CREATIVE LEARNING AT

MAKE THIS YEAR A CREATIVE ONE

It’s the start of a new academic year and we have a feast of fantastic

workshops, productions and projects on offer for your staff and students.

All provision can be designed to suit the specific needs of your groups

and we are always open to new requests, so just contact us if you

would like something that isn’t mentioned below.

In addition, Royal & Derngate’s Education Partnership Programme is a

unique way to enrich and support the delivery of creative learning across

different ages. We can create provision specific to your needs either as

a bespoke one-off project or as part of a money-saving partnership.

We’d love to work with your school, so take a look at what’s on offer and

get in touch to discuss how we can help your staff and students to

Inspire. Enrich. Achieve.

WHAT WE DO

Royal & Derngate proudly supports local nurseries,

schools, colleges and universities, designing and

delivering a wide variety of bespoke projects,

workshops

and creative opportunities.

We are committed to providing high quality arts

provision that will:

Inspire students and staff

Enrich creative learning experiences

Achieve the potential of all students and staff

Engage with arts professionals

Develop creative thinkers of the future

BENEFITS

Provides support to deliver a curriculum that

encourages innovation and creative thinking

across all subjects

Access to experienced specialist arts and

education practitioners

Provides enrichment experiences that

encourages increased engagement

Arts award qualifications and vocational

experience

Contributes towards Artsmark accreditation

Targets students with limited access to the

arts

Projects can be designed specifically to

meet your needs

Inspire. Enrich. Achieve.

PARTNERSHIPS

Our partnership agreements span all phases of education from Early Years to University level.

Each partnership is unique to the school, college or university, offering projects for all

students, including pupil premium, those with specific educational needs

and those not in mainstream education.

Partnerships can include a variety of provision, including:

Opportunities for every student in the school to engage in arts activities

Access to creative and innovative professional development opportunities

Workshops that target specific topics, skills and texts

Enrichment projects that go beyond the classroom

Discounted tickets to our productions

Arts Award qualifications

Tours of the theatre

Royal & Derngate’s Education Partnerships are great value for money as the larger the

partnership, the more opportunity there is for discounted rates.

Partnerships also allow you to work with us to build a creative curriculum that applies across

All subjects, developing an integrated approach to curriculum and enrichment planning.

Inspire. Enrich. Achieve.

Get Creative with Royal & Derngate Take a look at the range of productions, workshops and projects available to book now

WHY THE WHALES CAME BY MICHAEL MORPURGO

TUES 8 NOVEMBER

Royal & Derngate’s previous Associate

Director Dani Parr and multi-award-winning

performer and storyteller Danyah Miller

vividly bring to life another enchanting tale

by Michael Morpurgo.

For ages 7+

Tickets £13

Royal

Workshops

Explore the journeys, quests and adventures

inspired by the storytelling style of Why the

Whales Came in a creative and practical

workshop aimed at KS2 and KS3 students.

Cost £220-£250

Workshops take place in school

TUES 7 DECEMBER – SAT 7 JANUARY

Fairy dust will be sprinkled to transform our

Underground Studio into an enchanting and

immersive wonderland once again.

Will Croc ever get rid of his tick? Will the lost

boys find what they have been looking for?

Directed by Jesse Jones (co-founder of The

Wardrobe Ensemble and Resident Assistant

Director at Royal & Derngate) and created

with a team of brilliantly imaginative theatre-

makes, Second Star To The Right is the

perfect introduction to theatre for little ones

– a very special interactive experience for

boys and girls under 7 and their adults.

Exclusive School Group Ticket

£370 (up to 60 students)

Underground Studio

TUES 29 NOVEMBER – SAT 31 DECEMBER

Take an unforgettable journey through the

Neverland you never knew this Christmas, as

the Royal stage is transformed for this much-

anticipated European Premiere.

Directed by Luke Sheppard, this prequel to

Peter Pan brings one of classic literature’s

most beloved characters to life.

For ages 7+

Tickets £10-£26

Royal

Workshops

Explore the themes, characters and settings

inspired by Peter and the Starcatcher in a

fun-filled creative workshop aimed at KS2 and

KS3 students.

Cost £220-£250

Workshops take place in school

Inspire. Enrich. Achieve.

Our WORLD BOOK DAY workshops can

be designed to suit any book of your

choice. Previous workshops have

focussed on Charlie and the Chocolate

Factory, My Dad’s a Birdman and Once

Upon an Ordinary School Day.

