Simply Summer in Zurich!
Simply Summer! is our series of holiday courses at the Academy. It offers students a great opportunity to work with experienced theatre practitioners, specialising in acting, vocal coaching, choreography, and stage combat to name but a few.
Young Performers Workshops (7-11 year olds)
Broadway Bound! (13 – 17 July)
A week-long Musical Theatre camp, learning a repertoire of Broadway classics! Working with leading West End practitioners you will sing and dance your way to a musical theatre extravaganza at the end of the week for friends and family.
Roald Dahls’ Whizpopping Wonders (20 – 24 July)
Calling all human beans! Join us for a Phizz-whizzing week of drama and games as we explore the work of the most gloriumptous of Children’s authors – Roald Dahl. Create a Frothbuggling performance for family and friends based on characters from his most jumpsquiffing books including The Twits, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG, Matilda and many more.
Disney Hits! (27 – 31 July)
A week-long Musical Theatre camp, learning a repertoire from the catchiest Disney Musicals! Working with leading West End practitioners you will sing and dance your way to an epic end of week performance for friends and family.
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (3 – 7 August)
Calling all budding witches and wizards! Magic and delight await our young performers as they explore the characters and stories of the boy who lived. Alongside learning real magic to make even Dumbaldore proud, you will use the skills you have learnt to put on a spell-binding performance in front of family and friends at the end of the week.
Kids Will Rock You (10-14 August – 9am – 4pm)
Get ready to rock out in this gig like no other! Dance and sing your way through some of Broadway and the West End’s biggest rock musicals including We Will Rock You, School of Rock and Rock of Ages before taking to the stage in an electrifying performance for family and friends!
Performers’ Workshops (12-17 year olds)
Improv Olympics! (13-17 July)
Join us this summer for the Improv Olympics! A mad-cap week of fun and spontaneity as we delve into the world of improvisation.
We will spend the week playing – using collaborative theatre games as our basis to explore exercises that connect imagination to action as we find the joy in saying ‘yes’.
Broadway Bound! (20-24 July)
A week-long Musical Theatre camp, learning a repertoire of Broadway classics! Working with leading West End practitioners you will sing and dance your way to a musical theatre extravaganza at the end of the week for friends and family.
Advanced Acting (27-31 July)
Spend the week with tutors from some of the UK’s top drama schools exploring essential acting skills. Working on scripts, monologues and devised scenes you will hone your acting technique and develop yourself as a performer. Audition tips and advice will be shared, and, if required, assistance in monologue selection can be provided. The week will culminate in a sharing session for family and friends.
Musical Theatre Showcase (3-7 August)
A week-long Musical Theatre camp, learning the repertoire from a whole host of Musicals past and present!
From ‘Everybody’s Talking about Jamie’ and ‘Waitress’ to Dear Evan Hansen’ and ‘Mean Girls’. Throw in some ‘Hamilton’, ‘Chicago’ and ‘Wicked’ and this is an opportunity not to be missed. Working with leading West End practitioners you will sing and dance your way to an epic end of week performance for friends and family.
Mini Performers’ Workshops (5-6 year olds)
Our mini performers discover, explore, create, play, perform, have fun and so much more. Running for 3 hours per day, these camps are designed to stimulate your child’s imagination. Each workshop runs in the mornings or afternoons. Students cannot do both mornings and afternoons.
Under the Sea (10-14 August)
Explore a world of fascinating characters in the depths of the oceans. Through drama, dance and song venture into the depths and discover what exciting surprises await. Who knows, you may even find a mermaid or treasure!
Multi Camp Discounts
When purchasing 2 or more SIMPLY SUMMER camps at the same time for the same person you will receive a 10 % discount on the total cost of your booking
Sibling Discounts
Second (and more) Siblings receive 10% discount.
Stage Door Club
Our courses run from 9am – 4.00pm. We understand that these times may not suit everyone.
That’s why, from 4.00pm – 5.30pm Monday – Thursday, we run the STAGE DOOR CLUB. Join us for arts, crafts, films and games as you start to unwind from a whirlwind day of fun and excitement.
20CHF per day, or a one-week pass for 75CHF if booked in advance.
Bookings made on the day (or at the start of a week) are 25CHF per day
The stage door club does not operated on Fridays, as our end of week performance has finished by then.
