Perfect for playwrights at any stage of their careers, our Playwrights Club offers the chance to join a local writing community and receive support and feedback on a play in development.

At monthly sessions you’ll be able to share and discuss a script you’re working on, as well as take part in creative exercises designed to fire your imagination and support your writing. You’ll also have the opportunity to share your work at Play, Pizza, Pint: Shorts Showcase event in February 2026.

Playwrights Club is free to join and open to everyone aged over 16. Tickets are pay what you can. You will be able to select from either a £0, £5 or £10 ticket. Alternatively, you can use the donation box to select a custom amount. Your donations will help to ensure that our engagement and participation programme remain free and open to all.

All sessions take place at the Eastern Angles Centre.

Each session will be hybrid with the option to join via Zoom or in person. We are committed to supporting artists based in or from East Anglia, but given our region is the size of Wales we know not everyone will be able to attend in person.

Let’s meet on the green and see who we might bump into…

Join Trestle this summer as we find a way to pass the sunny days with our mates and whoever else we might stumble upon.

Using Trestle’s iconic masks the week will end with an outdoor site specific performance to make the most of St Albans green spaces.

Costs: £140pp, £5 early drop off from 9am per day. £5 late pick up until 4pm per day.
Dates: Monday 11 August - Friday 15 August 2025
Times: 10am – 3pm each day, sharing from 3pm – 3.30pm on Friday.

Revoluton Arts

Youth Theatre is taking a long Easter break and will be back in action Wednesday 7 May 5pm-6:30pm

Our Youth Theatres provide fun and inclusive environments to make friends, build confidence and explore theatre-making skills. Sessions run weekly during school term time.

We do not audition for our Youth Theatres and they are free to attend. No drama experience needed, just a willingness to explore your creativity!

If you want to tell stories, play games and perform then get in touch via email to sign up.

Weekly sessions run on Wednesdays 5pm-6.30pm. All sessions take place at the Eastern Angles Centre.

The youth theatres run during term time. There will also be two weeklong theatre camps during half-term in the Autumn and Spring.

Interested in joining? Sign up to our Taster Day

We’ll be holding a free taster day for young people interested in joining our Youth Theatre

Saturday 10 May, 10am-12pm.

To sign up or find out more about Eastern Angles Youth Theatres, please get in touch with our Engagement Project Officer Kirsty Tallent or call 01473 218202.

Applications are open for the DanceEast Centre for Advanced Training, known as the CAT for short.

We provide high-quality dance training for young people aged 10-18 years. Based at the Jerwood DanceHouse on Ipswich’s Waterfront, our young dancers come from across the East of England, attending classes in Ipswich, Norwich, and Cambridge. During their weekly training, CAT students will have classes in contemporary, ballet, hip hop, creative, and health. Based at the Jerwood DanceHouse, the DanceEast CAT provides high-quality dance training to young people aged 10 – 18 years who have exceptional potential and talent.

The DanceEast CAT is part of a national network supported by the Department for Education’s Music and Dance scheme.

The fee per student for academic year 2024/25 is £4,193. It is important that financial barriers don’t stand in the way of young people joining the CAT. Therefore, students can apply for means-tested grants from the Department for Education’s Music and Dance grant scheme to support the costs of the programme.

On successful completion of this introductory course you will gain a great idea of what is involved in performing arts and music. You can use it to move up to courses such as Level 2 Diploma in Skills for Performing Arts or Skills for Music & Music Technology, or other level 2 qualifications.

If you have the passion to succeed in the music or performing arts industries, then this course could be the perfect starting point. If you’re willing to work hard, this course will provide you with the opportunities to develop essential performing arts and music skills and help forge a career in the creative industries.

Throughout this one year course you will study a variety of music and performing arts skills as well as an introduction to music technology units. These include working in the performing arts, performance skills, acting, dance and music skills, performance workshops and employability skills.

Fees: £1,417.00

Full-time courses are fully funded for 16 to 18-year-olds. For age 19+, various funding options are available.

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