What to Expect
Welcome to Umbrella Theatre School - Lewisham's Local Theatre School!
Our ethos is "Accessible Theatre for Everyone", opening up opportunities for the amazing and talented youth of our Borough.
Our theatre school based at Oak Gardens (formerly Lucas Vale) Primary School. is designed to inspire and engage young performers through weekly classes of singing, dancing and acting.
With experienced and seasoned instructors, children will explore the magical world of theatre and work together to create a show-stopping performances, build confidence and encourage new friendships!
What Our Parents Say
Manuela Grosu
I am really satisfied with the beautiful work they do with my son, he is always excited to go to class. I am never worried when I have to leave him with them, the staff is very professional and responsible as well as having fun they care about his needs and take care of him in every way. I highly recommend Umbrella Theatre School.
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Rachel A
My daughter has been attending Umbrella Theatre School for the last few months now (since starting out with a free taster session) and absolutely loves it. Rachel, David and their teaching assistants are wonderful! Thoroughly looking forward to the next show they put on.
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Caroline Williams
When I came across the Umbrella Theatre School I was really excited and keen to get my daughter to get signed up.
What David and Rachel offer is a real experience of Theatre and Nancy has left feeling VERY happy and thrilled.
Thank you for bring this New Cross. Break a leg now.....
Schedule & Pricing
Term Dates for 2025/2026
Autumn Term
Friday 19th September - Friday 5th December 2025
Spring Term
Friday 9th January - Friday 27th March 2026
Summer Term
Friday 17th April - Friday 10th July 2026
Easter and Summer Holiday weeks TBC.
Prices start from just £6.00 per hour!
Class Activities
Singing
Learn fun and catchy songs, develop vocal skills, and build confidence. We believe the bedrock of musical theatre is the music that weaves stroies together. Let's unlock your rhythm, tuning and musicality with our fun singing classes.
Dancing
Move to the rhythm with exciting dance routines, improve coordination, and have a blast. With all our dance grounded in technique, strength and fitness we will improve every aspect of your child's dance engine and put it together with some amazing routines from a whole host of genres.
Drama
Dive into character work, improv games, and storytelling to enhance acting abilities. We will explore script work from both stage and television and use our skills in all aspects of pur performance.
Sign Me Up!
If you would like to book your fee taster class, or if you would simply like to find out more, please complete your details below. We will be in touch to help you as soon as possible.