Summer Drama Project 2022:
8-10s (Previous Project)
Sorry, but this event is no longer running.
Our Summer Drama Project for 2022 is to create an entire play from scratch and perform it in just 5 days. Are you up for the challenge?
8-10s Mon 4th July – Fri 8th July 2022
All sessions will take place at Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Dalmeny Street.
The cost is £150 per week, but bursaries offering discounted and free places are available.
To book a place please sign-up here.
Alternatively, please email james@strangetown.org.uk for more information.
Details
| Age group: | 8-10s |
| Dates: | Monday 4th July - Friday 8th July, 9am-4pm |
| Venue: | Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 36 Dalmeny St, Edinburgh EH6 8RG, 36 Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh, EH6 8RG |
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.
