Come and join us at NMPAT Youth Theatre!
Thank you to everyone who has been involved in our activities this academic year – we’ve had so much fun and it’s been wonderful to be back together again. We’re excited to see what next year can bring!
If you would like to join us in September, you can register at this link: https://bit.ly/YouthTheatre2223 and Nikki Taylor, Centre Head, will be in touch when the payment portal is open for September.
Students receiving small group or individual tuition with an NMPAT teacher, or students taking part in a “First Access follow on” project at school, are eligible to receive a fully subsidised first term of activities.
Families in financial need are encouraged to apply for remission of fees – please ask your Centre Head for information or find an application form on our payments page.
Membership subscription of £80 per term (£55 if only attending one session) is due at the start of each term. A new term begins in September, January and April.
What you can do at Youth Theatre
Each week we incorporate lots of games that encourage participation and team working, alongside improving our communication skills, and creating characters with a range of dedicated skills workshops.
We also run a script writing competition, looking for new writing for our scriptwriting festival, “From Page to Stage”. The winning scripts will be performed by students attending Youth Theatre and Young Actors Company.
We focus on nurturing creativity as well as having lots of fun and making friends, all while working towards a big performance in the summer term.
Aims and activities
Our aim
NMPAT Youth Theatre aims to provide high quality performing arts opportunities for young people aged 9 to 18. Young peoples’ social, emotional and educational development is at the heart of what we do. We aim to inspire and nurture our students allowing them to excel.
We aim to develop articulate, confident, well rounded individuals with a wealth of experience to take into their futures, by offering students the opportunity to further advance their skills and to experience training in all aspects of theatre craft, including:
- Acting: Scripted plays from Greek Theatre up to the present day.
- Devised Drama
- Musical Theatre: Vocal techniques and creative movement
- Technical Stagecraft: Sound, lighting, production, direction, set design and make up
- Physical Theatre
- Playwriting
Skills workshops
We offer Skills Workshops from professional practitioners. Recent workshops have included:
- Frantic Assembly Theatre – Physical Theatre
- Circus skills
- Sound and lighting
Productions
Productions are an important and regular feature of Youth Theatre activities. We aim to stage one main production a year with other smaller projects when appropriate.
How to register
The online registration form asks for some essential details, which will enable NMPAT staff to keep your child safe while they are with us. You are more than welcome to come and try out the activities before you commit to paying your first term’s subscription.
Following your free taster morning, payment of £80 per term applies and can be made via the ParentPay Shop. Families in financial need are encouraged to apply for remission of fees – details of which can be found on our Payments page.
Online registration form: https://bit.ly/YouthTheatre2223
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How to find us
Head of Youth Theatre
Nikki Taylor is the Head of Youth Theatre and she can be contacted at any time at: youththeatre@nmpat.co.uk
You can contact the NMPAT Office if you would like further information.
Where do we meet?
NMPAT
125 Kettering Road
Northampton
Northants
NN1 4AZ
You can use the map further down this page to find us if you’ve never been before.
When do we meet?
Saturday afternoons during term time: 1.30pm to 4.30pm.
Term dates
In the event of unavoidable closures, information will be shared on our Facebook feed which you can see on the right-hand side of this page.
Policies
You can find our child protection policy, code of conduct, and photographic policy on our policies page.
"All children should have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument"