Theatre Royal Margate - Youth Takeover

To celebrate being back in the theatre, School of Acting took over the Theatre Royal Margate on Saturday 11th September as part of the Grade II* listed building's participation in Heritage Open Day 2021.

The day was full of exciting ideas and activities for all to enjoy, including an art competition and poetry competition. We had lots of brilliant entries and we aim to create an online book of poetry and art inspired by the theatre.

​This will be accessible to all through our website, so keep your eyes peeled. The School of Acting also successfully set up a hidden game show within one of the dressing rooms, with questions based around theatre. Another highlight of the Heritage Open Day was the mannequin challenge, which involved walking around the theatre finding mini scenes from well known productions.

​Overall the day was a huge success and the School of Acting did incredibly well. Thank you to all involved at Theatre Royal Margate and School of Acting. 
If you are interested in becoming a School of Acting member please do not hesitate to get in touch. 

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'School of Acting' was set up in April last year by Looping the Loop in partnership with Your Leisure after Theatre Royal Margate’s existing youth theatre faced imminent closure as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak. 

What else will you discover? The Theatre Royal Margate has a long and varied history from bingo hall to furniture warehouse, military barracks to first formal drama school. Take a look around and see what you can find. Gilded Ceilings? A game-show? Ghosts?  Theatre Royal Margate is the UK's second-oldest theatre and the birthplace of Britain's first theatre school - set up by legendary actor and actor-manager Sarah Thorne in 1885, also named 'School of Acting.'​
To register your interest or find out more us on loopingthanet@gmail.com  ​