Schools
We deliver an extensive programme of creative learning projects each year, working with schools across the North East. From curriculum led work and classroom based learning to enrichment and after school activities, our work is diverse and vibrant.
We work with schools to provide bespoke learning packages and provide our own menu of creative packages.
We are a Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) theatre partner, a Children’s Theatre Partnership (CTP) theatre and have Investors in Children status.
Read the latest copy of our Schools newsletter, featuring the latest information for your next visit to Newcastle Theatre Royal.
Workshops
We offer bespoke workshop packages to help you facilitate your desired learning outcomes or extra curricular requirement. All of our workshops are led by professional artists, each working professionally in their field.
We have a standard menu of workshop sessions and visits which we can adapt to suit your needs, all workshops can be tailored for young children from Early Years, to older, Secondary age students. If you would like to ask us about a workshop or book a visit, please complete our enquiry form.
Contemporary Practitioners Workshop: Explore innovative techniques from influential figures like Brecht, Stanislavski, Kneehigh, and Complicité. Students will experiment with diverse theatrical styles, enhancing their understanding of key practitioners.
Devising for Theatre Workshop: Unlock creativity through collaborative performance creation. Participants will learn various devising techniques, from physical approaches to text-based starting points, culminating in short, original pieces.
Teachers’ Creative Writing Workshop: Equip educators with practical strategies for teaching creative writing in drama. Explore idea generation, character development, and dialogue crafting techniques adaptable for classroom use. As well as for you and your creative self.
Directing for Theatre Workshop: Develop directorial skills through practical exercises in text analysis, ensemble building, and staging. Gain insights into professional directing practices applicable to creating and developing your own work.
Costume and Set Design Workshop: Dive into the visual world of theatre design. Learn costume rendering, set model-making, and how to interpret scripts visually, enhancing production aesthetics.
Technical Workshop: Lighting and Sound Design: Explore the fundamentals of theatrical technology. Understand how lighting and sound enhance storytelling and create atmosphere, with hands-on experience using industry-standard equipment.
Careers Days: Discover the diverse career paths in theatre beyond the stage. Meet experienced professionals from technical, marketing, producing, finance, HR, and IT roles. Learn about essential behind-the-scenes jobs that bring productions to life. We can come to you, or you can come to us.
These workshops aim to provide comprehensive, hands-on experiences across various aspects of theatre-making, supporting both curriculum needs and fostering a deeper appreciation for the performing arts.
Cost – £180 per half day – £340 full day.
Other options for schools
Insight Visits
Visits are available Tuesday – Friday mornings, excluding matinee days. Maximum student group size 30, plus maximum of 5 accompanying staff. Visits last up to 90 minutes.
From £80
Stand alone workshops
In school or at the Theatre, with one practitioner or two practitioners for larger groups. These sessions can be tailored to any classroom, curriculum, activity or theme.
From £70
You decide!
If you having a burning project idea you would like our help with, would like a mixture of all of our menu or plan to do something that our menus don’t cover, just let us know.
From £70
To ask us a question about any of our Schools programme, to request a workshop or to become a NEST partner school, simply complete our enquiry form and a member of our Creative team will get in touch.