WELCOME TO TORCH YOUTH THEATRE
Our program for young people aged 7 to 18 helps them to understand what it is to be a theatremaker. Each week our young people are encouraged to build their confidence through creative and engaging skill-building sessions, led by our dedicated team. These sessions are not just about acting and theatre; we ensure that our young people learn about social skills, problem-solving, and teamwork. Most importantly our young people have fun and make new friends.
There is a session every week during term time, but there is no pressure to attend each one of these.
Below you will find a list of session times and a guide to what ages we feel are suitable for each group.
Group 1: School years 3 & 4 meet on TUESDAYS 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Group 2: School years 5 & 6 meet on WEDNESDAYS 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Group 3: School years 7, 8, & 9 meet on TUESDAYS 6.30pm to 8:00pm
Group 4: School years 10, 11, 12 & 13 meet on WEDNESDAYS 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Terms cost £90 per person.
We are happy to discuss making payment for all our youth theatre provisions more manageable. If there is a way which you would like to spread the cost which works better for you, please do get in touch with our team and we’ll be happy to help.
SUMMER SCHOOLS
Throughout the year we also offer a range of different creative experiences for young people including our popular summer schools. Come join us for a week of creativity in our rehearsal room and on our stages. Spaces are strictly limited so book early to avoid disappointment!
This year we are pleased to offer Junior and Senior weeks:
Amazing Adventurers for Year 3 to Year 6 (ages 7 -11)
Monday 5th August – Friday 9th August (10am to 3pm daily)
Someone has misplaced the end of our story and the only way to find it is to perform a new one! Can your young people help us find our ending and share their own original adventure story.
Loud And Clear for Year 7 to Year 13 (ages 11 – 18)
Monday 12th August – Friday 16th August (10am to 4pm daily)
We’re looking for young people who want to build their writing and performance skills. Across a week of creative sessions, we will imagine what it would be like trying to create a play in a world where theatre is banned. What would that play be like? We invite your young people to help us find out.
Our summer provision costs £75 per person (sibling discount £65).
OUR PRINCIPLES
Torch Youth Theatre operates on seven key principles:
- Providing a regular connection for young people with their peers.
- Encouraging the development of young people’s imagination.
- Promoting creative, physical, and educational activity.
- Offering the opportunity for young people to learn new skills.
- Supporting the development of methods for critical thinking.
- Providing space for young people to understand the world around us.
- Finally, and most importantly, enabling young people to understand themselves.
Torch Youth Theatre is a welcoming space to everyone. We are also aware that every young person develops at their own rate and ability is not always linked to age. We aim to make reasonable adjustments to our delivery to ensure that each group provides the best fit for everyone, so our young people can make the most of their experiences.
We seek to engage young people in creative safe spaces which allow them to express themselves; to work out what matters to them, what they are passionate about, and how to tell everyone about that. We believe that the young people we work with have the power to make their own stories, and change how we all see our world.
If this sounds like something you or your young person are interested in being part of then please contact our box office team on 01646 694192 and they will be happy to book you in for your taster session.
For more information, please contact our Senior Manager: Youth and Community, Tim Howe
tim@torchtheatre.co.uk or 01646 695267.
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