Children and young people's theatre

Samantha all white on the night

19 September 2021

Samantha Womack is to play the White Witch in C S Lewis's The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe at The Lowry this Christmas.

How long is a piece of string?

13 September 2021

A new interactive show for children is coming to the North East, developed with the support of Dance City.

LGBTQ+ Birmingham festival for children

9 September 2021

An LGBTQ+ festival for 3- to 11-year-old children and their grown-ups is to be held in Birmingham to “celebrate the diversity of identities and alternative families” across the city.

ROH opera and ballet schools matinées

5 September 2021

The Royal Opera House has announced details of this year’s schools’ matinées, bringing ballet and opera to more than 10,000 pupils.

Trafalgar acquires children’s drama academy

2 September 2021

International group Trafalgar Entertainment which runs Stagecoach Performing Arts has acquired the children’s extra-curricular drama organisation Helen O’Grady Drama Academy.

Survivors Guide to Manchester

22 August 2021

Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre’s Young Company, in The Survivors Guide To Living, ask themselves: what does the future hold?

Coming soon: free school meals at Northern Stage

3 August 2021

A show inspired by Marcus Rashford will reopen Northern Stage later this month.

McNicol becomes ENB School Associate

30 July 2021

Choreographer Andrew McNicol has been announced as English National Ballet School’s first Artistic Associate.

Scottish Opera Young Company in Weill première

29 July 2021

Scottish Opera’s Young Company, will perform the Scottish première of Kurt Weill’s absurd one-act comedy The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken.

Shlomo beats it back to The Lowry

25 July 2021

Beatboxer SK Shlomo is bringing his Beatbox Adventure For Kids to The Lowry, Salford.

Bushra backs return of gang plays

25 July 2021

Bushra Ahmed has become an ambassador for a play that shows the stark reality of becoming involved with gangs and guns.

Dance chance for young West Midlanders

21 July 2021

Young dancers aged between 16 and 30 from across the West Midlands are being given the opportunity to get involved in some of the biggest events of 2022.

Elmhurst cancels summer shows

7 July 2021

Elmhurst Ballet School has confirmed its summer run of shows, including the streamed performance, will not go ahead this year.

A funny thing happens

4 July 2021

Royal Exchange Theatre’s Elders and Young Company come together exploring all things funny.

Getting to the arts of Salford

4 July 2021

The Lowry in Salford has set a crowdfunding target of £5,000 to deliver creative workshops for 700 local children.

U.Dance youth dance summer festival

4 July 2021

Karen Hauer, Sir Matthew Bourne and more announced for U.Dance National Festival 2021, One Dance UK’s free youth dance festival in July.

Secondary showcase for MIF

27 June 2021

Secondary schools from across Greater Manchester are taking part in a talent showcase as part of Manchester International Festival.

Plans unveiled for Leicester children’s festival

22 June 2021

The two directors of a children's art organisation which produces an annual festival are planning the 2022 event which will offer live as well as digital performances.

London Children's Ballet Green Gables auditions

18 June 2021

Registration to audition for Anne of Green Gables at The Peacock Theatre is now open to dancers aged 9–16 years.

Dragon act at the Dukes

13 June 2021

Families can enjoy a thoughtful and heart-warming show When Another Dragon Roars, at The Dukes in Lancaster.

Summer of Play in Manchester

13 June 2021

Z-arts in Manchester has set up a Summer of Play.

Big Yellow Dance Studio opens in Battersea

11 June 2021

London Children’s Ballet will formally open to the public as part of Wandsworth Arts Fringe.

Live performances return to Elmhurst

11 June 2021

After a 15-month live performance hiatus, the summer programme opens with the graduate year students of Elmhurst Ballet Company in Proxemics and concludes with the whole school performing in Elevate.

One Night in Bolton on air

3 June 2021

A new radio play will make its debut on Bolton FM, performed by members of the Young Octagon Company.

