Classes Overview

The course has helped me grow in confidence and be a better performer

It’s lots of fun! I met new people and really enjoyed it!

A chance to act in a lot of different styles, work in a team, develop confidence and have a lot of  fun in the process (feedback from Blue Orange Acting class)

  • Acting, Devising and Performance

    During term 1 the students will work together and form a performance group who, through a series of fun exercises and tasks, will devise a Christmas-themed showing that will be performed at the Blue Orange Theatre on Wednesday 2nd December. This will be done through a process of creative play, using a variety of stimulus.

    Terms 2 and 3 will see the students working towards a larger scale project that will be performed in the Blue Orange Theatre at the end of term 3.

  • Improvisation

    Improvisation Class – Level 1 An 8 week improv course teaching the core skills of improvised comedy. Discover the joy, freedom and challenge of Improv. Learn to be more creative and more playful. Low-pressure, high-enjoyment classes in a fun, friendly, supportive and stress-free environment. Complete beginners are welcome. You don’t need any drama, acting, comedy or […]

  • Youth Theatre

    Blue Orange Youth Theatre classes aim to provide an exciting, enjoyable and creative platform for local young people to learn skills in creating excellent quality theatre. The classes are divided into Juniors and Seniors who meet on Saturdays.

  • Youth Theatre: Tots Drama Group (3-6 year olds)

    Younger children constantly engage in imaginary play as part of their worlds. The Tots drama group aims to further enhance this through drama games, songs, dance, role play and ultimately having lots of fun! The classes aim to encourage children to feel good about themselves, listen and respond expressively, help speech development, increase confidence and […]

  • Yoga

    New Yoga Classes at the Blue Orange Theatre

  • The Wicked Lady (25th Oct – 2nd Nov)

    The Wicked Lady A spine-chilling theatrical experience THE ORIGINAL RETURNS HOME this Autumn, following its FIVE STAR National Tour Brace yourselves for the ghost story experience of the year. Flickering from within the tree-line, a single lamp burns in one upstairs window of an otherwise long-abandoned house. The chilling disappearance of a young child is […]

  • Aladdin (22nd Nov – 8th Dec)

    Affordable, family panto is FLYING into Birmingham this Christmas! Celebrate the 8th anniversary of our legendary festive fun with our BIGGEST PANTO EVER! Join Aladdin as he embarks on the adventure of his life, discovers the magic of the lamp and falls in love with the beautiful Princess Jasmin. Boo and hiss the evil Abanazar, […]

  • BIG DICK Whittington! (The Adult Panto)

    The tale of fame and fortune…like you’ve never seen it before! Brace yourself* as “SIDE-SPLITTINGLY FUNNY” adult panto returns to Birmingham’s Blue Orange Theatre, following the success of TINDER-ELLA! and BLOW WHITE, for a strictly limited run this December. Join bulgy Big Dick and his favourite Pussy on their quest to seek fame and fortune […]

  • Charles Dickens – A Christmas Carol (13th – 24th December)

    Blue Orange Arts presents – Charles Dickens – A Christmas Carol Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly and wealthy man, is well-known for his miserly ways and unkind spirit. One Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his old business partner, Jacob Marley, who is eager for Scrooge not to share his miserable and eternal […]

  • Little Red Riding Hood (26th Dec – 5th Jan)

    Blue Orange Arts presents – Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood’s Parents, for a little peace and quiet, send their talkative daughter on an errand to take some goodies to her ailing grandmother. On her journey through the woods – on top of her encounters with the Big Bad Wolf – she bumps […]

  • iHands: A Life Less Lived – New Comedy Series

    iHands is a brand new comedy series available FREE on YouTube. In the first season, Izzy directs hapless actor, Richard Bridgerton, in the brand new play, A Life Less Lived. With exclusive access from page to stage – over 9 episodes – Izzy delivers (in his humble opinion) a master class in theatre production. To […]

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