Over 5 days, our young theatre-makers will create their own work to be performed for parents at an informal Studio show back on the final day.
Supported by a drama practitioner and drama support worker, the group will decide what they make.
It could be a comedy, tragedy or a musical, but it will be all their own work!
Date: Monday 28 July - Friday 1 August 2025
Time: 9.30am-3.30pm
A brand new course for young people ready to take their next step in theatre
LYT is a year-long course with three 8-week terms from October 2025 - June 2026.
Across the year, participants will work closely with industry professionals and each other to develop their performance skills and deepen their theatre practice. The course includes focused time on monologue and audition preparation, as well as the chance to explore a variety of performance techniques in more detail. Along the way, there will be specialist guest sessions, giving participants valuable insights into different areas of the industry and helping them grow as confident, creative performers.
We offer subsidised and bursary places to help make LYT Advance accessible to as many young people as possible.
Unlike our other Youth Theatre groups, LYT Advance has a short application process where you will be asked to write a short statement supporting your application. With 20 spaces available, we're looking for young people who are committed, curious, and excited to get involved.
If you're offered a place, you'll confirm it by booking through our Box Office. A £100 non-refundable deposit is required to secure your space. This deposit reflects your commitment to all three terms of the course.
NI Concert Band launches their new Training Band in September!
Starting Thursday 4 September 2025
Church of God, Glenmachan
6:30-7.30pm
Get more information available by emailing the address below.
Budding actors can spend a week training and working with a professional Theatre Director to explore a variety of drama techniques, learn new skills and create a new piece of theatre that will be performed for family and friends in Polka’s Adventure Theatre!
Dates: Monday 28 July - Friday 1 August (final performance held on Friday 2 August at 3.30pm)
Time: 10am – 4pm
Tickets: £215* (Child only)
*£2.50 transaction fee applies to phone and online bookings. Delivery fees may apply
The theme for our summer programme this year is Books and Story Telling!
We will take inspiration from Oscar Wilde’s sparkling comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest. Participants will be encouraged to explore the play’s themes of mistaken identity, love, and social conventions, and use these ideas to create their own performances.
Through lively workshops and creative exploration, they will devise unique theatre pieces that capture Wilde's wit and charm, bringing his timeless satire to life on stage.
Taught by a team of professional facilitators, this course is perfect for those studying Drama/Performing arts for GCSE and A level.
At the end of the week, family and friends will have the opportunity to join us for a sharing of their work, showcased in the Naughton Theatre.
Dates: Monday 18 – Saturday 23 August
Develop your skills, meet new friends and have some fun in Derby Theatre's fantastic Summer School!
Participants will grow their abilities as actors and creatives, working together as a team to create a brand new performance over the course of the week, with a production showcase at the end of the week.
Family and friends can come along to a showcase of the performance created during the week.
Half price and full bursaries are available, subject to availability.
Monday 11 - Friday 15 August, 2025
Pricing
At Front Room Theatre, our goal is to support brand new theatre work made in Weston-super-Mare. We have been allocated funding through Super Culture to support four commissions for artists under 30 years of age at Front Room this year. This round of commissions will take place in September and October 2025.
For this round we will commissioning:
We offer:
If you're interested, send Front Room Theatre a DM on Instagram (account: @frontroomwsm) that says "Commission Callout" and they'll send you a link to apply!
Return to the forest this summer – a dream world of flying fairies, contagious fogs and moonlight revels.
Standing tickets allow the story to be followed on foot, get up and close to the action and experience the mechanics of immersive theatre.
★★★★ "This acrobatic, erotic, playfully queered version of Shakespeare’s comedy is even better than it was in 2019" The Standard
For a limited season only - don't miss out!
Standing tickets reduced to £10 for all performances until 31 July.
Please note you will be standing for the full show and bags and coats will need to be checked into the free cloakroom.
Subject to availability. 4 tickets per customer.
We’re excited to invite you and your Year 12 students to Creative Futures – a free, inspiring day of talks, workshops, and Q&As designed to spark interest and ambition in performing arts careers.
Date: Thursday 10 July 2025
Time: 10 AM - 4 PM
Location: The Studio at The Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
Cost: FREE
Your students will hear directly from professional actors, writers, and creatives from Bradford, including Jessica Knappett, Amit Dhand, and Shaun Thomas, and take part in interactive workshops exploring the craft and careers behind the stage and screen, including:
Places are limited to 200 students – register now to avoid missing out.
Schools and colleges may bring up to 20 students.
To register, please email the address below.
A workshop for the politically engaged and perpetually exhausted. In the face of arts cuts, climate collapse, and rising authoritarianism, what does it mean to keep making political theatre?
Is it still a tool for change or just shouting into the void? This session creates space to reflect, rant, and reimagine: to swap strategies, share frustrations, and ask what resistance looks like onstage today.
All ticket sales will be donated to WarChild. The workshop will take place on June 22nd at Riverside Studios, 1:30pm - 3:30pm.
About Sam Rees:
Sam Rees is a critically acclaimed theatre-maker whose work has been staged at leading UK venues, including Summerhall, Oxford Playhouse, Soho, Norwich Theatre, and Jermyn Street. His recent projects include Edinburgh Fringe 2024 sell-out show Lessons On Revolution, praised as ‘compelling and galvanising’ (James Graham), ‘one of my favourites of this year’s fringe’ (Natasha Tripney),‘a heartfelt paean to the politics of hope ★★★★★’ (The Scotsman), ‘the best thing we’ve seen this year ★★★★★’ (The Morning Star), ‘intelligent, questioning documentary theatre ★★★★’ (The Stage), and ‘one of the most talked about shows from this year’s festival’ (The Conversation), and The Food Bank Show, called ‘utterly magnetic ★★★★’ by Broadway Baby, a show which ‘creates space for radical conversation to happen ★★★★’ by A Young(ish) Perspective), and ‘an exemplary production that defies the rules of the genre’ by Theatre Weekly.
