Space to Create 2025
For 18 – 25 Year Olds
Booking and details
Please note: you must be able to attend all course dates to take part
We’d love to hear from you if you’re interested in performing, songwriting, music-making or you have another creative-skill, aged 18-25.
If you are keen to explore musical theatre, this is an exciting opportunity to work collaboratively with artists and facilitators, in response to National Theatre shows, Here We Are and London Road.
You’ll spend the week exploring and creating alongside musical directors and facilitators – the week is all about getting stuck into theatre-making and the process of this. You’ll watch both productions prior to the course week and use these as a starting point for some musical-making during the week. The week will culminate in an informal sharing of work alongside your peers on the last day of the programme.
This year, we’re particularly interested to hear from you if you have a passion for musical theatre or plays with songs.
These opportunities are free to take part in – no prior experience is necessary, just a sense of curiosity and creativity!
Course dates
Wednesday 11 June 5.30pm – 10pm (meet & greet and watching London Road)
Wednesday 18 June 7pm – 10pm (watching Here We Are)
Monday 7 July 10.30am – 5.30pm
Tuesday 8 July 10.30am – 5.30pm
Wednesday 9 July 10:30am – 5.30pm
Thursday 10 July 10.30am – 5.30pm
Friday 11 July 10.30am – 5.30pm
All sessions will take place at the National Theatre, London
Recruitment for our courses
We are furthering our commitment to diversity and access. Therefore, we concentrate our recruitment on young people from groups in three areas that we recognise have been most affected by the events of the last few years, including:
- young people from the global majority;
- young people from working-class backgrounds;
- and d/Deaf, neurodivergent and disabled young people.
The opportunities above take place at the National Theatre on the South Bank in London, and therefore we aim to offer and prioritise places to those based in London, or who can travel to London easily and safely within the workshop day. This project is free to take part in and access support and travel bursaries are available to those in the Greater London area.
For those based around the UK and farther afield, we frequently offer online workshops and programmes nationally which may be accessible to you – to keep up to date about these opportunities, you can sign up to our mailing list (link will open in a new tab).
If you have any questions we can help with please get in touch.
Supporters
National Theatre Skills Centre in partnership with Bank of America.
The National Theatre Skills Centre is also supported by CHK Foundation, The Maurice Hatter Foundation and The Clothworkers’ Company.
Young People’s Programmes are supported by The Eranda Rothschild Foundation, Joseph Levy Foundation and the Richard Radcliffe Trust. With thanks to the MAP Fund.
