Drama: Production (Secondary 1-3)
Year-long Weekly Short Course for Children and Young People
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Overview
Our Saturday afternoon Drama: Production class for Secondary 1-3 students offers an exciting opportunity to explore a different play each term, giving students the chance to experience a wide variety of characters, themes, and performance styles. Whether you’re a budding actor or just looking to try something new, this class will help you develop your acting skills, stage presence, and confidence in a fun and creative environment. Term 3 culminates in a sharing where students will showcase the skills they’ve learned throughout the term.
Each term, students will focus on a different play, ranging from classic works to modern stories. They’ll work on analysing the script, understanding character motivations, and learning how to bring these characters to life. In addition to focusing on character development, students will improve their voice, body language, and stagecraft, learning how to express emotions and tell a story through movement and speech. By performing different styles of plays, students will also build their versatility as actors.
Throughout weekly rehearsals, students will engage in group work, improving their ability to collaborate as an ensemble. The class emphasizes the importance of teamwork, confidence, and communication, allowing students to learn how to support each other on stage while developing their individual performances.
By the end of this course you will have:
- Developed fundamental acting skills including voice projection, physicality, and emotional expression
- Learned to analyse scripts and understand characters, storylines, and themes
- Build strong character development skills, bringing roles to life with authenticity
- Improves stage presence and confidence through performance opportunities
- Strengthen ensemble collaboration and teamwork in group scenes
- Enhance physical acting techniques, using movement and body language to tell a story
Throughout the year, you will have the opportunity to work towards a short performance for an invited audience of family and friends.
- Public Sharing – 20 June 2026 (friends and family are invited to this performance)
We run a variety of different courses throughout the year, and update our programme regularly – you can find all courses by clicking here.
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The important details
Age:
Secondary 1-3
Cost:
£1095
Date:
6 September 2025 - 20 June 2026
Time:
Saturdays, 1pm - 4pm
Venue:
Wallace Studios, 210 Garscube Road, Glasgow G4 9RR
Course Information
There are no entry requirements for this open access course. Students do not need to have previous experience. Students should show up to class eager to learn and take part.
If you have any questions about this class or the support we can offer, please get in touch with us at shortcourses@rcs.ac.uk
- Dress comfortably in clothes which are suitable for the activity you are taking part in.
- Bring a notepad and pen/pencil in case you wish to make notes.
- Please bring a bottle of water to stay hydrated during your class.
- Classes will have a short break throughout, please bring a small snack.
- Due to allergies throughout our courses, we ask that students not to bring any nut products for break time.
- Any mobile phones must be kept in bags and on silent during class time.
The course fees for the full year (34 weeks) are £1095 which can be paid in full or instalments throughout the year.
The termly fee breakdown for this course is:
- Term 1 (14 weeks) = £453
- Term 2 (11 weeks) = £352
- Term 3 (9 weeks) = £290
This course runs every Saturday. Please view the term dates below:
Term 1: 6 September – 13 December 2025 (excluding 11 October)
Term 2: 10 January – 28 March 2026 (excluding 14 February)
Term 3: 18 April – 20 June 2026 (excluding 23 May)
There will be a short sharing for invited family and friends on the final day of the course, 20 June 2026. The sharing will aim to be during class time, and students will find out more about this in Term 3.
Further Information
We want to ensure as many children, young people and adult learners as possible can access the performing and production arts education that is offered through Short Courses at RCS. Financial support options available for Short Courses include:
Agnes Allan Bursary
Agnes Allan was a teacher, passionate about inclusion, and this bursary scheme exists to offer support to students to participate in the performing or production arts.
The Agnes Allan Bursary provides some support to students who may require financial assistance to take part in a short course in dance, drama, music, production or screen.
Anyone who wishes to take part in our Short Courses and faces a financial barrier can apply for bursary support to help meet the cost of tuition fees.
James McAvoy Drama Scholarships
BAFTA-winning and Golden Globe nominated actor James McAvoy is committed to nurturing the creative potential of young Scots who experience barriers to access and participate in drama at RCS Short Courses.
James is a graduate of the BA Acting programme at RCS and Patron of the Junior Conservatoire of Drama. The Glasgow-born actor has funded the new James McAvoy Drama Scholarships to enable young people to experience the world-class drama training at RCS as he did.
The scholarship aims to support applicants who would otherwise find meeting the cost of tuition fees at RCS a barrier to accessing pre-Higher Education drama training at the Royal Conservatoire.
You can find more information about these funds on our Financial Support page.
We run various promotional offers for our Short Courses and Summer Schools. You can view our current offers on our Promotional Offers page.
You should contact us at shortcourses@rcs.ac.uk to request your discount code before booking a course.
Please note, only one promotional offer can be applied per course and should be used at the time of booking as we are unable to apply a discounts retrospectively.
Please see our Short Course FAQs for more information about all aspects of choosing, booking and attending your course.
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