Experience Opportunity

Belgrade Ensemble 25/26

A Home for Potential. A Platform for New Voices. A Commitment to Local Talent.

The Belgrade Ensemble is a free, year-long creative programme for early-career performers aged 18–25 from Coventry and the surrounding region.

Launched in 2023, the Ensemble was created to provide a home for young people making their first steps into theatre. This is not a training course in the traditional sense – it’s a long-term investment in creative development, rooted in care, rigour, and the weekly commitment of showing up and making work together.

Now entering its third year, the 2025/26 Ensemble will work with professional artists to create and perform an original production, including a public performance at the Belgrade and the potential opportunity to perform at the For With By European Youth Theatre Festival in Hull (TBC).

Requirements

We’re not looking for polished performers – we’re looking for people with potential. We are looking for people that:

• Are aged 18–25
• Are based in Coventry or nearby
• Have potential for growth and show willingness to invest in themselves
• Are curious, committed, and eager to collaborate
• Are from a background underrepresented in the arts and/or have not had access to formal higher education.

If you fit this criteria, then we’d love to hear from you.

You don’t need a showreel, a portfolio, or a degree – just the spark. We’ll help light the fire.

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