Theatre (Skills)
8-12s: Fridays
The 8-12 Skills group is focused on developing confidence, playing drama games and learning drama techniques. A great group for those nervous about performing in front of an audience or joining the world of drama for the very first time.
Are there spaces available?
Yes! Sign-up for September – December 2025 is currently open. Please contact James at james@strangetown.org.uk
Location: Broughton St Mary’s Church, Bellevue Crescent, EH3 6NE
Dates:Friday 5th September – 12th December 2025 (Half Term – Friday 17th October)
Class Times: 3-4.30pm (1 hour and a half)
Term Fee: £130
Free and discounted places are available. Please visit our Access Fund – Bursaries page for more information.
For more information, please contact james@strangetown.org.uk
Details
| Age group: | 8-12s |
| Dates: | 3-4.30pm, Friday 5th September - 12th December 2025 (Half Term - Friday 17th October) |
| Venue: | Broughton St Mary's Church |
Staff Members
Marion Geoffray
Workshop Leader - Friday 8-12s Theatre Skills
Marion Geoffray is a performer, theatre-maker and arts educator with over a decade of experience in the performing arts and education sectors. She’s had the chance to collaborate with leading arts and cultural organisations in Scotland (Imaginate, Lyra, YTAS, Starcatchers, NGS, Fringe Society, EIF and of course Strange Town!) as well as in F.E/H.E (University of Stirling, Edinburgh, RCS, QMU and The Scottish Institute) delivering high quality and engaging artistic projects and acting training.
She has a strong background in youth theatre, community engagement and creative learning. At the heart of her work is a socially engaged practice founded on rights-based and play-based approaches. She likes to use devising, new writing and physical theatre to create performances on the themes of communication, home, and identity, often adopting a multi-sensory and multi-cultural approach. As a migrant artist living and working in Scotland, she is highly passionate about offering a fair, inclusive, innovative and diverse access to the arts for all while championing the next generation of Scottish artists.
Credits include: PROM(ise) an immersive experience about prom night, Where Are You? A multilingual pop up performance commissioned by Imaginate and Arts in Tongues, a mini-web series for families about cultural, artistic and historical heritage in Edinburgh which won the Creative Edinburgh Collaboration Award in 2021.
Jenny Anderson
Workshop Assistant: Friday 5-7s and Friday 8-12s
Jenny has worked in Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders as a drama practitioner since 2017. Through this work, she helps young people to develop their confidence and perfect their drama skills whilst having fun and making new friends.
She also runs Zoom workshops for young people across the UK with the same rare syndrome (Kabuki) as herself. They gain so much by connecting through drama. She loves all aspects of my work both face to face and in the virtual world and is very much looking forward to this new chapter working regularly with Strange Town.
