Summer Holiday Projects 2025 for 8-11s, 11-14s and 14-18s
It’s time for our Holiday Projects again! Specialising in what Strange Town does best, these camps allow you the opportunity to bring your own ideas to life in the form of your own short play.
This July 2025, create your own play from scratch and perform it to your friends & family in just five days!
This year’s Summer Holiday Projects are for 8-11s, 11-14s and 14-18s respectively.
8-11s
Monday 7th – Friday 11th July
10am-5pm
Out of the Blue Drill Hall
11-14s
Monday 14th – Friday 18th July
10am-5pm
Out of the Blue Drill Hall
14-18s
Monday 21st – Friday 25th July
10am-5pm
Out of the Blue Drill Hall
Cost: £165 (Discounted & free places available)
HOW TO SIGN-UP
Current members, please head to your membership page (MemberMojo) and simply add the relevant Summer 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: | 8-11s, 11-14s, 14-18s |
| Dates: | July 2025: Mon 7th-Fri 11th (8-11s); Mon 14th-Fri 18th (11-14s); Mon 21st-Fri 25th (14-18s) |
| Venue: | Out of the Blue Drill Hall |
| Prices: | £165 (Discounted & free places available) |
| What to Bring: | A bottle of water and please wear comfortable clothing. |
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.
Dan Webb
Assistant Director - Friday 8-11s (Performance)
Dan Webb is an Actor who recently graduated with a BA Honours Degree in Dance and Drama from Edinburgh College. He enjoys devising and creating pieces of work that put smiles on the faces of his audience, and is always looking for new avenues to bring happiness to people through Drama.
Jenny Quinn
Workshop Leader (Friday 8-12s Skills) & Assistant Director (Wednesday 11-14s)
Jenny trained in Acting with Musical Theatre at the MGA Academy of Performing Arts in Edinburgh where she gained extensive experience within the Arts.
In December 2015, she travelled to Warsaw, Poland to perform in a play to entertain and educate children in International Schools with Manhattan Childrens Theatre.
After graduating in 2017, she toured around the UK with several plays including Antigone na hEireann (2018) written and directed by James Beagon, and The Grandmothers Grimm (2019) with Some Kind of Theatre. She is now a freelance teacher and loves working in youth theatre.
