York Drama Classes

At Articulate Drama School in York, we offer dynamic and engaging screen acting and drama classes designed for children and teens to explore their creativity and build confidence. Our classes take place at York College, where students develop essential performance skills in a supportive and inclusive environment.

What Classes are Available

Inters

School Years: Year 3 to 5

Seniors

School Years: Year 6 to Year 8

Advanced

School Years: Year 9 to Year 13

Juniors

School Years: Reception to 2

Not sure if our York drama classes are right for your child? Come along to a free session and see what makes us special.

After that, classes cost £40 per month (paid monthly across all 12 months).

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What We Teach

Our classes teach children and teenagers the skills they need to thrive in life. The drama classes are designed to equip your child with confidence, the ability to stand up and speak in front of an audience, to put forward their points clearly and intelligently, to comprehensive screen acting skills, covering everything from the basics to advanced techniques.

Drama and Screen Acting

Juniors and Inters

Our classes for those in Reception to Year 5 focus on learning valuable core life skills including having confidence and self belief, the ability to speak in front of others and raise points clearly and articulately, to use their imaginations and creativity, to work with others and form friendships, to celebrate the success’ of one another and to learn empathy and emotional intelligence through thoughts, feelings, poems, scripts and stories. We do all of this in a fun, exciting way and our children leave our classes filled with self-belief with huge smiles on their faces.

Seniors and Advanced

Our classes for those students in year 6 and above, is where we get a little more serious while still focusing on our core values taught in the younger classes. You can expect to be working with scripts from television and film covering serious emotional scenes as well as adventure, action and comedy. Our tutors use audition scripts from shows like Waterloo Road, Adolescence and major movies. The Articulate teachers work with students on acting style and delivery of lines, use of pause, reaction, creating light and shade in the performance, making the performance varied and interesting, naturalism, use of accents and nuanced delivery. How to create and film a perfect self-tape audition is covered regularly, as well as improvisation. The classes are described as having a real ‘buzz’ in them- where everyone is welcomed, accepted and everyone is there for the same reasons. Students leave the class with a real excitement and passion and friendships are often continued outside of the classes.

Adults

Our classes for those aged 18+ are where we take a more sophisticated approach while still upholding the core values of passion and creativity. Our more experienced students have the opportunity to hone their craft.

After spending many months trying (and failing!) to find the perfect drama class for my daughter, I am so pleased we were recommended to try Articulate. The classes are brilliant and she always comes out buzzing. The team are also lovely and responsive. She can't wait to try and holiday clubs and also get involved with the Support Agency side of things in due course. For any child who loves drama classes - look no further!!

Such a fab experience for young people. Friendly, professional staff, inclusive environment and fun, inspiring sessions.

My son has wanted to get into acting/ drama for some time but we couldn’t find anywhere that was the right fit. A friend recommended Articulate and after his trial he’s been raving about it- eager to go back! The classes are great and his confidence has grown so much already. He also joined the supporting artist books for extra work. My little actor in the making! 🌟

The drama class has been an amazing experience for my daughter! The instructors create a fun and supportive environment where everyone feels encouraged to express themselves. It's great to watch her gain confidence, learn new acting techniques, and build friendships while the kids work on scenes and improvisation. It’s great to see how much creativity and teamwork the class brings out. Highly recommended for anyone interested in theatre or just wanting to grow their confidence!

We just trialled the York venue after moving from the Harrogate Articulate classes and my two children LOVED it, just as much, and it’s much closer to home! My kids have had so many opportunities through Articulate drama school but also the casting agency that they have. It was a really proud moment seeing our youngest on All Creatures Great & Small and our eldest has had a lot of high profile auditions, getting really close on a few big movies including the new Peaky Blinders movie. The classes have given the kids confidence, the ability to speak out confidently and articulately, as well as them forming friendships and completely loving the classes. Thank you so much to the tutors and those who work so hard behind the scenes for the kids. We can’t wait to get to know all the York students better. Thank you Articulate!

Where our York Classes are Based

Class Uniform

To maintain a sense of professionalism and unity, all students must wear an official Articulate t-shirt to classes. Wearing the uniform helps foster focus, discipline, and a sense of belonging, which are key elements in the performing arts.