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Summer Holiday Club: Play in a Week

By Alibi & Anthos Arts

This summer… adventure awaits!

We are so excited to be offering FOUR weeks of Summer Holiday Club at Alibi this year!

If you loved it in 2025, you’ll be pleased to hear we are teaming up with the amazing Anthos Arts to once again deliver two weeks of drama and fun with performance and backstage activities.

We are also collaborating with the brilliant Laura Loft to offer Music Week with Big Music Collective and Art Week with Sophie Doodles!

27th–31st July: Play in a Week with Anthos Arts
3rd–7th August: Play in a Week with Anthos Arts
10th – 14th August: Art Week with Sophie Doodles
17th – 21st August: Music Week with Laura Loft

Make a Play in a Week

Along with Anthos Arts, we will be offering two weeks of drama and fun, each with their own theme to explore and culminating in a final performance for family and friends to attend.

Week One: ‘Around the World in 80 Days’

A young journalist believe she may have found her first big scoop when she hears that Phileas Fogg, a mysterious gentleman with large fortune, has embarked on a mission to travel the world in eighty days. Notepad in hand, she sets off with him and his hapless assistant Passepartout.

Little do they know, there has been a robbery at the Bank of England and the prime suspect…Fogg himself! Can the trio elude the ever-persistent Inspector Fix and make it back to London in time?

Week Two: ‘Treasure Island’

Life is simple for young Jim Hawkins, who helps run the family inn, until one day a rather unusual guest appears: Billy Bones. With this stranger comes a wave of mystery and Jim is suddenly thrust into an adventure across the ocean to find the long-lost treasure of notorious pirate Captain Flint.

But as Jim discovers, the seas can be an unpredictable and there are many secrets aboard their ship. Can the crew be trusted? Just who is this Long John Silver, and what exactly awaits them at the famed ‘Treasure Island?’

 

In addition to developing acting, physical theatre and puppetry skills, children will be able to explore other, behind-the-scenes, elements which bring a show to life! Children can now discover the magic of backstage, so if you’re not a fan of the spotlight but want to be part of creating a show, there’s a place for everyone on this years summer holiday club. From crafting puppets and props to lights and sound; there will be plenty to get stuck into if you choose the Backstage option, and you will be taught by some of Exeter’s brilliant theatre makers and get hands-on experience with:

  • Props & Set Design – Create and craft the pieces that bring a show to life.
  • Lighting & Sound – Get a taster of how tech sets the mood.
  • Stage Management – Learn what it takes to run a smooth show.

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The Summer Holiday Club with Anthos Arts is the perfect place for creative young people who love Drama, or who want to give it a go for the first time.

Join us for just one week, or both…

Dates: 27-31 July 2026 & 3-7 Aug 2026
Times: drop-off from 9.30am, pick-up by 4.30pm
Suitable for:

  • Performance group: 7-11 (must have completed year 2)
  • Backstage group : 8-11 (must have completed year 3)

Cost: £155 per week (+ booking fee)
End of week performance: at the end of each week, on Friday afternoon, grown ups are invited to a special performance of the play created throughout the week!

Book Below

Anthos Arts are an Exeter based theatre school who have been working with children and young people in the city since 2015, delivering fun, quality Drama lessons to all ages.

Event Dates

Mon 27 Jul 2026

Alibi, Emmanuel Hall | ** FULLY BOOKED **

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Mon 3 Aug 2026

Alibi, Emmanuel Hall | £155 per week

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FAQs

Alibi’s home is Emmanuel Hall, St Thomas Exeter EX4 1EJ.  

We are located 0.7 miles from Exeter city centre. Our closest bus stop is 0.3 miles away, at Exe Bridges.  

Public parking at Alibi is reserved for staff and Blue Badge holders only. Unless you are using a Blue Badge parking space, to avoid disturbing our neighbours please don’t drive down Emmanuel Road – there’s very little space and it’s hard to turn around!

There is one Blue Badge parking space which is available on a first come, first served basis, and there is another Blue Badge parking space on Emmanuel Road. Our closest pay and display car park is 0.2 miles away on Okehampton Street, and costs £2 for 2 hours parking and £3 for 3 hours. If you have any concerns about parking please get in touch with access@theatrealibi.co.uk.

Yes, our Holiday Clubs are all drop-off events.

Holiday Clubs take place in our Main Hall which has a step-free entrance. If you have any questions, please email: access@theatrealibi.co.uk

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