The Student Academy's next show will be "SpongeBob The Musical." which they will be performing in March 2026 at the Lyric Theatre, Dinnington.
Please note that intake for our Student Academy is March (after the show) until June. Anyone interested in joining the Student Academy should come along and see us in action, and speak to one of the production team or click the Contact Us link and message us in the months above for more information.
Main Student Productions (performed at The Lyric Theatre, Dinnington):
March 2016 - Move It!
March 2017 - Cinderella & Rockafella
March 2018 - Seussical Jr
March 2019 - Disney's The Little Mermaid Jr.
March 2020 - Annie Jr.
March 2022 - Matilda Jr.
March 2023 - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr.
March 2024 - The Wizard of Oz (Youth Edition)
March 2025 - Frozen Jr
March 2026 - The Spongebob Musical (Youth Edition)
DOS now have a thriving Student Academy for children 7- 18 years old, which opened in November 2014. It exists to encourage and develop stage skills including acting/speaking, singing and dancing. The group is under the direction of Louise Selden, Courtney Smith, Richard Concannon the society stage manager, Catherine Enos, Alan Walker and Gail Cobb. They meet on Monday nights from 6.30 to 8.30pm.
The Academy have sung at The Lyric in November 2014, at Athorpe Lodge in December 2014, whilst in May 2015 they performed a Revue at Dinnington Resource Centre. In March 2016 they performed "Move It" alongside other members of the society that were performing a review - "Around the World in 80 DOS" as thier first production!
Pictured above is the Cast & Production Team of Frozen Jr in March 2025