The Nabe loses out on premises

23 May 2021

Liverpool’s new youth, community and performing arts centre The Nabe is on the hunt for new premises.

A Hullabaloo in the Park!

21 May 2021

A two-week outdoor family festival in Darlington’s South Park this July from Theatre Hullabaloo.

Open call for dance summer residency

21 May 2021

Sadler’s Wells has put out an open call for the National Youth Dance Company and Candoco Dance Company Summer Residency for disabled and non-disabled dancers aged 16–-24.

A Giant step for Tori

16 May 2021

Tameside-based Tori Burgess has devised short audio dramas suitable for children, families and seasoned giant-spotters.

ENBS upcoming performances and a future plans

14 May 2021

English National Ballet School has announced Young Choreographers, its 2021 summer performance and plans for the future.

Young NDCW associates inspired by Artes Mundi

13 May 2021

National Dance Company Wales’ Young Associates will première new digital film Now Begin at the U Dance Cymru 2021 Digital Dance Day and on AM Cymru.

Hole lot of Wonderland

10 May 2021

Alice in Wonderland—Down the Rabbit Hole returns on a UK tour featuring children’s TV presenter Kerry Boyne.

Frank in praise of youth

10 May 2021

Leading screenwriter and novelist Frank Cottrell Boyce has praised the ‘resilience and kindness’ of the UK’s young people.

Touch & Go for 20 Stories High

10 May 2021

In late 2019, 20 Stories High created a piece of theatre inspired by the concept of touch. But soon after, touch became prohibited...

Aerial theatre show presents young women as “empowered”

8 May 2021

A new aerial theatre show, Aidy the Awesome, is to take to the Internet in a digital tour commissioned by Leicester’s Curve and funded by Arts Council England.

Coventry youngsters produce play about climate change

8 May 2021

Twenty youth groups will stage Belgrade Theatre young company’s play about climate change, Like There’s No Tomorrow, commissioned by the National Theatre for NT Connections.

The 2021 Takeover play cast announced

1 May 2021

The Customs House has announced the cast for the 2021 Takeover play, Cherryade Supernova.

From play to game to help kids’ mental health

28 April 2021

Prudhoe-based creative learning company Mortal Fools has turned its children's production Melva into an interactive game.

M6 route through lockdown

27 April 2021

Rochdale-based M6 theatre company has been creating work for children and young people across the UK.

Climate Catastrophe collaboration

20 April 2021

A new film, Climate Change Catastrophe!, is from a collaboration between primary schoolchildren, Newcastle University scientists, NE singer-songwriter Katie Doherty and Cap-a-Pie theatre company.

Opera North new activities for young musicians

15 April 2021

Opera North’s £18m redevelopment project, the Howard Opera Centre, will offer over 300 places for young musicians and Opera North Youth Orchestra launched.

Peter Terson (1932–2021)

14 April 2021

Playwright Peter Terson has died at the age of 89.

National Youth Theatre to stage summer tour

13 April 2021

The National Youth Theatre has announced plans for its REP Company’s first national tour which will feature two new shows co-produced by Northampton’s Royal and Derngate.

My First Ballet: Swan Lake on ENB at Home

7 April 2021

An hour-long, specially adapted version of Swan Lake is now available English National Ballet’s digital platform.

New family activity on Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage

6 April 2021

Sadler’s Wells has commissioned an audio work designed for families from Charlotte Spencer Projects, All these things we can make, available as part of Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage.

The Storm Shepherd, weather or not

28 March 2021

The Storm Shepherd—a new interactive, audio experience for families—is the opening event in Unity’s Open Call Programme in Liverpool.

Verbatim: The Fun Of Making Theatre Seriously

Mark Wheeller

Frozen: the West End Musical

Music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez Book by Jennifer Lee

Free School Meals

Scripted by Luca Rutherford and devised with the company

Why The Whales Came

Marvin's Binoculars

Justin Audibert

Aidy the Awesome

Devised by The Gramophones Theatre Company