Yesterday, we celebrated #InspiringFutureTheatre Day, an annual celebration of all the incredible work that theatres across the UK do to inspire young people, communities and schools.
Traditionally, we host a range of events including workshops and backstage tours to panel sessions and lively classroom chats. Although we were not able to celebrate in the same way this year, we asked people across the industry to share the work that they do, because we feel it’s an important initiative, now more than ever.
From education resources and career tips to showcasing student work and offering brilliant opportunities to join youth advisory boards and drama schools, we were overwhelmed with the great response and have shared some below!
On #InspiringFutureTheatre Day, Grace from our Youth Forum tells us why theatre inspires her🤩💘
Our Youth Forum is our advisory group of young people. They help us develop our work to be youth-led and always keep young peoples’ voices in the conversation!😎 pic.twitter.com/nATDEHmIKE
— Mousetrap Theatre Projects (@MousetrapTP) July 8, 2020
As today is #InspiringFutureTheatre day, we wanted to share a sneak preview of our @bbcbitesize lesson, available in full from tomorrow 🎉
Why does singing make you feel good? 🎶 #ENOBaylis #BBCBitesize pic.twitter.com/d41LkDSjdS
— English National Opera (@E_N_O) July 8, 2020
This #InspiringFutureTheatre Day, we’re challenging all young rock stars to become an ultimate PRO with our “Stick It to the Man” tutorials.
Learn the guitar, bass, drums and keys parts for FREE on our YouTube channel! 🎸🥁🎹https://t.co/ssf2R1fbeU pic.twitter.com/cnM1Ifd9tH— School of Rock (@SchoolOfRockUK) July 8, 2020
🤩 ‘It is a privilege to work on the shows we do’
It’s #InspiringFutureTheatre Day!
Peter, former Royal Opera House Apprentice and now Lighting Technician, tells his career story and the different reasons he was inspired to work backstage in theatre. pic.twitter.com/fe958pQEPY
— Royal Opera House (@RoyalOperaHouse) July 8, 2020
Ability, our dance course for adults with learning disabilities, have been working hard during lock down, doing zoom classes every Friday. They have had a great year as they have taken part in @DanceShift #InspiringFutureTheatre Photo: Gavin Joynt pic.twitter.com/aRYtkmNN4Y
— NB Learning (@BalletLearning) July 8, 2020
SOLT/UK Theatre
It’s #InspiringFutureTheatre day! 3 years on and I’m now Events & Partnerships Coordinator and still feel the same way about these two events 👇 pic.twitter.com/yF32o5HGSG
— Kayley (@kayleydonnelly) July 8, 2020
“The most effective route towards professional actor training in NI.” – MJ McCullough
This #InspiringFutureTheatre Day we are accepting applications for Lyric Drama Studio online. It’s the committed first step you need to make towards a career in acting. https://t.co/1FdnhfIdmO pic.twitter.com/wQV4L17OKP— LyricTheatre Belfast (@LyricBelfast) July 8, 2020
For #InspiringFutureTheatre day, we’re celebrating the #PuppetPower project we ran with @StMarysN1.
Pupils learnt puppet making, writing and performance skills, culminating in this short film: https://t.co/jK13yJSw1h
— Little Angel Theatre (@LittleATheatre) July 8, 2020
This #InspiringFutureTheatre Day, take a look at the Schools section on our website which includes lots of useful and interesting resources for teachers including interactive activities.
— Matilda The Musical (@MatildaMusical) July 8, 2020
The Q&A sessions were fantastic and we’re very much looking forward to working with the brilliant @ImitatingtheDog team next semester! #InspiringFutureTheatre https://t.co/g7UMQwAD2H
— New Adelphi Theatre (@NA_Theatre) July 8, 2020
#InspiringFutureTheatre One of our recent success stories … Toby Thompson started in the egg’s youth theatre, worked front of house, and is now an international award-winning theatre maker! You can see his acclaimed I WISH I WAS A MOUNTAIN here… https://t.co/NQEWmihx44 pic.twitter.com/BCEP2wGcr4
— Theatre Royal Bath (@TheatreRBath) July 8, 2020
Take a look backstage and find out how it all works. In our behind-the-scenes series you’ll find interviews with creatives throughout the process, from playwrights to theatre critics.https://t.co/2dPUKND5i9 #InspiringFutureTheatre pic.twitter.com/T97Yb0LXJ4
— The Old Vic (@oldvictheatre) July 8, 2020
Practitioner Lorrine Douglas has been inspiring our CYC Act 12+ group members to write their own monologues, duologues or short scenes.
You’ll spot our fantastic Head Chaperone *H* in these sessions too!#InspiringFutureTheatre pic.twitter.com/0spvUEUkE3
— Curve (@CurveLeicester) July 8, 2020
This #InspiringFutureTheatre day we invite anyone aged 16-25 to help us shape the future of CFT – you have until Friday to apply for our new #YouthAdvisoryBoard https://t.co/Mt2PAVRyAu
— Chichester Festival Theatre (@ChichesterFT) July 8, 2020
If you’d like to see more, please follow #InspiringFutureTheatre on Twitter here. You can also visit our website for more information by clicking here.