When children spend five years in our Centre, from the age of 3 to 8 y.o., they don’t want to leave Drama Rainbow Education because they know that they are in the process of creating something significant for themselves, and a positive relationship with the world. This was why we began to develop a Youth Centre in 2014; an opportunity, for 8-16 y.o., to continue the development of their imagination and the ability to speak their minds through theatre performance and drama. It presents an opportunity to act and apply what they have learned in the DiE Centre through theatre, and make performances that add their voices to the wider world. The groups meet every week, in a process that can last up to 38 weeks (for 90 minute classes that extend to 4 hours nearer the production), made up of 14 weeks exploration, 8 weeks ‘making’, 8 weeks rehearsals, and 8 weeks extended project activity. All members of the group (teacher-facilitators included) are involved in all aspects of the production of the play. In essence, this is project-based learning. In the process of creating the production, children participate in: improvisation, directing and script-writing as well as design, publicity, planning, management and administration, fundraising, making costumes and props, and many other processes involved in making theatre. These important experiences finally culminate in an hour long (sometimes longer) performance, but the learning process extends over a year. After the performances are over, members of the Company will also participate in theme-related social practices and an exhibition in a range of media about the play at the end of the semester. Our teacher-facilitators will also help children, as they do on the DiE courses, build a year-long record of the group’s comprehensive and extraordinary learning journey and achievements.