Shoebox Theatre

Welcome to Shoebox Theatre 2024!

This is our second year and it's going to be BIGGER and BETTER than EVER.

Plus, a brand-new category, launched by

Bloomsbury Lit In Colour.

Competition Start Date: Sunday 28th April 2024

Competition Closes: Friday 8th September

Download your PDF flyer & Shoebox Resource Pack

& enter below:

Download PDF Flyer

Resource Pack

There are two main categories for the Competition:

1) Outstanding Model Box

(Open to all UK & International students)

This will be awarded to the student's model box & concept whom the judges feel is the most creative and effective. This is not about creating the 'perfect' model box but we will consider the concept behind the model and how it works with play text or devised piece.

Prize Awarded - £100 e-voucher for Hobbycraft

2) Outstanding Bloomsbury Lit in Colour Model Box

(Open to all UK students)

Bloomsbury's partnership in the Lit in Colour campaign is supporting schools to make the teaching of plays more inclusive and the range of plays greater. This category will be awarded to the student's model box and concept that the judges feel is the most creative and reflects some of the key themes arising from the new curriculum play texts, as below:

Barber Shop Chronicles by Inua Ellams

The Empress by Tanika Gupta

Refugee Boy adapted for the stage by Lemn Sissay

The Great Wave by Francis Turnly

Elmina's Kitchen by Kwame Kwei-Armah

The Convert by Danai Gurira

Gone Too Far! by Bloa Agbaje

A Doll's House adapted by Tanika Gupta

Antigone adapted by Roy Williams

The Free9 by In-Sook Chappell

Prize Awarded - Selection of 28 Methuen Drama play texts, taken from the Bloomsbury (Incomplete) Lit in Colour Play List

Enter by completing the following form: