Summer Camp 2026

Kids can be shy or enthusiastic, intellectual, or physical, imaginative, or quiet - but they all have great stories to tell! Creating a show in one-week time is an exhilarating experience! Each class at camp is facilitated by two professional artists that love sharing their expertise in and passion for theatre making with young people. Quest Theatre camps support all levels of creative development and nurture the ridiculously organic and brilliant ideas of your child!

Summer Camp 2026 - Registration Now Open!

Cost: $400

Early Bird Price: $365 until March 21 2026
Weeks: July 6th, July 13th, July 20th, July 27th, Aug 3rd, Aug 10th.
This one-week camp capitalizes on the imaginative talents of children aged 6 – 8. It does not take much to inspire theatrical adventures with this age group! Through playing creatively together, a story, and unique characters simply emerge! Some weeks we have no idea how we incorporate puppies, aliens, princesses, and detectives into a performance by Friday – but we get there! This camp is facilitated by two artist professionals!

*Please note that camp runs ALL WEEK DAYS (including the holiday Monday) during the week of August 3rd.

REGISTER!
Cost: $400

Early Bird Price: $365 until March 21 2026
Weeks: July 6th, July 13th, July 20th, July 27th, Aug 3rd, Aug 10th.
This one-week camp acknowledges the age group’s ability to weave complex stories and build multifaceted relationships. Working together, young people are guided to consider other campers’ ideas to satisfy the best story outcome. Group support and encouragement often lead to utilizing humour and character exploration. Campers blossom at this age and confidence is often a by-product of the fun! This camp is facilitated by two artist professionals!

*Please note that camp runs ALL WEEK DAYS (including the holiday Monday) during the week of August 3rd.

REGISTER!
Cost: $600

Early Bird Price: $565 until March 21 2026
Weeks: July 6th, Aug 3rd

For those campers who LOVE drama and making plays, this two-week camp often involves prototyping performance material through writing, improvisation, or planned scene work. Instructors have the job of gathering, encouraging and reflecting ideas back to these budding young artists. It is not uncommon for campers to take creative ownership of their performance and drive the creative process. This camp is facilitated by two artist professionals!

*Please note that camp runs ALL WEEK DAYS (including the holiday Monday) during the week of August 3rd.

REGISTER!

Camp Details

Registrations for our 2026 Summer Camp are now open! Join our mailing list to be notified about next year’s registration dates and promotions!

Dates: Weekly Camps July 6 to August 14, 2026
Ages: 6-15
Location: cSPACE Marda Loop 1721 29 Ave SW
Time:
Drop Off 8:30 am – 9:00 am
Camp 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Pick Up 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
After Care until 5:00 pm available for $40/week

Camp Highlights

Daily outside play time
Each class facilitated by two theatre professionals
After camp care for additional price
Drive-by drop off and pick up
In person OR filmed performance at the end of each camp
All campers get a t-shirt
Bursaries available

Questions?

Cancellation Policy

Cancel 14 days before the start date and get a full refund.

Cancel 7 days before the start date and get a full refund less a $50.00 administration fee.

No refund will be given for less than 7 days notice.

Bursaries

Through the generous support of funders and donors, we are able to offer bursaries for some of our programming. If financials are restricting you from registering for our programs, please complete this form to be considered for a bursary to attend the program of your choice.

Applications open: April 1st, 2027
Deadline to apply: May 30th, 2027

We will be providing bursaries on a first-come-first-served basis and depending on availability. We have a limited number of bursaries available.

To maintain the fairness of our bursary program, and to streamline our administrative process for granting them, we ask that bursary applicants do not register for camp or classes in advance of bursary notification. Should an applicant be registered in advance, they may no longer be eligible for a bursary.

If you would like to apply for a bursary for more than one child, please fill out the form for each child.
The form will take approximately 5 minutes to complete.

If you want to support our bursary program, please consider donating.

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FAQs

Unfortunately, we do not accept 5-year-olds in our camps, unless they turn 6 years old during the week they are attending camp.
We have a waitlist for all sold-out camps. If a spot opens, we will contact the parents that have signed up for the waitlist. This could be weeks in advance or a couple of days before camp starts.
The nature of our program is to let the participants lead the camp with their ideas and creativity. Even though the schedule and the structure of the camp are the same, the final play will always be different.
We have a maximum of 16 kids per class.
Each class of 16 kids maximum, has 2 professional artists as facilitators.
Our camp has a varied daily schedule. Kids play drama games; they play outside and during the week they make props and costumes and work towards creating a performance for the final day of camp.
Yes! Family members are encouraged to attend the final performance. Parents are allowed to record, but we kindly ask you to not post these videos on a public platform to respect all participants’ privacy.
To which the answer is - Friday afternoon. We won't know the exact times until Wednesday or Thursday, as the shows are created by the students, so once we know the show lengths we'll send an email to let everyone know when the exact show times are.
Our facilitators are not specially trained to teach neurodiverse participants but all of them have experience working with neurodiverse kids. We have had many participants with ADHD and anxiety attend our camps in the past.
Quest employees and artists are not trained to provide physical or behavioral supports to participants. Participants who require such support are welcome provided that they are accompanied by a caregiver who can tend to their specific needs.
Most days we do not. Participants must bring their lunch from home. On certain days, there will be the option of lunch provided through Healthy Hunger for an additional fee. Every Friday there is a pizza party at no additional cost to campers.
Yes, we have a Bursary program. This program is limited and is available on a first-come-first-served basis. Applications will open 3 months before camp starts.
Quest employees and artists are not trained to provide physical or behavioral supports to participants. Participants who require such support are welcome provided that they are accompanied by a caregiver who can tend to their specific needs.
If your child requires additional support at school, or the support from an aide, please note that Quest Theatre does not have the resources equivalent to that support, so an aide and/or additional resources would need to be provided by you. Please open a conversation with our staff so we can determine, together with you, how to make your child’s experience at camp the best one possible.