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We're only halfway through January and what a month it's turning out to be!

At the beginning of the month, Directors Sarah and Rachel flew to Holland for a meeting with our American colleague Sarah Rijnen, to firm up our plans for taking  Pyjama Drama into schools in California. We then met with our Malaysian colleagues for a catch-up and brainstorming session about Pyjama Drama in Kuala Lumpur.

Sarah then spent three days in Warwick training Play Makers...

This year we're proud to present (oh yes we are!) RobinHood - the panto, our first ever panto for the festive season. During this action-packed one hour show, the audience will set off on an adventure to rescue the beautiful Maid Marion from a clumsy (and rather snotty) Sheriff of Nottingham. Look out though - we're not sure this particular maiden needs saving!

At Pyjama Drama our emphasis is on role play and imagination, not performance. Although in many children we see the blossoming of a lifelong love of drama, we're not deliberately setting out to teach the children to be actors and performers. Drama, pretending and role play are some of the most instinctive things that children so has many, many benefits. At Pyjama Drama our emphasis is clear - developing skills for life!

4th August 2017

Rhi and her daughter, three year old Rosie, are self confessed ‘massive fans’ of Pyjama Drama. 

For Rosie, the best thing about Pyjama Drama is her teacher ‘Jay-Jay’ (Jay Hilalen who runs the franchise in Pembrokeshire) who she adores, but for her mum it's the benefits of the programme for her daughter; benefits she has witnessed over the past year of attending classes.

4th July 2017

The seemingly boundless energy of a toddler or young child can tire even the most active of adults as they spill out into the world and through early childhood; first of all crawling, then cruising, toddling, walking then running, tumbling and exploring. The first year of a child’s life is a time of rapid and astonishing development, but it’s somewhere towards the end of a child’s second year that something truly magical happens – the imagination starts to unfold!

12th May 2017

Last weekend our franchisees packed their bags and made their way to Manchester for our Annual Seminar, flooding the city with a sea of red. Setting out from all corners of the UK and even California, they arrived raring to go, each determined to make the very most out of our two days together - to meet new franchisees, catch up with old friends and most importantly to learn how they could continue to grow their Pyjama Drama businesses. And boy did we learn a LOT!

9th May 2017

If you’ve ever been lucky enough to meet Amanda (on the left), you’ll know she has an infectious energy and passion for life. If you’ve ever been lucky enough to work with her, you’ll also know how determined and tenacious she is, and how incredibly passionate about her business she is.

17th March 2016

We have been delivering magical, exciting drama classes for over ten years, and for the past seven of these have managed a team of talented and enthusiastic franchisees across the UK, and more recently in Australia and Malaysia. Over the years we’ve learned a lot from the children we teach, and from the franchisees we work alongside. As a result, our business has flourished and our award winning franchise has gone from strength to strength.

16th March 2017

Anthony and Ana-Maria are both experienced actors, are engaged to be married this coming autumn and have recently combined their passion for drama and working with young children to go into business together running a Pyjama Drama franchise in the Guildford and Surrey Hills area. With so many changes on the horizon, and 2017 set to be a year of huge change, we wanted to find out more about this dynamic duo...

26th January 2017

Phylly Jones, finalist for BFA young franchisee of the year in 2014, joined Pyjama Drama straight out of University when she was just twenty one years old. And, after a whirlwind five years running her business, Phylly is about to embark on a new adventure teaching Pyjama Drama in Malaysia!