Summer School Day One: Using Shakespeare with SEND learners

Bamboozle’s Summer School offers a week of one-day training courses running from Monday 3rd August to Friday 7th August. Join us at the Curve Theatre in Leicester for a series of inspiring, hands-on sessions – plus one outdoor course held at Rowley Fields Allotments in Leicester.  

These courses are particularly suitable for artists, practitioners, teachers, teaching assistants, support staff and SENCOs. Each day provides practical techniques, creative approaches, and fresh ideas you can take straight back into your setting. 

Day One: Using Shakespeare with SEND learners 

Monday 3rd August – 10am to 5pm at Curve Theatre  

Transform Shakespeare’s stories into meaningful, sensory-rich experiences that connect with SEND learners. This immersive one-day course gives you practical, imaginative strategies to bring Macbeth, The Tempest, and other Shakespearean worlds to life – no prior Shakespeare expertise required. 

This course will give you an opportunity to: 

• Discover how to make rich language accessible, meaningful, and exciting for diverse learners. 

• Learn how to build atmosphere and understanding through creative environments, including: 
  • The Blasted Heath (Macbeth, Act 1) 
  • The Shipwreck (The Tempest, Act 1 Scene 1) 

• Experiment with the Bamboozle Approach to help learners engage at their own pace using setting, sound, costume and Shakespeare’s text.

• Gain practical tools to gently draw in students who may be hesitant, anxious, or disengaged. 

• Watch video extracts from Bamboozle’s production of Storm, an adaptation of The Tempest, and gather ideas you can immediately adapt for your own sessions. 

Hear what previous participants said about the Summer School in 2025:

Prices: 

Schools and Organisations: £185 for the first booking and £135 for subsequent bookings 

Freelancers: £97 for the first booking and £72 for subsequent bookings  

Booking: 

Book your place by completing this form.

Session information:

This is a paid event.

Limited places. We do have a limited places for all our Summer School courses so advise booking early.

Training will run from 10am – 5pm. There will be regular breaks, a lunch hour and a relaxed atmosphere if you need to take time out.

Quiet space. We’ll have a dedicated room set up next to the training space where participants can go if they need a quiet space at any point during the day.

Step free access at Curve Theatre. Please read Curve’s full access information here.

Accessible parking. There are car parks with accessible parking bays surrounding Curve. Full list on Curve’s ‘Getting here’ page.

Accessible toilets and changing place. Please read Curve’s full access information here.

Alternative formats available for any handouts given on the day. We will aim to create alternative formats including easy read/large print and dyslexia friendly versions. We will also share any handouts digitally after the training.

The Summer School Series:

Day Two – Tuesday 4th August: Working creatively outdoors

Day Three – Wednesday 5th August: Creating supportive environments for autistic learners

Day Four – Thursday 6th August: Using music for communication and play

Day Five – Friday 7th August: Movement and The Enabled Space

Queries:

For any questions, please contact our Education and Training Project Manager, Natalie Ventrone – natalie@bamboozletheatre.co.uk