Young Technicians
A year-long course run by our professional technicians, that looks at all aspects of the technical side of theatre including… Read more
Young people
Careers Days
Careers Days for young people to work with all departments in the theatre Read more
Arts Award programme
Alongside our Youth Theatre show we create a young company who shadow in-house professionals to deliver aspects of the production… Read more
Work experience opportunities for primary aged school children
We are working with the RSC on a pilot of their Backstage pass programme to offer work experience to primary… Read more
Technical Young REP
We are fundraising to begin our first technical youth theatre in early 2020, providing monthly sessions exploring backstage disciplines including… Read more
Supported Internships
We have ongoing relationships with The Hive and Queen Alexandra colleges to support neuro-diverse and physically disabled pupils into work… Read more
National Theatre Young Makers
National Theatre Young Makers is hands-on, week long course for 14-18 year olds exploring prop and costume making in the… Read more
National Theatre Young Technicians
National Theatre Young Technicians is a completely free training programme for young people aged 14-18 exploring lighting, sound, video and… Read more
Engagement with schools
We recognise that one of the barriers to having an inclusive and representative workforce is a lack of opportunity and… Read more
Outreach programmes accompanying productions
We are currently working on a new commission Imaam Imraan which will be playing at Bradford Literary Festival this coming… Read more
SEN school partnership
We’ll be working with young people with disabilities on backstage and offstage roles and shadowing opportunities on our NYT REP… Read more
Training experiences
Open Door’s core aim is to improve access to drama school training for people from low income backgrounds for on… Read more
New model for work experience
We have developed a new model for work experience which aims to provide a diverse and engaging programme for young… Read more
Schools Programme – focus on off stage roles
Our Schools Programme offers young people in both Primary and Secondary education the opportunity to visit the theatre and meet… Read more
Leeds Cultural Education Partnership
We represent the FE sector on the Leeds Cultural Education Partnership, which is working to develop a through line of… Read more
Grand Futures Leeds
We work with local industry partners and Leeds City Council through The Grand Futures project to organise specific events, awareness… Read more
Behind The Scenes Work Week
We run a successful programme to engage young people in offstage roles, and one of our initiatives is ‘Behind The… Read more
Local Cultural Education partnership
We are part of a Local Cultural Education partnership, which includes careers days and work experience with local schools. Read more
TheatreCraft
TheatreCraft is the UK’s largest free careers event for young people seeking an off-stage career in theatre. More than a… Read more
Inspiring the Future of Theatre
UK Theatre and the Society of London Theatre’s Inspiring the Future of Theatre campaign is an industry wide initiative which… Read more
Backstage Pass and techincal workshops
For young people we run technical workshops, week-long projects that provide a practical insight into different off stage roles and… Read more
Improved outreach to schools and colleges
We will broaden our outreach to prospective members to FE colleges and schools to reach people who are less well… Read more
Careers events
In partnership with other arts organisations we commit to participating in high profile, high footfall careers events, such as Skills… Read more
Backstage workshops
We have been provided with a bursary of £4,500 to enable backstage workshops / summer school to take place at… Read more
Work placements – collaboration with Missing Pieces
We are working with Missing Pieces to provide opportunities for young people interested in backstage careers access to work placements;… Read more
Partnership with Boomsatsuma
We are working with local theatre and media training organisation, Boomsatsuma, to develop and promote their new diploma course in… Read more
Workshops for BAME young people
We are holding one or two workshop sessions in the next academic year through Future Quest for BAME young people… Read more
Work experience week
We are holding a yearly Big Work Experience week for 25 Year 10 students, which offers experience of a range… Read more
Technical Youth Theatre
Alongside our Chichester Festival Youth Theatre we run a Technical Youth Theatre. Members meet weekly and explore all aspects of… Read more
T-Level placements
We are working with colleges across South London to offer T-Level placements within our production team for carpentry, textiles and… Read more
Taking Part
The Young Vic regularly runs projects and initiatives through our Taking Part department that raise awareness of the different career… Read more
So You Want to Work in Theatre
We offer a week-long course (So You Want to Work in Theatre) for young people aged 14-18 interested in the… Read more