Events for Students
Key STage 3 open Day
16 April 2026, 10.15am - 12.30pm
Introduce Henry V to your students with an Insight Session and a practical workshop before seeing the show. In the Insight session members of the acting company will explore key scenes from the play on stage. This Open Day is particularly suited to students in Key Stage 3 studying English or Drama.
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Henry V follows the young King Henry after he has just inherited the crown. The play focuses on his early campaign in France and shows us the events around the battle of Agincourt.
For young people of all ages, this play is a brilliant way to look at leadership and the qualities of a leader as well as looking at a range of themes including:
- Power and Responsibility
- War
- Class and Society
You can discover more about these themes and where they appear in the text as well as others in our Themes Resource.
There are lots of ways you could choose to approach this text but you may find the following particularly useful:
