Historic Royal Palaces School Outreach Show with Scary Little Girls. Photograph by Jayne Lloyd for Historic Royal Palaces.
After a successful run of shows in 2023, we’re delighted to be bringing Fire: A Princess’ Response to Burning Issues back to schools in 2024.
Developed in collaboration with Historic Royal Palaces, Fire explores the life of Indian Suffragette and god-daughter of Queen Victoria, Princess Sophia Duleep Singh.
As we meet characters from Sophia’s life, from exiled royal family to passionate suffragettes, the play will start conversations about topics from political reform to complex relationships. Some themes are universal, whether you are a princess or a post-pandemic school student.
Learning objectives
Students will:
- Explore personal stories in the fight for gender equality and reflect on how they can become advocates for equality today.
- Learn about the lives of people of diverse heritage in 19th Century Britain.
- Explore ideas and issues in an analytical, reflective and personal way.
National Curriculum links
This session supports:
- Challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day.
- Understanding historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance, and using them to make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends and frame historically-valid questions.
- Understanding how people’s lives have shaped this nation and how Britain has influenced and been influenced by the wider world.
- World building to develop a rich knowledge of past places and societies.
- Participating in discussions, summarising and/or building on what has been said.
Fully booked London shows run from the 25th of June until the 12th of July.
Find out more about the show, and download the resource pack here
Bookings are open now for schools in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire between the 18th and 29th of November.
