Play in a Week 2025
Ages 11-16 (School Years 7-11) available Week 1-5
Ages 17-18 (School Years 12-13) available Week 4 and 5
Monday – Saturday | 9:30am – 4:30pm (Saturday times will vary) | £310
We are offering an exciting, inclusive and intensive performance-based course. You will spend a wonderful week working with a group of like-minded young actors and our team of fantastic professional directors. Groups are split by age, and each group will work with their director to create a scripted production to be watched by family at the end of the week.
During the course you will have the chance to meet new people, take on challenging direction, gain experience and learn new skills. Please find below a list of the exciting titles we are offering this summer!
No experience or audition required.
To book, please read on and choose from one of our titles below. If you have any questions, we’d recommend reading through our FAQs pack below. However, if you have any further queries, please don’t hesitate to email summerschools@rosetheatre.org.
View our Play in a Week FAQs pack
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BOOKING FAQS
How does booking work?
You will be able to book and pay for your course via the Rose Theatre website. In your confirmation email you will then be asked to provide further information via a Google form. We require this form before the course begins.
Can I request a particular group?
We are happy to place students in a group with their friends or siblings if requested upon sign up. If you would like your child to be placed in the same/different group as a friend or sibling, please put this in the "Any Other Info" section of the Google form.
Please note this course runs Monday to Saturday for all ages. Performances take place on Saturdays in the early afternoon or evening depending on your group. We will contact you with your group and performance times one week before the start of your course. Group allocations are arranged by age and typically Group A is the younger range performing at the matinee show, Group B is the older performing in the evening. We are not able to take allocation requests after groups are assigned.
If you are unable to make a certain performance slot on the Saturday due to another commitment, please specify this in the “Any Other Info'' section of the google form.
How do your discounts work?
We offer a sibling discount which is 25% off the second course fee (applies to the lowest fee if also booking a ‘Create in Three Days’ course) and a discount for current RYT members.
Sibling discounts must be processed with our Box Office team either in person or over the phone, and we will require a registration for each student.
Current members in our RYTA or RYC courses can request a promo code to be used online by emailing summerschools@rosetheatre.org. The code cannot be applied retrospectively, please request this before you complete a form.
If you would like more info about discounts, please email summerschools@rosetheatre.org or speak to our Box Office team when booking your place on 020 8174 0090.
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WEEK 1: MON 28th JULY - SAT 2nd AUGUST
The Railway Children by E.Nesbit | Adapted by Ciara Morris (Age 11-16)
After the sudden departure of their father, Bobby, Peter, and Phyllis are uprooted to a cottage in Yorkshire with their mother. There they fall in love with the railway and become involved in the lives of people connected to it.
WEEK 2: MON 4th AUGUST - SAT 9th AUGUST
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare (Age 11-16)
'There is a kind of merry war betwixt Signior Benedick and her.' Shakespeare’s much loved comedy of wit and trickery set in an exotic land.
WEEK 3: MON 11th AUGUST - SAT 16th AUGUST
The Baskerville Hound by Nicole Burley (Ages 11-16)
The 1980s. Jamie Watson, a troublemaker with a knack for getting expelled, arrives at Baskerville School in the wake of a terrible crime. The legend of the Baskerville Hound lurks on the moor, and fact and fiction begin to collide…
WEEK 4: MON 18th AUGUST - SAT 23rd AUGUST
The Odyssey by Homer | Adapted by Josh Mathieson (Ages 11-13)
Homer’s famous epic tale of gods and monsters, witches and raging seas is brought to life in this re-imagining.
The Iliad by Homer | Adapted by Nicole Burley (Ages 14-18)
The fall of Troy looms. Will kings, princes and heroes let their humanity fall with it?
WEEK 5: MON 25th AUGUST - SAT 30th AUGUST
Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Ages 11-13/14-18)
‘When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?’ Shakespeare’s tragic tale of prophecies, power and madness.
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BURSARIES
Inclusion and opportunities for all are at the heart of what we do at Rose Participate. Bursaries are available on request to help cover the cost of courses for those who may struggle with the fees. While anyone is free to apply for the bursary fund to help support participation, priority will be given to those facing financial hardship. Bursaries will be offered to fully or partially cover course fees. Mentoring and support are also offered alongside financial support.
In order to apply for a bursary, please complete the bursary form (available here) and return to lucy.morrell@rosetheatre.org.
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TESTIMONIALS
‘Excellent concept, excellent texts and very well delivered.’ - Parent, 2024
‘Play in a Week proved to be invaluable to my older child over several years and was a wonderful experience for my younger child this year.’ - Parent, 2024
‘My child absolutely loved her summer drama week. She loved that it was on a proper stage at the end with costumes and props!’ - Parent, 2024
‘It was a great production, full of fun, the perfect introduction to a sometimes daunting playwright. He thoroughly enjoyed himself and is already plotting with the new friends he has made to return next summer.’ - Parent, 2024
‘Created a safe environment that fostered teamwork and friendship, a truly amazing experience.’ - Parent, 2023
‘The drama group leaders were really encouraging and helpful. It was a real challenge for me to act on stage and learn all those lines in a week but I learnt so much [...] I had a lot of fun, and I felt so much more confident by the end of the week.’ - Student, 2023