Youth Company Practitioner

We are looking for theatre practitioners to work with our Junior Youth Company groups (ages 7-10 and 11-13) and our Senior Young Creatives group (ages 14-17) developing their theatre and performance skills and inspiring a lifelong love of theatre.

You will need experience of working with a wide range of young people using theatre skills to facilitate our young people to build confidence and understanding of different performance or production styles.

These sessions are to be designed by you and will offer our young people the chance to test out different skills and to explore responses to these.

We are looking for half term (6 sessions) or full term (11 sessions) ideas with clear learning outcomes that build confidence and skills. We are interested in programming a mix of full-term or half-term blocks within our upcoming sessions.

Our Youth Company classes are made up of young people from across the region and are an important part of our broader Learning and Participation work. We are committed to inclusive and accessible sessions.

We offer training to work with all the young people that attend.  Training will be provided by the Marlowe Learning and Participation team in working within an inclusive environment. You will also be supported in delivering these sessions with an assistant in each session and our Young People’s Coordinator will support pastorally.

Important dates and times:

Practitioner development day
Thursday 31 July 2025, 10am – 4pm
(Please state in application of you are unable to attend this date)

Dates of Youth Company sessions
Young Creatives meet on Thursdays, 5pm – 7pm during term time
Junior Youth Company meet 11am – 12.30pm (7-10 year olds) and 1.30pm – 3pm (11-13 year olds) during term time

We expect delivery at both sessions. All our sessions take place at Marlowe Theatre Studio unless stated otherwise.

Fees for each group (inclusive of planning)

Young creatives
Half term fee – £540
Full term fee – £990

Juniors:
Half term fee – £810
Full term fee – £1,485

To apply

Please submit a written, video-recorded or audio statement answering the question:
What themes, approaches, or stimulus would you use with our young people?  Can you detail your approach when working with young people and how you would ensure engagement across a 6/12-week block of workshops?

We expect answers to be a maximum of one page. You can also film your response or submit a voice recording. Please ensure these recordings are no longer than three minutes.

Please also supply us with a CV and any links to your work, as well as two work related references.

Please submit your statement and other requirements to jack.finch-harding@marlowetheatre.com.

Deadline for responses is 9am on Monday 30 June.