This week-long course allows you to experience all aspects of how we make original theatre at NYT. Ever wanted to see your original ideas come to life?
On this weeklong course, you will get to experience being a writer, performer, director and most importantly a company member!
At the end of the week there will be a sharing of the work YOU created, that your friends and family can attend in our RIBA award-winning Workshop Theatre.
At The National Youth Theatre we never want cost to be a barrier, that's why we offer limited free spaces on each course.
Monday 11 - Friday 15 August, 10am- 5pm
NEW FOR SEPTEMBER 2025: GCSE Dance & Drama for Home Educated Students
We’re excited to announce a new BIGLITTLE programme for September 2025:
AQA GCSE Dance & Drama for home-educated students.
Course Details:
Suitable for those not in mainstream education as of September 2025.
Interested in a career in theatre? Want to be a Perfomer? Technician? Workshop leader? Teacher? Administrator? or just love being in and around all thing theatre?
Come and learn how to form your path into a creative career!
Join us at the Wyvern Theatre on 28th July 12pm-1pm to chat with theatre organisations and indivudials working in the industry, from technicians and performers to adminsistration roles, learn how creatives formed their path into a career in theatre AND how to form your own!
Come chat to people from LAMDA, Get into Theatre, Wyvern Theatre, Prime Theatre, BBC Drama, Rose Bruford, Thomford Academy, Also, There's Ghosts and more!
Signal Festival is a radical showcase of talent and opportunity for Swindon's young people 11 - 25. Signal cultivates art, supports artists and enriches audiences. Running from 25th July - 2nd August
An uproariously inaccurate portrayal of a party amidst the smallpox epidemic in 1810 England
The show is a mix of scripted and improvised dramedy that explores what happens when a group of young people in the regency era decide to get together for a night of debaucherous fun. However, their night of fun quickly spirals into a night of gossip and shortly after a night of full-on chaos, courtesy of a government-enforced quarantine in response to a smallpox epidemic. Let’s see if these young people can get a grip!
Dates: 11 - 24 August
Time: 12:35 - 13:20
Age Suitability: 14+
It’s Friday evening, 9pm, and a group of young people head into the forest for an evening round the campfire. Singing songs, playing games and telling spooky stories is all to be expected, but, with a group of young people out in the forest alone… you never know when something might go wrong…
Over the week you will develop your skills as a theatre maker, create interesting characters and dialogue, learn key skills of acting, and perform your brand-new play to an audience of parents, families and friends!
This project is for any young person aged 11-18, who will have just finished school years 7-13.
The project takes place Monday 4 August to Friday 8 August 2025, 9am – 3.30pm, every day at Hull Truck Theatre.
There will be a sharing on Friday 8 August, 3pm that parents will be invited to come and watch.
We are 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 or bursary places.
This dynamic and intensive course takes place across four terms in a full calendar year. It is designed for those aged 21 and over who can discover and realise their potential as a creative artist over a year of training. You will be taught in group classes, developing your professionalism, collaboration and technical skill through ensemble learning and individual tutorials.
We expect you to be bold and fearless in your willingness to understand yourself and be prepared to be open and curious whilst experimenting with new methods of working. Throughout your training you will have opportunities to collaborate with leading directors, writers and producers.
The year culminates in London where you will perform in London venues to the public and to an invited industry audience. On completion of the course, you will be awarded Equity membership.
Graduates of this course include Tanya Reynolds, Babou Ceesay, Jude Owusu, Claire Foy and Richard Gadd.
This is a dynamic and demanding course based on the values of classical acting, adapted to suit the needs of the contemporary world and the artists of today.
The course is practical, not theoretical and provides a thorough training in vocal, physical and imaginative techniques which will support you in discovering your full creative potential. Our approach will provide you with the ability to continue learning and developing beyond these three years and throughout your professional life.
As a year group company you will be taught in classes and through regular one-to one tutorials across all of the core disciplines. You will have many opportunities to work collaboratively with leading directors, writers and designers from theatre, film and television as well as meeting key industry casting directors and agents.
You will be taught in group classes and through regular one-to one tutorials across all of the core disciplines. You will have many opportunities to work with leading practitioners from theatre, film and television as well as key industry casting directors and agents.
In your final year you will make your transition into the performing arts industries by spending your final term in London making work with directors and writers and performing at venues in London.
Our Level 1 Diploma is an inspiring first step into the world of music and performing arts.
Our UAL Award in Music (Level 1) is an inspiring first step into the world of music creation. We will be studying how to create music, utilise studio equipment, work collaboratively with others, and plan, develop and complete creative projects across a range of different genres, media and uses.
Picking a different focus every half term, we will be delving into the world of sound effects, creating a multi-genre class album, getting to grips with studio and stage equipment, and investigating the sound and music of film and video games.
Regardless of whether you’re a beginner with a strong interest in music, a well-practised musician or a keen home studio enthusiast, there will be something here to sink your creative teeth into.
The Bristol Hippodrome is proud to announce Work Experience Week: 4 - 8 August
Totalling 30 hours of workshops and hands on experiences of all the different departments that keep The Bristol Hippodrome as one of the top touring venues, participants will gain insight into the skills used in Performing, Technical, Marketing, Ticketing, Creative Learning and many more departments throughout the experience.
There are bursary places available for this experience, please contact bristolcreativelearning@atgentertainment.com for further details.
Polka Theatre and Page One Theatre Training course
A 10 week programme which will cover all the essentials for Devising work for Early Years theatre.
Dates - Wednesdays between 24 September - 3 December (no session 29 October)
Time - 7 - 9pm
Price - £264 (£220 + VAT)
This is an adults-only training course.
Polka Theatre have been a leading voice in the creation of work for Early Years audiences for over 45 years. We are excited to present a new 10 week evening course for adults exploring how to make theatre for an early years audience. Join Chloe Stephens from Page One Theatre and guest speakers from Polka’s Producing and Artistic teams to develop your skills in this practical and joyful course.
Drawing on Michael Chekhov's imaginative approach to theatre making, Chloe will share ways to engage with audiences in an immediate and genuine way. You will discover techniques for devising for Early Years and be given the time to develop short pieces of performance. We will share these with a group of children at the end of the course on Monday 8 December.
This course is perfect for any artists looking to expand their knowledge of devising work, of Early Years theatre and its crucial place in the theatre ecology and for artists who are passionate about increasing access to theatre for the very youngest audiences. It is available to artists at any stage of their career.
In an open-hearted and playful exchange you will
