Birmingham Hippodrome have partnered with National Youth Theatre to host open sessions for young people to hear about their Ignite Your Creativity programme, run in partnership with Netflix. This session is 4:30-6:30pm at Birmingham Hippodrome on Saturday 25 January. It is for young people aged between 14 to 25 years and is free!
Are you interested in Film, Theatre and Production?
National Youth Theatre is launching a new outreach initiative in the West Midlands in partnership with Netflix.
Ignite Your Creativity is our free programme, designed to inspire a new generation of young people with the often unknown career opportunities in Film, Theatre and Live Events.
We are delivering a free practical workshop for young people aged 14-25 on the Behind the Scenes in Production.
The workshop will introduce key job roles in TV, Film and Theatre production, giving you an exclusive insight into creative careers and progression routes behind-the-scenes.
Led by industry professionals, the workshop will also help to increase employability, confidence and creativity, opening up access to a breadth of dynamic opportunities and experiences across the sector.
Following the workshop, young people aged 16+ will be able to sign up for related opportunities including a 5-day intensive course in the February half term to further explore practical skills and progression routes into employment.
"What if we could reclaim the stories on who we are and sing the truths on what we stand for and believe in – what would your song sound like?"
Across this 12-week term, Cardboard Collective will be led by Artist Wolfie, alongside some guest artists and supported by the Beatbank* to creatively respond to the above question.
Through creating original lyrics, refining songwriting skills and discovering their authentic voice, the Collective artists will work towards creating songs to be performed over the summer in 2025.
Spaces are limited, so sign up now to all sessions to join this cohort of Cardboard Collective.
The group closes to new sign ups on 5 February 2025.
Dates and times: Wednesday 22 January - 9 April 2025, 6pm – 9pm
*The Beatbank is a library of instrumentals that have been donated for young rappers and vocalists affected by homelessness and poverty to access through this programme.
Aged 13 to 19? Based in Camden? Want to act, write, make music?
Join Camden Youth Theatre.
Every Tuesday 6pm-8pm at Old Diorama Arts Centre.
Join a taster session!
When? 6pm - 8pm Tuesday 21 January 2025
Where? Old Diorama Arts Centre
Free! No experience necessary and dinner provided!
To sign up, message us at the email address below, or call 077895 39359
Are you aged 14 to 18 and live in Yorkshire? Do you love telling stories or want to try writing something that feels like you?
Life in a Northern Town is all about giving you the space to get creative, express yourself, and share what’s important to you. Whether you’ve written before or this is totally new, this programme is here to help you find your voice. You can write about whatever excites you – the stories you care about, your community, your experiences – it’s all up to you.
The programme is part of a partnership with venues, playwrights and participants from across the North, led by Northern Broadsides, Barnsley Civic, Blackpool Grand Theatre and The Customs House.
Here’s what you’ll get if you join:
Learn about Scenic Art and the techniques that are used by the Scenic Art team at the National Theatre.
You will be creating textures, colour mixing, painting and sign writing.
You will work with materials that comply with a sustainable approach to theatre making as set out in the Theatre Green Book. Find out more about how we’re reducing our carbon impact at this time of climate crisis.
The course:
Course Overview
Day 1
Prepare and create textured brick and plaster surfaces. Introduction to colours and colour mixing.
Day 2
Painting into textures and introduction to lettering.
Day 3
Applying lettering to painted surfaces. On the final day, everyone’s individual work will be brought together to create a collective piece that showcases what has been learnt on the course.
Have you got a story you’re itching to tell? Any new or existing ideas you’ve been sitting on that you’d like to develop into a theatre script and receive feedback on?
If you’re not sure where or how to start, or if you’ve had a confidence knock as a writer, this entirely free course may be the next step for you!
Led by Michelle Matherson (BBC Creative Diversity), this talent development programme is carefully designed for you to take your ideas or stories from the page to the stage over an iterative six-month process.
Through fortnightly classes, personalised notes on your script, bespoke 1-2-1s with professional dramaturgs and a community-oriented space to fail, learn and grow, Talawa’s Introductory Writers’ Group (IWG) aims to create a well-curated group of likeminded Black writers who are destined to be the future of writing talent across theatre, radio, TV and film. Uniquely specialising in an Afrocentric approach to plot, narrative, structure, character, dialogue and more, you will gain practical tools that will set you off on your journey as a professional writer.
Our 10-week theatre course for young people with additional needs offer a creative and supportive space to explore self-expression through drama, movement, and storytelling.
Tailored to individual abilities, these sessions foster confidence, communication, and social skills while allowing participants to build meaningful connections.
Join us for a fun and inclusive journey where every voice is heard and celebrated!
Live in West London and interested in backstage and technical roles in Theatre?
The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA) are looking for young people aged 14-19 who live in West London to take part in Future Technicians, a free eight-week technical theatre course!
You will receive:
We are particularly interested in hearing from young people from the global majority, young people who are D/deaf and disabled, young people from low-income households (measured by access to Free School Meals in the last 6 years) and young people in care / care leavers as we recognise these groups are currently underrepresented in the technical theatre industries.
Stretch your imagination and discover ways to interpret and realise impossible stage directions in StageBase’s directing workshop. In this workshop you will:
Workshop is facilitated by director and facilitator Ella McKeown - Artistic Director of Ricochet Theatre.
Admission is free. Stay for EXTERIOR - StageBase's Christmas Bash taking place the very same evening, same venue!
*venue is not wheelchair accessible.
Date and time: Thursday 12 December 2024, 11:30AM - 1PM
Stage and Screen Combat for ages 7 to 18 is an exciting chance to experience the thrills and spills of stage and screen combat.
You’ll have opportunities to engage in armed as well as unarmed combat, learning to fight and fall in a safe, effective and believable way, under the guidance of our expert tutors.
Additionally, this course also offers you a unique chance to gain an industry-recognised qualification by taking an optional exam at the end.
There are four differentiated age groups within the Stage and Screen Combat course:
