Opportunities for Secondary Schools

Curriculum based workshops

York Theatre Royal offers round the year curriculum based workshops that are available in school and at the theatre. Download our Experience brochure below to see some of the opportunities available. If you can’t see what you are looking for, please contact us as bespoke projects are usually possible.

Workshops

The Diary of Anne Frank (17 Feb - 3 Mar 2012)

Onstage event

Working with actors and members of the creative team. An interactive session taking place in the auditorium and onstage, to look at the process of staging the text.

Date: 1 Mar, 11-12pm
Cost: £2 per head when booked with tickets to the matinee performance on the same day

Meet the creative team

Post-matinee Q&A with the creative team and actors on stage, focusing on the particular processes of the production and of being an actor. Actors will give the students a tour of the set and stage, talking through and giving an insight into the processes of being an actor before and during the production.

Max 40 participants
Date: 1 Mar (after matinee)
Cost: £3 added to the price of a ticket when booking through box office

Pre and Post show workshops

Hosted at York Theatre Royal or in your school, exploring the story, themes and historical context of the play. Workshops can also be tailored for your specific area of interest.

Cost: £150 + travel to schools outside York

Partnership work

York Theatre Royal has developed a focused Partnership with Education and Theatre (PET) Project which works with schools (primary and secondary) every year to facilitate creative learning across all curriculum subjects. By allowing students to see the curriculum in action they can relate the subjects being studied to their practical use in the "real world".

Various York Theatre Royal departments including accounts, box office, the café bar, marketing, production, wardrobe and even the acting companies are actively involved in projects that allow schools to show students the curriculum in action. The public rarely see the day to day work that goes in to ensuring a production reaches the stage, however through individually tailored PET projects we use these processes to show students how subjects they are studying can be applied practically.

Our PET schools for the current academic year 2011/2012 are:
Carr Junior
Joseph Rowntree School
Knavesmire Primary

We are currently developing a new model for PET that will allow us to work with a greater number of schools. We hope to be able to offer different packages that will suit the needs of different schools and will be linked to the development of iCAN, the International Centre for Arts and Narrative.

If you would like any further information about PET please contact Julian Ollive on 01904 658162 or email education@yorktheatreroyal.co.uk