Drama Days

Treehouse Theatre Drama Days are mini projects for your students to throw themselves into - working together, having fun, building confidence, making new friends and learning without even noticing Drama Days are designed for schools, though may also be suitable for - or adapted to - other venues and audiences.

We enjoy a challenge, so do get in touch if you’ve something in mind!

Seasonal Drama

Christmas 2009: "Santa's Big Surprise" Christmas party
Pantomime 2009/10: "The Magic Paintbrush"

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Seasonal Drama

'Santa's Big Surprise'
A Treehouse Christmas Party is 1½ hours of action packed fun!
'Santa's Big Surprise' takes children on a magical journey of performance, storytelling and dressing up, with lots of games and songs along the way.  A Treehouse Christmas Party is perfect for holiday clubs, summer events, children’s centres, leaver’s parties and anywhere looking for some summery sparkle!  
Suitable for age 3+; Maximum 50 children. Available throughout December

'The Magic Paintbrush'
A Treehouse Theatre Interactive Pantomime for ages 4-11yrs
Life changes for a Chinese peasant boy when he’s given a paintbrush by a mysterious stranger, and his paintings start to magically come to life.The greedy Emperor however, wants the magic paintbrush for himself, so he captures the boy, steals his paintbrush and throws the boy and his mum into the deepest darkest dungeon in the Kingdom…..
All performances offer up to 35 parts for audience members to play - so hands up if you want to join in!!
Schools tour:
Mon 7th – Friday 11th December 2009
Mon 11th – Friday 15th January 2010
The performance is 1hr 15mins, and is staged in the round - 6m x 4m performance space in the centre of hall is required, with seating on all 4 sides.
Shows open to the public:
Wednesday 2nd December 2009. Highcliffe St Mark Primary School at 5.30pm.
Friday 15th January 2010. Bourne Spring Centre, Springbourne at 6pm.
Tickets £4 each or £12 for a family of four. Maximum of 3 children per adult. Special offer for children of Highcliffe St Marks: £3 per ticket / £10 family. Call 01202 421806 for tickets.


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2-Day Tudor Project

The 2-Day Tudor project is fun, challenging and rewarding. During 2 days of workshops and rehearsals, students prepare to perform 'The Tudor Dynasty' - a hilarious historical play following the lives and loves - and how they lost them - of all the Tudor monarchs. The 2 days culminate in an evening performance to which an audience can be invited. Schools are actively involved by preparing some cross-curricular aspects of the performance in advance - Tudor dances, songs and music, some casting, short pieces of Shakespeare and similar.
Suitable for Years 5-8 (age 9-13 yrs), Maximum of 90 children (3 classes)
“The children had a fantastic time and got a lot out of these 2 days…they would do it all again tomorrow given half a chance!”
St Sampsons Junior School, Wiltshire (Year 5)

 

Corfe Castle Drama Day

A day of workshops based around Corfe Castle. Each workshop is an hour long and delivered to one class at a time. There are 3 workshops to choose from, and the 'mix-and-match' set up of the day ensures that we can tailor the day to suit your school size and curriculum. Schools can choose any or all of the workshops. Suitable for Years 5-8 (age 9-13 yrs)
Workshops are:
'A Day in the Life of a Castle' - Daily life in a Medieval Castle through the eyes of Lady Eleanor
'Corfe under Siege' - Tactics and practicalities of the various Medieval sieges of Corfe Castle
'The Fall of Corfe' - Re-enact the story of Corfe Castle's fall through betrayal in the Civil War
“A good range of content and pupils used a lot of drama skills” Ferndown Middle School (years 5 & 8)

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Give us a Shake – Shakespeare Gameshow and Workshop

Give us a Shake enthuses students about Shakespeare, and gives a broad introduction to the material. Set in the Globe theatre, the gameshow ‘Give us a Shake’ is fast-paced and fun, with famous characters in the hot seat, sketches and scenes, Shakespearian language and strange words. Fired up by the gameshow, students then get a chance to perform scenes themselves and practice performance techniques in workshops. Texts looked at during the workshops can be tailored to suit your course of study.    
Suitable for Years 5-9 (age 9-14 yrs), Maximum of 90 children (3 classes) per ½ day session
“An excellent way to demystify and humanise Shakespeare. A lot of formerly disengaged students are now eagerly awaiting next year!”
Court Moor Secondary School (y8)

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Creative Drama Day

A Creative Day begins with the ultimate in imagination – the students will devise and perform their own unique new play in just an hour. Following the performance, workshops led by our 3 actors allow students to explore ideas in the play, practice performance skills, and work together in small groups to produce short scenes. We provide you with a written copy of your unique play for follow up work, and an activity pack of cross-curricular ideas.
Suitable for Year 3 upwards (age 7+), Maximum of 90 children (3 classes)
“Excellent creative concept, which brought out some good ideas which could be followed up in a variety of subjects. The workshops provided a useful platform, which introduced skills the children found new, exciting and were able to utilise. I would like to thank Treehouse Theatre for their work and the excellent atmosphere they created.” Court Moor Secondary School (y7).

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