Term Dates
Academic Year 2024-2025
Spring Term 2025
Monday 6th January - Friday 4th April
Spring Half Term
Monday 17th February - Friday 21st February
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Summer Term 2025
Monday 28th April - Friday 4th July
Summer Half Term
Monday 26th May - Friday 30th May
Academic Year 2025-2026
Autumn Term 2025
Monday 8th September - Friday 12th December
Autumn Half Term
Monday 27th October - Friday 31st October
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Spring Term 2026
Monday 5th January - Friday 27th March
Spring Half Term
Monday 16th February - Friday 20th February
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Summer Term 2026
Monday 20th April - Friday 3rd July
Summer Half Term
Monday 25th May - Friday 29th May
Sister Act the Musical
Sister Act the Musical presented by Kingsclere Performing Arts College.
Director: Louise Travis, Musical Director: Jonathan Eiø, Choreography: Louise Travis, Joanna Wilson.
Musical by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater, book by Cheri Steinkeller and Bill Steinkiller, additional book material by Douglas Carter Beane. Based on the Touchstone Pictures Motion Picture “Sister Act” written by Joseph Howard. This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International. All authorsied performance materials are also supplied by MTI (www.mtishows.co.uk).
Show 1 Thursday 3rd April 7:30pm
Show 2 Friday 4th April 12:00pm - click to book FREE SCHOOL’S MATINEE tickets for school groups- or contact info@kings-pa.co.uk for more details (general public matinee tickets also available).
Show 3 Friday 4th April 7:30pm
Summer Showcase 2025
The highlight of the Kings PA Calendar - our annual Summer Showcase. Follow the progression of our students as all acting, musical theatre and dance pathways combine to bring you the best variety performance in town! We celebrate the success of our graduating year as they prepare to spread their wings moving on to the next phase of their professional journeys.
Show Times:
Show 1 Thursday 26th June 7:30pm
Show 2 Friday 28th June 12:00pm - click to book FREE SCHOOL’S MATINEE tickets for school groups- or contact info@kings-pa.co.uk for more details (general public matinee tickets also available).
Show 3 Friday 28th June 7:30pm
Tickets Available at anvilarts.org.uk
Kabaret
A full college event of song. Students will perform their own “set” of songs which they have selected to cover a range of genres, showing the breadth of their technical vocal skills and performance qualities.
An inclusive and uplifting event, and a public performance of a milestone assessment for the OCR Level 3 qualification.
Kingsclere at Christmas
There are three opportunities to watch the students of Kings PA perform a wide range of pieces created and rehearsed during the Autumn Term, including musical theatre favourites, entertaining acting, and a dynamic display of the wide range of dance styles taught at the college. The Central Studio bar is open, so book your tickets to kick off the festival season the Kings PA way!
Show Times:
Friday 13th Dec 7:30pm
Saturday 14th Dec 2:30pm
Saturday 14th Dec 7:30pm
Summer Showcase 2024
The Kings PA Annual Summer Showcase is an entertainment event not to be missed, packed full of outstanding performances from our Year 1, Year 2 and Foundation Students, as we fondly say farewell to our graduates of 2024.
Thursday 20th June 7:30pm
Friday 21st June 12pm (School’s Matinee- please contact info@kings-pa.co.uk for details)
Friday 21st June 7:30pm
Curriculum Performance Evening
Student take over! All work presented this evening has been created, choreographed and directed by students.
Original Performance
Two groups of Year 2K Students perform their devised Original Performances in their very last unit assessment for their OCR Level 3 Extended Diploma qualification (Unit 33 Original Performance). Working from a choice of 2 stimuli, the groups have spent 8 weeks, planning and rehearsing their performances to last between 15 and 30 mins.
Director Pieces
Year 2 Acting students have completed their “Theatre Directing” unit, having edited, planned, rehearsed their peers and produced a final performance of a chosen text, shown to a live audience.
Choreography
Year 2 Dance students share their final piece of coursework for the “Dance Choreography” unit. Students have selected and rehearsed their dancers to create an original new work from a brief.
Book Tickets Here - www.ticketsource.co.uk/kingsclere-performing-arts-college
Actors Showcase
Group 2K, Group 2R and Year 1 Acting Students take to the stage to perform…
“Immaculate” by Oliver Lansley, by permission of Nick Hern Books.
WARNING: Not suitable for under 14 years. Contains strong language and adult themes.
