The Majestic Theatre School (MTS) Retford started in September 2004 and was formed due to the overwhelming number of children that had enjoyed our majestic summer school 2004.

Within MTS Retford there are two schools, which run on Saturdays during term time. The main school is for children ages 7 – 16 and the junior school is for ages 5 – 7.

Timetable
Main school classes run for three hours and are divided into one hour of drama, one hour of dance and one hour of singing.
The junior school class runs for one hour and incorporates all of the three disciplines.

Home & Away star Lynn McGranger comes to MTS Performance

All classes are taught by highly qualified professional actor/teachers in a fun and safe environment*. It is extremely important to us that each child is valued and included, whatever their academic ability, social background or talent.

Each year MTS performs two shows. the first is a Christmas show or pantomime and our main show is a summer spectacular held at the wonderful majestic theatre in Retford. Our summer show 2005 had a live band, was fully costumed and narrated by Chris Rankin aka ‘Percy Weasly’ from the ‘Harry potter’ movies. Also during the 2004/2005 year the MTS children were involved in the following professional shows at The Majestic Theatre:
‘Westenders’ (musical theatre)
‘Hansel and Gretel’ – (opera)

Special Events
As well as having Chris Rankin come to our 2005 summer show, in January 2005 Lynne Mcranger aka ‘Irene’ from ‘Home and Away’ came to visit the children to talk about being in a successful soap opera. She gave out signed autographs and we also had a question and answer session.

Harry Potter star Chris Rankin comes to visit

Awards
At the end of every summer show, the MTS awards ceremony takes place. The awards are given to children who have worked hard and excelled in each of the different disciplines (drama, dance and singing). Awards are also given for most promising student and student of the year.

The future of MTS is extremely bright. We are continuing to grow and strive to bring the arts and children together for the highest standards of teaching and learning. More guest speakers from the world of television, film and theatre are coming to visit and we are looking forward to continuing to work with wonderful young people.

To apply download and fill in the application form.

* - all staff are CRB checked and DTC productions adhere to the governments ‘safe from harm’ policy.