Community Theatre
Musical theatre for adults with additional needs. Active weekly 3-hour sessions across Cambridge, Chelmsford, and Huntingdon, with day service access available.
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Be a Pop Sensation! Reserve your place for our fabulous 5-day PopSchool workshops.
Huntingdon
Methodist Church
27th to 31st July
Cambridge
The Meadows Centre
24th to 28th August
Numbers are limited, so reserve now. Bedazzle Projects is part-funding this year’s costs, meaning places remain at last year’s prices: £185 for one week or £280 for both weeks.
✉️ Reserve my spotOur Community Theatre classes are located in Cambridge, Huntingdon and Chelmsford. These courses focus on Musical Theatre — singing, dancing & drama. Service users can access these courses as part of a day service offer to enjoy aspirational life-long learning.
SINGING
Explore group vocals, harmonies, and performance numbers designed to build voice projection, articulation, and musical timing.
DANCING
Active movement, routines, and physical coordination workshops tailored to build stamina and fit everyone's pacing.
DRAMA
Improvisation games, character creation, and expressive storytelling to develop presence and confidence on stage.
Why Community Theatre?
Our classes are welcoming and accessible — active sessions designed to ensure everyone can participate, whatever their level.
Increase confidence and make connections
Our classes are welcoming and accessible. We help each person to find their inner performer. Our performers grow in confidence through our classes!
Keep fit and learn new skills together
Get moving, learn new dance moves, get your vocal cords moving and most importantly have fun! Our classes are active but designed to ensure everyone can participate.
Keep growing and challenge yourself
Each year we work towards our annual Imagine… show at a theatre in Cambridge. This brings together a cast of over 100 members in a spectacular showcase — a celebration of hard work, achievements and fun.
Enjoy the magic of workshops
Throughout the year we provide a range of workshops to try out different skills. Our most popular is PopSchool — a five-day taster of the pop star lifestyle, returning every summer.
Three ways to get involved
From weekly classes to the annual showcase and summer workshops — there's always something happening.
Weekly Musical Theatre
Weekly 3-hour sessions throughout the term. Students create and rehearse for end-of-term performances, developing skills in singing, dancing and drama. Sessions run across all three locations.
The Annual Imagine… Show
Each November, all Community Theatre groups come together — a cast of over 100 members — at a prestigious theatre venue in Cambridge. Song, dance, drama and film clips. The highlight of our year.
PopSchool & Workshops
PopSchool is our popular 5-day taster of the pop star lifestyle, returning every summer. We also run a range of other workshops throughout the year as additional opportunities to try new skills.
Classes Near You
Cambridge
The Meadows Community Centre
CB4 2JL
14:30 – 17:30Chelmsford
Hamptons Sport & Leisure
CM2 9FH
16:00 – 19:00Huntingdon
Coneygear Centre
PE29 1PE
10:00 – 13:00A look back at the 2025 Imagine… Showcase
Each November, all Bedazzle Community Theatre groups come together at a prestigious theatre venue in Cambridge for our annual showcase.
With a cast of over 100 members, this production is a celebration of everyone's hard work and achievements throughout the year, featuring song, dance, drama and short film clips with Makaton signing throughout.
It is the ultimate highlight of our year, bringing together all our groups in a spectacular celebration.
2025 Imagine… Showcase Highlights
“Cheesy Classics”
- YMCA — Village People
- Dancing Queen — ABBA
- Wannabe — Spice Girls
“Big Cheese Energy”
- Pineapple Court Case — Original Bedazzle Comedy
- Cheese Tax — Short Film
- Big Cheese Video — Leadership-Created Film
“Imagine”
- Making of Imagine — Bedazzle Students
- We Go Together — Grease
- The Chain — Fleetwood Mac
Plus group dances, comedy sketches, short films & full-cast moments
PopSchool
A five-day taster of the pop star lifestyle, returning every summer. Open to all — participants choose the songs and routines they want to perform and explore their own creativity.
As well as having fun, each participant works on valuable real-world skills:
Choose your own songs & routines
Participants drive the whole programme, deciding on the music and choreography they love.
Professionally record a CD
Go home with a real, lasting keepsake of your vocal tracks recorded during the week.
Create costumes and props
Arts and crafts workshops are woven throughout the week to design custom stage outfits.
DJ decks session
Get a hands-on taste of music production and track mixing with our professional setup.
End-of-week performance
Invite family and friends to share in the achievements and see the full set performed live.
Fully accessible by design
We use Makaton signs and Widgit texts in all our Community Theatre classes to make sure every session is accessible to everyone. Inclusive participation is built into everything we do.
"It has built my confidence and self esteem and gives me a great sense of satisfaction and achievement by helping others who also have a learning difficulty like me. It is a fun and happy place to go and I have made new friends."
Join a Community Theatre group
Sessions are open to adults with additional needs. Contact us to find out about availability and term dates at your nearest location.
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