A laugh-out-loud comic variation on the virgin birth in which a young woman finds her life spiralling into confusion when she wakes up one morning, unaccountably pregnant.
You're young, free and single and haven't had sex for the last eleven and a half months, then one morning you wake up pregnant and to make matters worse the Angel Gabriel is on your doorstep claiming parentage...
Oliver Lansley's play Immaculate was first performed by Les Enfants Terribles Theatre Company as part of the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Book Tickets Here - www.ticketsource.co.uk/kingsclere-performing-arts-college
Summer Music @ St Mary’s
Please join us in the beautiful surroundings of the Wasing Estate, and enjoy the vocal talents from the Kingsclere Performing Arts College Ensemble Choir, featuring solo performances.
A fundraising concert in aid of St Mary’s Church, Aldermaston. Every year Kings PA aims to support a local community event, and with this concert hopes to help raise funds for a good cause.
Tickets: https://concerts.project-stmarys.uk
Little Shop of Horrors
Kingsclere Performing Arts College presents Little Shop of Horrors, a botanical masterpiece of musical comedy created by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, presented by arrangement of Music Theatre International.
Two performances, two casts, we guarantee you’ll want to book twice! Don't miss these highly talented young performers singing and dancing their way through hit songs including “Skid Row” and “Suddenly Seymour”, brought to you by students in full-time training; book now before you need to pay West End prices to see them! A fun evening out for all the family: Parental Guidance recommended on the premise of a hungry people-eating plant, and for anyone with a fear of the dentist!
MOVE IT 2024
Come and visit Kings PA on exhibiting at stand 550, and watch our show stopping performances in the Showcase Theatre:
Friday 15th March 12:45-13:25
Saturday 16th March 15:20-10:00
"And So It Goes" An evening of song
A classy evening of solo singing, presenting the student’s choice’s from a wide range of music styles. Bring you own drinks and nibbles, and buckle in for a sensational selection of musical choices, with our talented Musical Theatre and Acting Students. *Please note some strong language is featured in a very small selection of performance material which is not suitable for young children.
Audition Day 2
Audition Day 2 for September 2024 entry. To secure your spot, fill out an application form.
Audition Day 1
Our first audition day for September 2024 entry. Fill out an application form to reserve your space.
Can You Dance?
We will be exhibiting and performing at Can You Dance? in Liverpool. Head to Stand D27 to chat to us and catch us performing on Sunday 15th October on the Main Stage at 1pm and the Centre Stage at 3pm. For more info on Can You Dance? click here.
Open Evening
Book into an Open Evening to find out more about life at Kings PA - Open Evenings
Summer Showcase
Our annual Summer Showcase returns featuring a variety of dance, musical theatre and acting numbers developed by our faculty. Tickets and event info will be released closer to the time, but for now make sure the date is firmly in your diary!
Wonderland - An Evening of Song
Come and see the vocal talent of Kingsclere Performing Arts College at our evening of song.
Move It 2023
We will be taking to the Showcase Theatre stage at Move It and exhibiting Friday-Sunday on Stand 544. So come and watch us perform and visit our stand to learn more about the training on offer at Kings PA. Catch us at The Showcase Theatre on Friday 10th March 3:05pm (Slot 9) and Saturday 11th March 2:05pm (Slot 7).
Fatal Light & The Trials - Double Bill
Join us for a play double bill. Fatal Light by Chloe Moss will be performed by Year 2/Foundation students and The Trials by Dawn King will be performed by our Year 1 students.
Broken Biscuits
Our Year 1 Acting students will be performing Broken Biscuits by Tom Wells. Holed up in Megan's garden shed, three old friends try to change their fortunes in a beautiful, heart-warming, laugh-out-loud coming-of-age story for our times.
Entry is free but please follow the ticket link to reserve your seats.
Christmas Cabaret
Get your tickets to our Christmas Cabaret on Friday 9th December and Saturday 10th December, both at 7:30pm. This festive show features our talented students in a range of performances featuring singing, acting and dancing. Come and join us for a spectacular evening by getting your tickets here.
Open Evening 1
Our Open Evenings are a great chance to meet some of the Kings PA Faculty, see our current students and what they are working on, take a tour of our facilities and ask any questions you may have. It really is the best way to see what we do and what life at Kings PA is like!
To book onto this Open Day please fill out the booking form here.
Basingstoke Variety Show
We are very excited to be involved in this year’s Basingstoke Variety Show taking place at The Anvil on Saturday 1st October. For more info and tickets click here