Current Opportunities
We have lots of opportunities to support Young People looking to get into theatre.
Take a look below!
Young Company Production 2026 – BEOWULF
Beowulf by Chris Thorpe is an epic story from the tenth century of an ancient warrior king and the battle to save his people from a monster. This production is a monologue divided among the entire cast, featuring both group sections and individual moments.
This exciting ensemble production will feature:
- Movement and physical theatre
- Puppetry (including epic monsters!)
- Choral singing (with the possibility of some solos)
- Stage combat
- Monologues and script work
No experience necessary, you’ll learn everything you need throughout the rehearsal process.
Auditions will give you the chance to explore some of the skills used in the production. There is also an optional solo audition using a short monologue from the play, which we’ll provide.
Directed by Steph Kempson (The Key, Mentor Director for TRP’s National Theatre Connections Festival 2024-2025, Director of Laura Horton’s Breathless), with Amy Fawcett as Assistant Director.
We’re looking for performers who are excited to learn new skills, tell an epic story, and work as part of a creative ensemble.
Auditions are on Sat 27 & Sun 28 Jun, in The Drum at Theatre Royal Plymouth. More schedule information is available on the sign up sheet below.
Once you have completed the form, a member of the team will be in touch to confirm next steps with an outcome email.
Tickets for Beowulf will be on sale soon.
Plymouth Youth Dance Company
Plymouth Youth Dance Company is a partnership project, created and managed by Barbican Theatre Plymouth, Far Flung CIC, Plymouth Dance CIC and Theatre Royal Plymouth.
Building on the history of the various iterations of Plymouth Youth Dance Company over the past 40 years, the partners have come together to provide the best experience and opportunities possible for members of the city’s youth dance company.
The focus of Plymouth Youth Dance Company is predominantly Contemporary Dance.
You must be between the ages of 14–19, with a minimum 3 years dance experience (school, private dance school, youth group etc.)
Alongside weekly sessions, members will get amazing opportunities to perform, attend professional shows, and benefit from career-enhancing experiences
“Best thing you will ever do you, won’t look back”
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Explore our previous projects
NT Connections
Each year the National Theatre commissions ten new plays for young people to perform, bringing together some of the UK’s most exciting writers with the theatre-makers of tomorrow.
Every year, 300 youth theatre companies and over 6,000 young people from every corner of the UK are producing a Connections play.
Playhouse
Playhouse provides school children with a once in a lifetime opportunity to perform on Theatre Royal Plymouth’s stage! Delivered across the UK, Playhouse is a unique participatory theatre project that connects schools with professional theatres, script writers and theatre makers, so they may be inspired and empowered to experience the benefits of professional theatre making.
Primary schools take over TRP’s Drum Theatre for a week each year which will reimagine the traditional school play with performances which will excite, delight and inspire its audiences. In bringing their characters to life, children are able to have heartfelt, authentic conversations about big issues in the world today and learn to express themselves freely as they experience the joy of theatre.
Take Flight with New Adventures
In 2024 New Adventures visited with the pioneering production of Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake.
To coincide with this 30th anniversary UK tour, we partnered on the Swan Lake Take Flight project, led by Plymouth’s Regional Dance Ambassador, Sapphire Sumpter. Sapphire supported relationships between venues and local community groups and bring new audiences into the theatre.
The activities that made up this project were inspired by Swan Lake and engaged young people in dance, focussing on how connecting, creating, and moving together can improve wellbeing.
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