Fearless. Collaborative. Powered by young voices. Generator is ThickSkin’s ambitious company for young professional theatre makers, designed to launch the next generation of fearless talent.
The Generator Company will create a brand-new piece of theatre — devised from the ground up, in collaboration with our Artistic Director. Developed and performed at our studio in the heart of Wigan, this show will spotlight raw talent, local stories, and ThickSkin’s trademark visual and physical style.
Sign up to our open auditions for this paid opportunity to perform in ThickSkin’s Generator Company.
Places are allocated on first come first served basis until full.
ThickSkin is looking for ten talented young performers aged 18-25 to join our Generator Company next Spring. Over two intensive weeks in Wigan, you’ll create and perform a brand-new theatre piece, while fully immersing yourself in our innovative creative process.
KEY INFO:
DEADLINE: 17 Nov 2026
For more information and to apply, click the Opportunity Info link below!
Write Night is a series of monthly sessions for anyone interested in writing for the stage.
Sessions are on the first Wednesday evening of every month, run by Soho Theatre’s own iconic Bombay-born, London-based Creative Associate Pooja Sivaraman (Clean Break, Theatre503, Coney) and award winning Walthamstow playwright Sonali Bhattacharyya (Bristol Old Vic, Young Vic, Chichester Festival Theatre, Donmar Warehouse, BBC)
Whether you’re a total beginner or a more experienced writer, Write Night is open to everyone!
Each session will be organised around a theme and you can book them as standalone sessions, or you can book the whole lot! Totally up to you.
SESSIONS:
Wed 2 Sep 7pm-9pm: Adaptation
A workshop all about adapting existing materials into a new play, from novels to films to documentary and verbatim.
Wed 7 Oct 7pm-9pm: Performing Activism
A workshop looking at how theatre troupes around the world use the stage as a medium of protest. What are the tools to keep in hand when you’re writing about something that makes you angry?
Wed 4 Nov 7pm-9pm: Rap, Rhyme and Musical theatre
A workshop all about how to write lyrics and rhyme for musicals and gig theatre
Wed 2 Dec 7pm-9pm: Writing is Rewriting
A workshop on the redrafting process and how to crack pivotal scenes
There will be teaching, writing exercises and discussion (not to mention tea and biscuits). If any or all of the above sessions sound interesting to you, we’d love for you to pop by and try it out.
If you have any questions at all, email us at engagement@sohotheatre.com – we’re happy to help.
For more information and to book, click the Opportunity Info link below!
Do you have a passion for playwriting? Aged 14 – 19? Already begun your writing journey and are looking to hone your craft? Our free online writing course could be for you.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This five session course will help you develop practical tools and skills to focus your ideas and turn them into theatre. Professional playwrights will lead and support you to gain a deeper understanding of the playwriting process, and you will receive feedback on an early draft of your work.
This is part of our New Views playwriting programme for young people across the UK, happening in-schools, at the National Theatre and online. At the end of the course, you’ll have the opportunity to submit a short play to the New Views Festival.
COURSE RECRUITMENT:
If you have any questions about your application, the project, or would like support completing this application please email the team on newviews@nationaltheatre.org.uk.
COURSE DATES:
This is an online course.
*Please note: You must be able to attend the full course to take part.
DEADLINE: Friday 11 September, 10am
For more information and to sign up, click the Opportunity Info link below!
Introduction to... Directing will be led by Hull Truck Theatre's Associate Director, Tom Saunders. This programme is designed to equip you with essential tools to bring your creative vision to life.
A weekly 2-hour deep dive (across a 6-week period) from 29th September - 10th November.
Hull Truck Theatre’s Introduction To… programme gives adults (18+) the chance to work with professional theatre makers to deepen their understanding of theatre, express their creativity and meet like-minded individuals. With three exciting subjects to choose from during this term, participants are invited to try their hand at something new, develop confidence and make new friends.
DATES:
The cost of each course is £90. We are however committed to the idea that finances shouldn’t be a barrier to participation, please get in touch if you would like to discuss reduced prices, paying in instalments or bursary places via engagement@hulltruck.co.uk.
For more information and to apply, click the Opportunity Info link below!
Please note only one place can be booked per transaction. If you are booking on behalf of multiple people, please make additional bookings.
Treehouse Project is a talent development opportunity for theatre creatives who are looking to move to the next stage of their careers. During our off-season, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre will transform our unused spaces into rooms for five emerging theatre creatives where they can work, plan, meet, dream, develop their craft and shape their careers.
The five successful applicants will be given:
Deadline: 10am on Monday 21st September 2026.
The Treehouse Project is generously supported by the Noël Coward Foundation
For more information and to apply, click the Opportunity Info link below!
Our Writer’s Programme here at Theatre503 is focused on upskilling writers of all experience levels throughout the theatre industry and beyond. Facilitated by industry leaders, including 503 Alumni & 503 team members; our courses, masterclasses and intensives offer a vast range of topics to give every writer something to choose from. We offer a mix of in person & online sessions, making it accessible to writers both locally and throughout the globe.
To find out more about each Course, Masterclass or Intensive, please click on the session title of interest via the link below. Dates range from 9th September - 19th November.
