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Summer Theatre Camps
TES Theatre is one of the very few weekday kids’ theatre programs in Vancouver, where young people who have flexible school schedules, or who don’t attend school, can benefit from the weekday classes. We often receive requests to add an after-school program to our class offerings, so kids who attend regular, daytime schools could experience…
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SUPPORTING KIDS’ THEATRE: SIX WAYS YOU CAN HELP
Theatre programs for youth are so important. Many people say that access to theatre classes during their formative years was a lifeline to sanity, to inclusion, to wholeness. Many kids make friends and find their community within a theatre program. And many kids find themselves. TES Theatre provides this vital arts programming to home learning…
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Out Of The Spotlight: 3 Non-Starring Ways to Be Part of a Theatre Program
Although most kids who gravitate towards a theatre program love performing–be it singing, dancing, acting, or maybe clowning–there are some who don’t love the spotlight at all. Why join a theatre program if you don’t like performing? What is there to do if you are not inclined to be on stage? Believe it or not,…
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Ten Ways TES Theatre Makes Homeschooling Easier
One of the challenges of homeschooling can be finding local activities that are as enjoyable as they are educational, that are affordable, and that understand and accommodate the home learning life. You want activities that support your home learning goals, that foster creative thinking and exploration, and that welcome and respect your child as a…
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Theatre Education
Drama! Theatre Production! Creative Writing! History! Shakespeare! Dance! If you thought these were school courses, you would be right. But these are also subjects that BC students can explore through TES Theatre’s Workshops. Teachers and educators can use our educational workshops for field trips, either in person on Fridays to get out of the classroom…
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Minis to Teens
One of the delights of a youth theatre company is witnessing people grow from preschooler to young adult. Some of our teens have been with us since they were tiny. Some of them have even been in the same play twice, many years apart. The first time as a junior participant, on stage briefly for…
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LOVE LETTER
Guest post from aTES Theatre parent: My child (11) has been in love with TES from her very first day of summer camp 2 years ago. It wasn’t easy to convince her to try it. At the last moment she was having cold feet and wondering if she should back out. She’s often felt shy…
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The Magic Happens
What happens when kids get the opportunity to mount shows that excite them? That mean something to them? What do you get when you support young people in producing the theatre that inspires them? Magic happens. At TES Theatre Company we provide skill-building support, mentorship, and years of cumulative experience in both professional theatre skills…
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Emerging Artists / Emerging Stages
Have you ever wondered what the TES in TES Theatre actually stands for? It stands for The Emerging Stage. We chose this name in part to honour the acronym in TES Society, the “Transforming Education Society”, our ongoing parent/partner whose values of collaborative education we espouse. But when we branched out as a theatre company,…