For children aged 4-11 in Reception to Year 6
Our holiday drama camps offer fun and creative activities especially chosen to develop self-confidence, focus and concentration.
Dramarama camps encompass a wide-range of performance arts training and introduce children to a variety of genres, themes and styles, with an introduction to Musical Theatre. Children will learn songs, scenes and dances from family-friendly musicals. A different musical will be included on each camp, so that content in not repeated.
Children are split into groups, according to their ages
All our holiday camps are taught by qualified Drama teachers, together with a teaching assistant. Children are encouraged to make new friends, but if they attend with friends of the same age, they can be in the same group. We may have more than one group in each age-range so please inform us in advance of any friends also joining us.
We ask that parents provide a clearly named, nut-free packed lunch each day, along with a named, refillable water bottle.
Children should wear comfortable clothing, please ensure that all removable
clothing is clearly named.
Find out more about a day at Dramarama and Drama Stages FAQs.
Camp time: 9am - 3.15pm
The Structure of a Day
On the first day, the teacher will introduce themselves and their assistant to the children, and the children to each other. Throughout the week, as the teacher leads the camp, the assistant will repeat instructions as necessary to ensure that the children are fully aware of what is expected of them, and are confident to participate in all of the activities.
In both morning and afternoon sessions, all children will be given the opportunity to lead a game or exercise.
Upon arrival, the children will be registered and taken for a toilet-trip, and to wash their hands.
The teacher will explain to the group what they will be doing that day.
Morning Session
The morning sessions comprise a variety of movement/warm-up, fun-packed, creative drama games and activities. Physical games encourage concentration and coordination and channel creative energy.
Supervised Lunchtime
Staff will ensure that children eat all the food provided.
Afternoon Session
In the afternoon, children devise scenes and explore extracts from family-friendly plays and musical theatre shows. There are many opportunities to develop and explore a variety of different characters. We also include genres and themes which are of particular interest to a group. In addition, children will explore songs and movement from scenes from popular musical theatre.
Please note that most Dramarama camps are Workshops; unless specified otherwise, there is no end of week Show to parents/carers.
Children are allocated a place in a group based on their age/school year. All Dramarama camps are fun-based and entertaining, but as students progress the drama work becomes more challenging, incorporating more advanced, age-appropriate stage-work and dramatic technique. Older children are introduced to more detailed script work and movement, in addition to devising and improvising scenes.
Please provide on the registration form all relevant medical information and the names of adults authorised to collect.
