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These extremely popular classes are run by 2 professional experienced theatre practitioners/directors. There are no auditions, and everyone is welcome.

The group play lots of exciting drama games which all are designed to do something different e.g encourage sociability, working together, building confidence etc.

The theme and style of each term varies and can include script work, improvisation, devising, writing, and performing sketches amongst others and the main aim of each session is to instruct in a fun and an engaging way so every single young person is actively involved.

We work towards 2 main performances a year, a Christmas cabaret, plus a performance in July where the group takes part in a larger end of year show; In 2024 Young Company 1 devised their own play Escape from NL.

To book a place please contact :[email protected] stating Young Company 1 in header.

The groups are small and are run by 2 professional experienced theatre practitioners/directors. Each session is designed to allow everyone to explore their own creative self, and our Directing team are there to inspire and lead you introducing a whole range of skills and support. Although music is an important part of the work, this is not musical theatre, the focus is on improvisations, script work, character work and developing specific skills in a fully accessible way. There are no auditions, and everyone is welcome.

The theme and style of each term varies, and the main aim of each session is to instruct in a fun and an engaging way, so every single young person is actively involved.

There are 2 main productions each year including a Christmas cabaret and a larger show - in previous years this has included taking part in National Theatre Connections and FUSE International. We also support any young person wanting to go on to drama school and have a impressive list of past members who have gone on to win places at prestigious drama schools including Arts Ed, Rose Bruford, Mountview, and East 15 amongst others.

To book a place please contact [email protected]

Young Drama Juniors is an introductory class for children of all abilities. The children have the opportunity to learn key drama skills, try out a range of different genres for example mime, improvisation and comedy and tell their own stories!

The classes are small and are run by two professional experienced theatre practitioners/directors. The idea of the classes is to encourage creativity in each individual child and to explore imagination and storytelling, at the same time learning about theatricality and stage craft in an easy, age appropriate way. There are no auditions and everyone is welcome.

The groups play lots of exciting drama games which all are designed to do something different. For example to encourage sociability, working together, building confidence, etc and quickly we find the group all have their favourites which they return to and evolve themselves!

At the end of each full term we invite parents and carers in to a sharing where they can experience what the children have been doing, and in the summer the children have an opportunity to perform on a professional stage!

In this class the young people add more skills and specialisms to their repertoire, working with masks, scripts and more sophisticated stories that they work on together in small groups. The classes are small and are run by 2 professional experienced theatre practitioners/directors.

The idea of the classes is to encourage creativity in each individual child and to explore imagination and storytelling, at the same time learning about theatricality and stage craft in an easy, age appropriate way. There are no auditions and everyone is welcome.

The groups play lots of exciting drama games and quickly we find the group all have their favourites which they return to and evolve themselves!

At the end of each full term we invite parents and carers in to a sharing where they can experience what the children have been doing, and in the summer the children have an opportunity to perform on a professional stage!

Our Award winning week long work experience programme will be taking place from 10-13 July 2025 inclusive of weekend and evenings; and it is open to students aged 16+

All applicants need to send in a CV and a letter outlining why they would like to do a placement at the Churchill Theatre and we will select up to 20 young people to take part.

Please note that the work will be largely in supporting roles and NOT acting or directing.

We will prioritise applications from the Bromley area as this project is funded by the London Borough of Bromley,

Deadline for applications will be end of March 2025!

Please send any applications to [email protected] and put Work Experience 2025 in the subject line.