Weekly Curricular Drama Classes

Regular weekly drama sessions throughout the academic year (or term), are perfect for schools who want regular drama lessons but don’t yet have their own drama department.  

These sessions can be aligned to your school’s curriculum or designed by us to provide a structured and progressive drama programme. Either way, the aim is to bring drama into your school as its own subject, giving pupils the opportunity to explore performance, storytelling, and creative expression in a supportive environment.

Through a variety of engaging activities including improvisation, role-play, script work, and performance tasks, students gradually acquire and build on a range of drama and communication skills, promoting confidence, communication, self-expression, creativity, collaboration, and imagination.

Lessons are carefully planned to suit the age and experience of the pupils, ensuring that every child can participate, develop new skills, and grow in confidence. Where appropriate, classes can also work towards informal sharings or small performances, giving pupils the opportunity to celebrate their work.

Our sessions fit easily into the school timetable and can be delivered to individual classes, year groups, or mixed groups, depending on your school’s needs.

Workshops in Schools

Dramatica offers fully immersive day-long workshops in schools to children in KS1 and KS2.

Workshops are designed to bring subjects to life, with the practical element being the forefront.

Workshops Themes Include:

• Introduction to Shakespeare
• Starting out with Storytelling
• The Great Fire of London
• Florence Nightingale
• A Day at the Musicals

Subjects We Cover:

• Imagination and Story Stimulus
• PSHE and Confidence-Boosting Workshops
• History Cross Curricular Workshops
• Performance and Public Speaking

What We Provide:

• Fully immersive workshops, suitable for the whole class or year group
• All workshops led by a specifically trained actor practitioners
• Liaison before the session to ensure that the workshop will meet your needs
• Follow up worksheets where required to continue the work in the classroom

To book or for further information, email: schools@dramatica.org.uk

Let Dramatica help you put on a school play or musical!

Want to put on a school production, or want to outsource the team to do this? We work with industry professionals to bring your dream show to life at your school!  

School performances are a fantastic way of creating a buzz within school, encouraging a sense of team spirit and the perfect way of ending a term or academic year.   Not to mention the marketing opportunities with photographs and publicity material!

We have extensive experience of sourcing, producing and directing age-appropriate productions, and can accommodate any cast size and ability.  We can also look to stage your production in a professional local theatre, and provide lighting and microphone options too.

What does this Cost?

We aim to work within your school’s specific budget and tailor-make a package specific to your requirements.

However, an example package may look as follows:

(The below is based on an academic year averaging 30 weeks. We can also work out a termly price if you would prefer):

STARTER PROVISION

• Up to 3 hours of drama lessons per week ( 1 morning or afternoon/week)
• An end of year production for Years 4&5
• An Introduction to Shakespeare workshop for Year 6

Cost for the academic year: £5050

CORE PROVISION

• Up to 6 hours of drama lessons per week ( 1 day/week)
• An end of year production for Years 4&5
• An end of year production for Years 6-8
• An Introduction to Shakespeare workshop for Year 6
• A Welcome to Story Telling workshop for Years 1&2

Cost for the academic year: £10,100

COMPLETE PROVISION

• Up to 10 hours of drama lessons per week ( 2 days/week)
• Up to 3 drama productions
• Up to 3 day workshops

Cost for the academic year: £16,200

We understand that each school’s need is different.  If you would like to suggest a different option, please get in touch.  We will do our absolute best to accommodate you!

Why Choose Dramatica?

It’s a good question. After all, when inviting an external provider into your school, you want to be confident that the experience will be enriching, professionally delivered, and truly beneficial for your pupils.

With over 25 years of experience working in education and the performing arts, Dramatica brings together a deep understanding of both theatre practice and the realities of school life. We know how to engage young people, support teachers, and deliver sessions that are structured, purposeful, and enjoyable.

Our practitioners are experienced professionals who understand safeguarding, classroom management, and how to work effectively within busy school timetables. Whether leading a weekly drama class, delivering a specialist workshop, or supporting a full production, we ensure every session is well organised, inclusive, and inspiring for pupils.

We also believe drama should be accessible to every school. That is why we design flexible programmes that can work around your timetable, staffing structure, and budget, allowing you to offer high-quality drama provision without the need to establish a department from scratch.

Above all, our aim is simple: to help schools provide creative, memorable experiences that build confidence, develop communication skills, and allow every child the opportunity to shine.

About Ruthie Hunt, Principal and Artistic Director

Ruthie is a graduate of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, originally studying both Drama and Education.  After starting out working in children’s theatre, she has gone on to work in a large number of state and private schools and has set up many thriving drama departments within a range of prep, primary and secondary schools.  She continues to work as a mentor and practitioner across the country.  Ruthie is an experienced children’s theatre director and has worked with groups of children of all ages across the world, including the USA, Germany and Cyprus.

She also works as an INSET leader, advising schools around the country on ways of incorporating drama into the curriculum, both cross curricular and as a subject in its own right, which she is passionate about.