Diverse City
National Youth Music Theatre
Acting Strong: Resilience for Stage-Ready, Mind-Ready Artists.
Acting Strong is a podcast by Generation Arts, made for young people pursuing a career in the performing arts. In each episode, actors and artists from a range of backgrounds share real stories about how they got started, what it’s really like working in the industry, and how resilience helped them through the highs and lows. Honest, inspiring, and full of practical insight—this is a must-listen for anyone dreaming of a career on stage or screen.
Available at the direct link, or on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or at Generation Arts website.
This production is supported using public funding through Arts Council England
Acting Strong and Generation Arts are not-for-profit.
Applications are now open for the 2025-26 cohort of the Bridge the Gap Producer Programme!
Apply to be one of 10 emerging producers from underrepresented backgrounds to take part in this year long development programme; gaining skills in commercial producing through monthly workshops, a mentor, coaching sessions, tickets to shows, access to grants and more!
Deadline: 12 noon on Friday 9 May
Apply online via our website.
Not sure if it's for you? Find out some more info in our Should I Apply? guide.
Stage One created Bridge the Gap to diversify the current field of commercial theatre producers and therefore strongly encourages individuals from underrepresented backgrounds and outside of London to apply. We want to support people from a Global Majority background, who identify as working class or from a lower socio-economic background, are LGBTQIA+, those that have a disability and/or are neurodivergent and/or those from a culturally or religiously Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim or Sikh background.
