A Christmas Carol:
Drama workshop

✓ Reception - Year 6
✓ Led by a professional actor-facilitator
✓ Christmas, Literacy
✓ Delivered in your school hall

Join Scrooge on his adventures through Victorian London in our workshop based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Bring the Christmas spirit into your primary school with a drama workshop exploring the classic tale of Scrooge and his encounters with the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. This Story Explorer workshop takes children back to Victorian London as they explore the characters and story. Will Scrooge change his miserly ways, or is he doomed to a future of gloom and ‘bah humbug’ forever?

Available in person or online, the workshops are run class-by-class as the children work alongside an expert drama facilitator. Using drama techniques drawn from professional theatre, they will become immersed in the story’s world as they inhabit the characters, recreate the Victorian setting, and explore the themes of the story.

Created by:
Abigail Rosser
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To accompany the workshop based on A Christmas Carol, we are also offering a digital pack of theatre-inspired collaborative projects to extend the learning around the classic text before and after the workshop.

Created by professional theatre-makers, each project within the pack uses a different theatrical element, such as design, sound, song or drama, to provide a springboard for creative writing in the classroom. For more information visit our dedicated Inspiring Writing Toolkit webpage.


  • We work with children in their usual classes.
  • Sessions are 35 - 60 minutes for EYFS and KS1.
  • Sessions are 40 - 90 minutes for KS2.
  • Online sessions are up to 50 minutes each.
  • We can work with up to six classes per day.
  • To work with fewer classes we can visit for just an afternoon or morning session.
  • To work with more than seven classes we can visit across multiple days.
  • We will send you a suggested timetable when you enquire and we can work with you to create a timetable that works for your school day.



  • To think critically about the story and empathise with the characters by experiencing it first-hand.
  • To explore different ways of communicating, both verbally and physically.
  • To develop creative ownership and the imagination by working alongside a professional actor-facilitator.
  • Older students also have the opportunity for debate and discussion on the morality of the story.


 

Looking for an alternative festive story? This year we are also running workshops on The Night Before Christmas.

If you can’t find the answer you’re looking for, try our FAQs page or send an enquiry and our friendly box office team will help!