Children and young people interested in drama and theatre are invited to join Playmakers Youth Theatre – with sessions starting next month (September), and places on sale now.
The sessions are designed to enable participants to develop their skills in, knowledge of, and passion for traditional and contemporary theatre making – with participants exploring acting skills, character development and performing on stage; story generation and directing tips; rehearsal games and working with others – to work on traditional plays, new scripts and to create their own, original work, which they will perform at Theatre Royal Winchester and Hat Fair Outdoor Arts festival in Winchester city centre.
These practical sessions, which are run by local industry professionals, take place in a safe, stimulating and supportive environment, creating a perfect space for children and young people to feel happy, have fun, develop confidence and thrive.
The Drama & Theatre groups are designed to accommodate children and young people from School Years 3 – 6, School Years 7 – 9, and School Years 10 – 13 – with the autumn term sessions beginning in the week commencing Monday 23 September; and places available to book now, to take part in the autumn 2024 and spring and summer 2025 terms.
For more information including the autumn, spring and summer term dates for each youth theatre group, please visit playmakers.org.uk..
Children and young people (and their parents or guardians) who are interested in seeing what participants get up to before signing up are also welcome to attend a free taster session – and, where price may be a barrier to joining, Playmakers offers financial support to new and existing members.
For more information about taster sessions and to discuss financial support, please visit playmakers.org.uk/young-people/youth-theatre and contact Young People’s Producer Shian Hunter at shian@playtothecrowd.co.uk
In March, the youth theatre participants received incredible feedback after putting on a showcase of original pieces exploring loss, reunion and female history. Shian, who described the evening as ‘amazing’, said of the showcase: “This year we had more participants and challenged them to do bigger shows. We wanted to up our game and show how much young people can do and I’m really happy and couldn’t be prouder as it’s such a hard feat to create your own, original work.”
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