South East LONDON's Local Theatre School
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What we're about
What We're About
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 with branches in Deptford and Catford 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 create the stars of tomorrow.
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 2026
Winter Term
Monday 14th September- Monday 7th December 2026 (Catford Classes) The Catford House SE6 4SP
Friday 11th September- Friday 5th December 2026 (Deptford Classes) Oak Gardens Primary School SE8 4QF
Saturday 12th September - Saturday 5th December 2026
(Kidbrooke Classes) Brooklands Primary School SE3 9AB
Holiday Workshops
Coming Soon
Prices start from just £7 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.
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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.