Summer 8-10s: Create a play in 5 days (Previous Project)
Sorry, but this event is no longer running.
Start on Monday with the spark of an idea and on Friday perform the play you will have created. Learn performance skills, develop characters and plot, and have a lot of fun!
To book email admin@strangetown.org.uk
Details
| Age group: | 8-10s |
| Dates: | Mon 1 - Fri 5 July 9am-4pm |
| Venue: | Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 36 Dalmeny St, Edinburgh EH6 8RG |
| Location: | |
| Prices: | £150 (discounted and free places available) |
| What to Bring: | Wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring a bottle of water. Please also bring a packed lunch and snacks unless you would prefer to buy from the Out of the Blue cafe. |
Performance
Friday 5th July at 3.30pm for invited friends and family.
Staff Members
James Beagon
Youth Theatre Manager, Director & Playwright: Tuesday 8-25s
James is a director, playwright and creative learning facilitator who has lived and worked in Edinburgh for the past 15 years.
He has worked with Strange Town since 2015 and has written and directed a number of Strange Town productions, most recently Livin’ On A Prayer (Traverse, June 2025). Other Strange Town credits include Stolen Futures (Traverse, June 2019) Beneath the Surface (Traverse, June 2022) and My Kind of Weird (Traverse Theatre, June 2024). In addition to his role as Youth Theatre Manager, he directs 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.
