Get Technical! offers the chance to meet members of the production’s backstage and technical teams, see live demonstrations and learn more about what goes into the making of Moulin Rouge! The Musical.
From wigs and wardrobe to sound and stage management, the event aims to motivate and inspire young people to consider a career in backstage positions in the performing arts industry. Attendees will be shown how the different technical departments work together to create the production and be given a sneak peek of some of the stage secrets and magic behind the show.
Backstage and technical team members will share stories from their own career journeys and tips for getting into the industry. The event will round off with a live Q&A.
£5 concession tickets are available for those in full time education or in receipt of government benefits.
A limited number of free bursary tickets are available, if you would like access to these, please email with a brief statement about why you would benefit from a free place at Get Technical!
Date: Tuesday 23 September 2025
Drama at Queen’s combines history, theory and practice in an integrated and multidisciplinary approach, to discover why and how theatre works
Our doors are open!
The whole family can join us for our free Open Day on Saturday 27 September, 12pm - 5pm.
Take a peek into our dressing rooms, try your hand at sound and lighting, and delve into the many artefacts from our in-house archive. Our bars and beautiful balcony will also be open!
No booking necessary, just drop in!
The objective of the Thea Barnes Legacy Fund (TBLF) is to provide assistance through bursary funding and/or mentoring
The fund aims to support individuals in dance and the performing arts, researchers, and artists looking to accelerate their careers or make a career transition across the arts and creative industries by furthering their artistic or academic practice. The TBLF will award bursaries up to £2,300.
The bursaries help sustain dancers, performing artists, choreographers, researchers and scholars in the arts and creative industries.
£10 to see Romans at the Almeida Theatre this September
The Almeida are offering a small number of £10 tickets to Get Into Theatre subscribers for the following performances:
Tuesday 9 September 7.30pm
Wednesday 10 September 7.30pm
Thursday 11 September 7.30pm
Saturday 13 September 2pm
Tickets are subject to availability and only valid on selected dates. Max. two tickets per booking. Once you’ve picked your chosen date and gone through to the booking page, enter the promo code into the box on top right-hand side.
HE is a motherless child. A bullied schoolboy. An adventurer. A coloniser. Brother. Father. Soldier. Cult leader. He sips champagne at his book launch. Wakes at 4am for weights, cardio, ice bath. Records a podcast. Lives as a badger.
Award-winning writer Alice Birch’s (Succession; Normal People) new play is the wild and epic tale of three brothers, battling against demons from their past, present and future. The Roman brothers, Olivier Award winner Kyle Soller (Andor), Oliver Johnstone (Retrograde) and Stuart Thompson (Spring Awakening), must do what they can to survive in an ever-changing and brutal world.
Made in Bristol is a free training programme for 18-25 year old theatre makers based in Bristol and the surrounding areas.
For MIB 260, we are looking for all theatre makers: actors, performers, designers, facilitators, stage managers, technicians, lighting designers, choreographers, musicians and composers!
The cohort will become resident at Bristol Old Vic, for two days a week, from January to August and full time in September & October 2026.
To celebrate the 260th anniversary of our Theatre, MIB 260 will deliver a free Theatre in Education tour to Bristol Secondary Schools. These pieces will be performed by members of MIB 260, and directed by Artistic Director, Nancy Medina and Lisa Gregan, Literary and Directors’ Associate.
MIB 260 will be supported and mentored in a range of disciplines including performance, design (set, costume, sound, lighting), technical skills, stage management and facilitation.
How can I find out more?
We will be hosting an online information session about Made in Bristol 260:
To sign up to the MIB 260 info session or if you have any further questions, please email the address below.
How can I apply?
Applications will open on Monday 1 September and close on Monday 6 October at 5pm.
All applicants will be invited to a recruitment workshop at Bristol Old Vic on Saturday 25 October 10am-5pm. You will need to attend the workshop to be considered for MIB 260.
We’re here to support bold creative visions from disabled artists based in England, Scotland, and Wales.
Awards over £25,000 are a chance to get that almost-there piece in front of audiences. Perfect for artists who’ve had some funding but haven’t been able to get the work out there yet.
We want to help take it further, connect it with audiences, and make sure it’s seen in the places it deserves to be.
We’re looking to invest in work that will have a life beyond the initial commission. We expect all the work we fund to reach multiple audiences, as part of our wider mission to challenge and change the world.
The panel will consider:
Large awards available:
You’ll be expected to have a minimum of 10% match funding* from other sources (which can be cash or in kind) for our larger awards (over £25k)
*This match funding cannot be from your regional arts council.
At this expression of interest stage, you don’t need to supply a detailed budget or tell us about match funding. You just need to give an idea of the overall cost of your project.
We’re here to support bold creative visions from disabled artists based in England, Scotland, and Wales
Open Awards under £25,000 are ideal for testing, exploring, and playing with early ideas.
They’re designed to give you time, space, and support to take creative risks. We know powerful work doesn’t happen overnight. It starts with a spark.
These criteria will be used by our selection panel to assess your application. We’re looking to invest in work that will have a life beyond the initial commission. We expect all the work we fund to reach multiple audiences, as part of our wider mission to challenge and change the world.
The panel will consider:
Small awards available:
At this expression of interest stage, you don’t need to supply a detailed budget. You just need to give an idea of the overall cost of your project.
Match funding is not required for our small awards.
Have you got what it takes to be a successful theatre actor, producer or performer?
This advanced, practical Extended Diploma in Performing Arts (Creative Theatre Practice) is designed and taught by theatre professionals with extensive experience of theatre making and performance.
You will have the opportunity to develop your practice as an individual and as a member of a performance ensemble. You will be involved right from the start in an in-depth study of the performing arts, in which the practical side is strongly linked to the theory. The units that you study on the programme all lead to performance – some of these will be large scale public performances.
There is an option to complete the course after one year, achieving a subsidiary diploma, or complete two years which will lead to the extended diploma, equivalent to three A Levels. This will give you the option to apply to a range of universities or performance schools to study at degree level.
Fee for this course: £4,670
This course is normally free for the 16-to-18 age group.
25-30 Company is your space to meet with other like-minded individuals and create theatre, guided by a professional theatre practitioner
Each term will be led by a practitioner with a focus on a specific area of theatre, such as text, verbatim theatre, movement, and many more.
We have a limited number of bursary grants that are available in cases of genuine hardship for anyone who will struggle to pay Young Company fees. Bursaries should be applied for when booking opens on Wednesday 28 May at 10am.
Applying for a bursary means we automatically reserve you a space for Young Company, so you do not need to make a paid booking in addition to your bursary application, and you will have the option to buy your reserved place if your bursary application is not successful.
Bursary applications for Autumn term will be accepted between Wednesday 28 May at 10am and Wednesday 27 August. When a Young Company session has reached capacity we will not accept bursary places for that session.
Please send the application form in as soon as possible, to avoid disappointment.
