Performance Academy Term Dates: 2023 / 2024
Performance AcademyTimes depend on which group your child is in:
Performance Academy Pontefract (age 7-18)- 10:00am-1:00pm
PA Kids (age 5/6)- 1:00pm-2:30pm
Performance Academy Wakefield (age 7-18)- 2:30pm-5:30pm
Please note the extra Sunday / evening showcase rehearsal dates in italics. For Performance Academy Pontefract participants, these are in Spring term. For Performance Academy Wakefield and PA Kids students, these are in summer term.
PA Kids are normally only called for extra rehearsal on the afternoon / evening of the Saturday show, which is 22 June 2024 this year, and are not required for extra Sunday rehearsals.
Autumn 2023
1 | 09-Sep | |
2 | 16-Sep | |
3 | 23-Sep | |
4 | 30-Sep | |
5 | 07-Oct | |
6 | 14-Oct | PA Kids and Wakefield PA1 move to CAPA College for this week only. |
7 | 21-Oct | |
8 | 28-Oct | |
Off | Half Term | OFF |
9 | 11-Nov | |
10 | 18-Nov | |
Off | Week off (25-Nov) | OFF |
11 | 02-Dec | |
12 | 09-Dec |
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Spring 2024
1 | 06-Jan | |
2 | 13-Jan | |
3 | 20-Jan | |
4 | 27-Jan | |
| Showcase | 28-Jan (Sunday) | Showcase rehearsal at Theatre Royal Wakefield: Pontefract participants only, call times 10am-4pm |
5 | 03-Feb | |
6 | 10-Feb | |
| Showcase | 11-Feb (Sunday) | Showcase rehearsal at Theatre Royal Wakefield: Pontefract participants only, call times 10am-4pm |
Off | Half Term for Wakefield / showcase production week for Pontefract | |
Showcase | 14-Feb (Wednesday) | Showcase technical rehearsal at Theatre Royal Wakefield: Pontefract participants only, call times 5pm-9pm |
Showcase | 15-Feb (Thursday) | Showcase dress rehearsal at Theatre Royal Wakefield: Pontefract participants only, call times 5pm-9pm |
Showcase | 16-Feb (Friday) | Showcase performance one at Theatre Royal Wakefield: Pontefract participants only, call times 5:30pm-9:30pm, show starts at 7pm |
Showcase | 17-Feb (Saturday) | Showcase performance two at Theatre Royal Wakefield: Pontefract participants only, call times 5:30pm-9:30pm, show starts at 7pm |
7 | 24-Feb | |
8 | 02-Mar | |
9 | 09-Mar | |
10 | 16-Mar | |
11 | 23-Mar | |
early Easter hols. |
11-week Spring term balanced by 13-week summer term
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Summer 2024
1 | 13-Apr | |
2 | 20-Apr | |
3 | 27-Apr | |
4 | 04-May | |
5 | 11-May | |
6 | 18-May | |
19-May (Sunday) | Showcase rehearsal: Wakefield participants only. Split call, times TBC | |
7 | 25-May | |
26-May (Sunday) | Showcase rehearsal: Wakefield participants only. No PA Kids. Call times 10am-6pm (10am-2pm for PA1) | |
Off | Half Term | OFF |
8 | 08-Jun | |
9 | 15-Jun | |
16-June (Sunday) | Showcase rehearsal: Wakefield participants only. No PA Kids. Call times 10am-6pm (2pm-6pm for PA1) | |
| Wakefield showcase production week / week off for Pontefract | Wednesday 19 June to Saturday 22 June, Wakefield showcase, evening calls | |
10 | 29-Jun | |
11 | 06-Jul | |
12 | 13-Jul | |
13 | 20-Jul |