Suitable for Reception – KS2

Cost £500 (up to 4 hours)

20-24 MARCH 2017

WORKSHOP

A 2 hour workshop exploring plots,

characters, themes and approaches to

staging Shakespeare plays.

Cost £250

PLAY IN A DAY

Working with practitioners over the

course of a school day to rehearse a

shortened version of a Shakespeare play,

performing to parents and students at

the school

Cost £500

SHAKESPEARE DISCOVER ARTS AWARD

Complete the Discover Arts Award as

part of your Shakespeare lesson activities

and Play in a Day event. We can provide

all of the resources and administration

necessary for your students to achieve

the award.

Cost varies according to

size of group, please

contact us for details.

Weekly after school sessions for all year

groups that develop theatre skills, build

confidence and encourages group

interaction through fun, creative

activities.

Sessions are led by professional theatre

practitioners and run for 10 weeks each

term in your school. Each term ends with

an informal sharing to classmates, friends

and family.

Cost £800 (10 weeks)

Inspire. Enrich. Achieve.

Inspire. Enrich. Achieve.

STANDARD WORKSHOPS

Workshops are available on a range of curriculum

topics and subjects to suit all ages and abilities,

and can be delivered in school.

2hr workshop = £250 1.5hr workshop = £220

1hr workshop = £200

Examples include:

* Greek Myths * Devising Techniques

* Explorers * Script Writing

* Egyptians * Clowning

* Music & Movement * Page to Stage

* Performance Poetry * Stanislavski & Brecht

* Descriptive Writing * Psychophysical Theatre

* Ballads * Shakespeare

* Active Science * Directing

A range of one-off projects are on offer enabling

students to engage in arts activities that broaden their

experience of creative collaborative learning.

Examples include:

* Shakespeare Schools Festival

Royal & Derngate can work with your students to

direct the play your school enters in the festival.

* Play In A Day

Practitioners work with a large group of students to

explore a text, performing to an audience at the end

of the day.

* Production Support Days

Support for your school production with workshops

delivered by actors, designers and choreographers.

* Theatre Tours

Tours of the theatre spaces at Royal & Derngate.

SPECIAL PROJECTS

PRODUCTIONS & WORKSHOPS

School group tickets are available for productions

and some Errol Flynn Cinema screenings.

We also offer production-related workshops.

Examples include:

* Peter and the Starcatcher * The Gruffalo’s Child

* Chitty Chitty Bang Bang * Why the Whales Came

* Second Star to the Right * Jack & the Beanstalk

* A Woman in Black * Richard Alston Dance

BESPOKE WORKSHOPS Bespoke workshops that are tailored to the specific

needs of your students are also available.

These are designed and led by arts specialists

providing workshops, residencies or sustained

projects across a term.

Fees for bespoke workshops start from £300 upwards

depending on the specialism.

Examples include:

* Storytelling * Choreography

* Art & Design * Puppetry

* Music Composition * Shakespeare

* Advanced Theatre Skills * Devising

Bespoke workshops can also focus on key texts, such

as My Dad’s a Birdman, Once Upon an Ordinary

School Day and GCSE/A Level Set Texts.

BESPOKE WORKSHOPS

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TRAINING

We offer a range of training opportunities through

workshops and projects.

Continuing Professional Development

Aimed at teachers, teaching assistants, trainee

teachers and support staff. Workshop focus can include

specialist skills training and/or creative teaching

methods in practice.

Arts Award

The Creative Learning Team has qualified advisors

offering Arts Awards at Discover, Explore, Bronze, Silver

and Gold levels, and can design specific projects that

embed Arts Award into both curriculum and

enrichment activities.

VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Vocational experience within the creative

industries is a key element of our Post-16

provision.

Projects can be designed to focus on specific

careers or on developing an understanding of

how an arts organisation works.

Examples of provision include:

* Industry Days * Talks

* Post-Show Q&As * Masterclasses

* Performances * Internships

There are also opportunities for students to

volunteer on festival and community projects

such as Fun Palaces, Connections Festival and

Heritage Days.

For more information on Creative Learning

provision at Royal & Derngate, contact

Trudy A Bell

Creative Learning Director

trudy.bell@royalandderngate.co.uk

01604 655740

For School Group Bookings for productions,

contact

Emma Harris

Groups and Schools Co-ordinator

group.bookings@royalandderngate.co.uk

01604 620066

Box Office – 01604 624811

www.royalandderngate.co.uk

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