We are delighted to be able to offer a limited number of concession rates for all Writers’ Programme sessions as well as 1-2-1 Dramaturgy for those for whom the cost is prohibitive. For further information, please email writersprogramme@theatre503.com or to book a place at a concession rate please call 0207 9787040. Please note, we do ask that concession tickets are kept at one per person, per season of the Writers’ Programme.
As these spaces are never on general sale, a session may look like it is sold out when there are Share The Drama spaces left, so please call the Box Office to access these spaces via the Share The Drama Scheme.
Further Than The Edge are running open-level Acting Workshops for adults in various venues.
Starting in September, catch these at:
These workshops are a focused, motivating and safe creative space.
They're designed to accommodate both beginners and people with experience who want to develop their existing acting skills to build continuity in their work. This is a chance to develop more confidence in your creativity, your skills of voice, space and movement, through warm-ups, exercises, approaches - and most importantly to work collaboratively on scripts and improvisation.
Extracts from a contemporary script will be taken as the working material for acting approaches and explorations across the workshop sessions. If you already have a script or play extract that you'd like to do some work on, we're open where possible to fitting this in, just let us know.
You can book per session, for any number of sessions, or for all 10, and you don't have to start on the first session.
Flexible and affordable payment options! From £10 per session.
To ask a question: contact@furtherthantheedge.com or call 07494 168 206
For more information and to book your space, click the Opportunity Info link below!
Our 9-Week Saturday Youth Theatre Programme uses acting and drama activities to help young people become more confident communicators, creative thinkers and supportive team players. Whether your child loves performing or simply wants to build confidence and make new friends, they’ll gain skills that benefit them both on and off the stage.
AGES 6-11
Build Confidence, Communication & Creativity
Perfect for children who love performing, enjoy imaginative play, or would benefit from a supportive environment where they can grow in confidence.
Through drama games, acting activities and performance exercises, students develop:
Autumn term: Saturday 03 October - Saturday 05 December (9 weeks, no class on 24 October) at 10am - 12pm
Course fees: £250
AGES 11-17
Acting Skills That Support Their Future
For older students looking to strengthen their acting ability while developing transferable skills that can support future studies and careers.
Students explore:
Alongside acting training, students build transferable life skills including communication, leadership, teamwork, presentation skills and self-confidence. Whether they’re considering drama school or another career path, these are skills that will benefit them for years to come.
Autumn term: Saturday 03 October - Saturday 05 December (9 weeks, no class on 24 October) at 1pm - 3:30pm
Course fees: £275
For more information, including bursary places, and to sign up, please click the Opportunity Info link below!
This six-week course will focus on different ways of analysing theatre, and empowering participants to talk about their experience as an audience member. The course will enable you to think like a professional theatre maker, analyse like a reviewer, and gain the tools to be an expert of your own opinion.
This course will take participants behind the scenes to explore a theatre-maker’s toolkit. From design to direction, and acting to sound, we’ll unveil the ingredients used in creating a production.
KEY INFORMATION:
WHO IS THE COURSE FOR?
For anyone aged 18 and over interested in theatre; theatre goers and play lovers and anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of the craft involved behind making a performance. Whether you're a regular audience member, a budding critic, or simply passionate about the stage, this course will give you the tools to see theatre through a new lens.
WHAT CAN I EXPECT?
The course will involve lectures, watching clips of theatre, learning theory, and guided discussions.
You will explore different job roles within the theatre and will look at how each of these approach putting on a production. These include:
You will gain new skills in analysing and discussing what you see on stage, and a deeper knowledge of stagecraft.
For more information and to sign up, click the opportunity info link below!
Running throughout Black History Month and inspired by our production of Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad, this five-week writer development course led by playwright Misha Duncan-Barry invites adults aged 18+ of all writing abilities to explore the art of adaptation and discover how classic stories can be reimagined through new perspectives.
Using The Penelopiad as a starting point, we’ll explore how writers can reclaim, reshape, and re-centre stories by focusing on Black mythological, folkloric, and legendary figures from African and diasporic traditions. Through discussion, writing exercises, and feedback, participants will develop original dramatic work inspired by myths old and new.
The course begins on Saturday 10 October, when we’ll meet for our first session before attending the opening night performance of The Penelopiad together. Over the following weeks, we’ll investigate adaptation as a creative tool, exploring whose voices are heard, whose are forgotten, and how storytelling can challenge established narratives.
COURSE PREPARATION
As part of the course, participants will be asked to arrive at the first session with a Black mythological, folkloric, or legendary figure they would like to explore and develop throughout the programme. This could be a well-known figure or someone whose story has been overlooked, reinterpreted, or marginalised over time.
Examples might include:
Participants will be encouraged to consider what aspect of their chosen figure’s story they would like to adapt, reframe, or re-centre through their writing.
No previous playwriting experience is required—whether you’re completely new to writing for theatre or looking to develop your existing practice, you’ll be supported to generate and develop new work throughout the course.
For participants who are interested, there will be an opportunity at the end of the programme to share extracts of their work in an informal studio sharing with actors.
COURSE DATES & TIMES (please note booking your place gets you access to all sessions)
SUITABLE FOR
Places are limited to ensure all participants have dedicated time for discussion, feedback, and the development of their work throughout the programme.
COST OF COURSE: £75 including a ticket to The Penelopiad capacity 12. If cost is a barrier please contact artistdevelopment@yorktheatreroyal.co.uk to ask about our bursary places.
