From the beginning it was important to Thistle to involve young people in theatre. In fact of our 18 main productions, 12 have featured children. Dramarama, a program for children in grades 2-8 has run since 1996. Every summer 24 young people spend 2 weeks learning theatre craft, creativity and self expression. Then we do it again for another 2 weeks. In all, close to 50 children benefit from the confidence they learn by participating in the Dramarama program. Thistle has deliberately priced this program to be affordable for most families. Teenagers with specific theatrical skills are the counsellors at this program. The first 10 years were led by Bernice Finch. A teacher who returned to her Embro roots in retirement, Bernice profoundly touched many young people with her leadership.

July 2011 Camps:
Thistle Theatre is now taking registrations for their 2011 camps. Please download the brochure at left.

We are pleased to welcome Greta Fairhead as our Artistic Director this year. Many of you may remember her from ACT (Adventures in Childrens Theatre) that she first started in Embro. Greta brings a wealth of experience and talent to the position and we look forward to having her back in Embro and inspiring our youth once more.

Camp One - July 5-16, 2010

Camper One
His favourite camp day so far has been water day, especially the water balloons and water guns. Previous days this week the campers took part in games, a hat day, and a Disney character day where they had to come dressed as Disney character or character from their favourite movie. He was a pirate from the Pirates of the Caribbean series. When asked if he was Jack Sparrow, he replied. “Yeah.”

Camper Two
This is her first time at Dramarama camp and she’s really enjoying it. She says her favourite part of the week so far has been the crafts, especially making T-shirts. The campers put on a production of Oklahoma on Friday July 16th in which she played Aunt Eller.

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Camp Two - July 19-30, 2010

Camper Three
This camper is nine years old and this is his second year at Dramarama. He really likes playing the games offered, especially one called "Jackpot", but mostly he just enjoys having fun with his friends. Alex will be taking on the role of Curly in their production of Oklahoma.

Camper Four
Has been enjoying her first year at Dramarama. She says there is a lot of fun stuff to do, especially practicing the play (in which she will be playing Aunt Eller). She does enjoy a lot of the camp games too. Her favourite is "Park Bench", which she describes as "there are two chairs representing the bench. A 'normal' person sits on the bench and a 'stranger' comes up and does weird things to try and get the normal person off the bench. Then you switch places."

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