Night: 5 November 2024
History Explorer Drama Workshop
Help our Time Traveller navigate their way back through time to explore the Gunpowder Plot in our drama workshop for KS1.
Remembrance Day: 11 November 2024
Poetry and Poppies: Stories from World War One drama workshop
Inspired by the poets of the Great War, your children can investigate one of our most important historical events from an interactive, drama-based perspective. Part history, part performance and part literature, the workshop’s focus is on the people of the World War One and their stories.
Anti-Bullying Week: 11 - 15 November 2024
Anti-Bullying Drama Workshop
Spread a positive and inclusive anti-bullying message and use drama techniques alongside examples from children’s books.
Story Explorer Drama Workshop
Take an even more literacy-based approach with workshops inspired by the children’s books Ruby’s Worry by Tom Percival, Something Else by Kathryn Cave, or The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf.
Christmas: December 2024
The Pantomime Dance Workshop
Recreate the magic of panto in this festive celebration of dance and storytelling. Choose between Aladdin or Cinderella.
Christmas Drama Workshop
Bring the Christmas spirit into your primary school with a drama workshop. Explore the classic tale of A Christmas Carol, or be enchanted by The Snow Queen.
Christmas Pantos: Dick Whittington, Scroogical & Beauty and the Beast
Bring a professional panto into your school hall with a performance of one our original pantomimes, Dick Whittington and his Cat, Scroogical! or Beauty and the Beast.
