Free outreach show

About this session

Key stage 3 | Subject: History, English, Drama | Topics: Equality, Identity, Empire | Session type: Outreach

• Free 45-minute outreach show
• Key Stage 3 history curriculum links
• Up to three shows delivered at your school
• Audiences up to 250 students per performance
• Work with us to create a timetable that fits your school day
  

What does the daughter of the last Maharaja of the Punjab have in common with young people today? Allow us to step into your school and bring the life of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh alive in our interactive show.

Meet characters from her life, from exiled royal family to passionate suffragettes. This play will start conversations about topics from political reform to complex relationships. Some themes are universal, whether you are a princess or a 21st Century 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 influences 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.

Booking information

Open to all secondary schools in Brighton and East Sussex, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire.

Availability

Brighton and East Sussex 

Brighton - Monday 17 November – Friday 21 November 2025 

East Sussex – Monday 24 November - Friday 28 November 2025. 

Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 

Monday June 22 2026 – Friday 3 July 2026. Weekdays only


Duration
Please allow 45 minutes per show.
We can deliver up to 3 shows per day.

Capacity
Up to 250 students per show

Price
Free

Apply now
To apply, download and submit the completed application form to learning.info@hrp.org.uk.