Easter Holiday Projects 2025 for 8-12s & 13-18s
It’s time for our Holiday Projects again! Specialising in what Strange Town do best, these camps allow you the opportunity to bring your own ideas to life in the form of your own short play.
This April 2025, create your own play from scratch and perform it to your friends & family in just two days!
This year’s projects are for 8-12s and 13-18s respectively.
8-12s (SOLD OUT)
Monday 7th & Tuesday 8th April 2025
10am-5pm
Out of the Blue Drill Hall
13-18s
Wednesday 9th & Thursday 10th April 2025
10am-5pm
Out of the Blue Drill Hall
Cost: £80 (Discounted & free places available)
HOW TO SIGN-UP
Current members, please head to your membership page and simply add the relevant Holiday Project to your current membership.
If you are not currently a member of Strange Town, please contact our Youth Theatre Manager James at james@strangetown.org.uk to receive a sign-up link.
Details
| Age group: | 8-12s & 13-18s |
| Dates: | Mon 7 & Tues 8th April (8-12s); Wed 9th & Thurs 10th April (13-18s) |
| Venue: | Out of the Blue Drill Hall |
| Prices: | £80 full price (discounted & free places available) |
| What to Bring: | Comfortable clothes and a bottle of water |
Staff Members
James Beagon
Youth Theatre Manager & Director: Tuesday 8-25s & Wednesday 11-14s
James is a director, playwright and creative learning facilitator who has lived and worked in Edinburgh for over a decade.
He has worked with Strange Town since 2015 and has written and directed a number of Strange Town productions including Stolen Futures (Traverse Theatre, June 2019) Beneath the Surface (Traverse Theatre, June 2022), Heart of the Storm & Something Special (Scottish Storytelling Centre, Dec 2021), Over the Waves (Traverse Theatre, June 2023) and My Kind of Weird (Traverse Theatre, June 2024). In addition to his role as Youth Theatre Manager, he leads the Tuesday 8-25s and Wednesday 11-14s youth theatre groups.
Previous credits with his own group Aulos Productions include the award-winning Fringe productions First Class (2014) and Gobland for the Goblins (2017) and the award-nominated Women of the Mourning Fields (2015) and Antigone na hEireann (2018).
James has worked extensively as a freelance drama practitioner with companies including East Lothian Youth Theatre, Lyceum Youth Theatre, Youth Theatre Arts Scotland, Theatre Sans Accents and Acting Out Drama School.
He holds an MFA in Directing from Edinburgh Napier and an M.A. (Hons) in Ancient and Medieval History from Edinburgh University and has run workshops and guest-lectured at both institutions.
Adam Butler
Workshop Leader - Friday Film (Red Group)
Originally from Edinburgh, Adam has recently moved back from Glasgow where he spent four years training and developing his craft.
Adam holds a BA Acting degree from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Since graduating, Adam has worked as an actor, director, producer, and tutor.
His current and previous tutoring work includes the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Rose Bruford College, Edinburgh Acting School, and Edinburgh Council’s Adult Education Course. His latest directing credit was A Midsummer Night’s Dream, performed in June 2024 at the Church Hill Theatre.
Adam is a supportive and approachable tutor, and looks to help students discover their full potential.
Charlie Park-Long
Workshop Assistant: Friday Film (Black Group)
Charlie is a young and inspiring filmmaker working with Strange Town to help teach film and theatre to other young people. He is on the Autistic spectrum and he uses that to drive his passion for film. Film has been a huge passion of his for many years and he is enthused to have the chance to teach it to people, with the hope that those people he teaches will have the same passion as him. He’s most looking forward to talking and discussing film with his group. He is very excited to start this journey and happy to be working with Strange Town.
