Converted from former freezer units, the theatre acts as a performance and technical platform for members of the youth theatre, as well as hosting visiting productions.
Company offering theatre productions, workshops and arts based training services to educational institutions, public services organisations and corporate clients.
Amateur theatre company, housed at Bingely Arts Centre, producing eight shows each year, with opportunities to gain experience in technical and backstage roles
Chol is a pioneering intercultural theatre company based at the Lawrence Batley theatre in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. It makes innovative theatre and arts projects with young people, emerging artists and experienced professionals.
The best preserved and longest running music hall in the country, which has played host to, amongst others, Houdini and Charlie Chaplin, now home to a wide range of performers
CIDA specialises in helping to strengthen the contribution of the creative industries sector to every sector of a global economy, regionally, nationally and internationally
Forming part of Doncaster Arts Centre, the 495 seater, proscenium auditorium, may soon be replaced by a multi-space "New Performance Venue" with a main auditorium, a second flexible theatre-space, dance and drama studios and rehearsal/ teaching spaces
Bradford-based Freedom Studios is a theatre company that provides a platform for the creative talents of first and second-generation black, Asian and minority ethnic artists.
Full Body and the Voice works with young people and adults with learning disabilities and provides training sessions, facilitated by learning disabled actors
Originally built as a Corn Exchange, then a concert hall, this large venue offers a mixed programme, hosting national tours of musicals, comedy and theatre
Opened in 1995 as the area's largest professional theatre, this multi-purpose entertainments facility stages concerts for audiences of 1215 seated and 2053 standing
The Theatre produces five shows each year, takes in touring work from leading companies and, has toured its own work to venues in Yorkshire and nationally.
One of only six producing theatres in the Yorkshire region, Hull Truck pride themselves on making theatre accessible and offer a youth theatre, work experience and creative training opportunities
Ilkley Playhouse is home to amateur theatre and other arts activities, including up to 10 productions each year, as well as touring productions and other community arts events
Interplay enables young people who experience economic, social and sensory barriers, to realise their potential by creating and experiencing the arts. Interplay works across all artforms - theatre, film, music, visual arts, radio, literature - to engage children, young people and adults who feel excluded
Not just a theatre company, IOU produces work acros a variety of media, and runs a professional development programme enabling groups to produce creative projects
Since 1993, Kala Sangam has been delivering projects in youth arts, arts in health and arts in education as well as rural touring and partnership performances with organisations including BBC Philharmonic and English Heritage. Based in Bradford, it works mainly in the areas of dance, combined arts, poetry, literature and music
Middle-scale performing arts theatre and venue in Huddersfield. It presents touring work, supports local performing groups and provides a home base for several performing companies
Major touring house and home to Opera North and the Northen Ballet Theatre, the Grand seats over 1500 and has one of the most complete Victorian scenic paint shops left in Great Britain
Possibly the only theatre company to take an annual tour by narrowboat, the group also host a youth theatre and coordinate professional arts and cultural activities at Marsden Mechanics Hall
The largest disability related theatre company outside London, providing theatre skills training for people with learning disabilities and a national touring programme
The National Student Drama Festival is a week-long celebration of theatre, live performance, discussion and special events. Held annually in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, practitioners come from all over the world and there are opportunities to take part in performances even if you are not part of a selected show.
North Country specialise in taking professional theatre out into the country, touring arts centres, churches, auction marts, castles and railway waiting rooms!
National touring ballet theatre company based in Leeds. The company performs across the country, with a special focus in Leeds and the north of England and also offers education and training programmes
England’s national opera company in the north, Opera North has a strong educational focus. Projects young people can get involved in include Opus (8-18s) which offers workshops and free tickets. Opera North has a commitment to offering work experience opportunities in fundraising, marketing and education
Point Blank is the professional touring company in residence at the Open Performance Centre in Sheffield, founded in 1999 by co-artistic directors Steve Jackson and Liz Tomlin. Point Blank creates vivid meta-theatrical scenarios where characters play out their own real or imagined crises.
Acknowledged as one of Britain's leading national touring companies producing high quality new plays for youth audiences. Following the relocation of Red Ladder’s Asian Theatre School (now Freedom Studios) to Bradford, Red Ladder has created Red Grit, a new actor training project for 18-25s in Leeds
Converted from a Congregational Church to create an intimate medium scale, proscenium arch performance space, the theatre plays host to many companies throughout the year
The Stephen Joseph Theatre was founded in Scarborough by theatrical pioneer Stephen Joseph. The new theatre, known simply as the Stephen Joseph Theatre opened on 30th April 1996 and has two auditoria: The Round, a 404-seat in the round and The McCarthy, a 165-seat endstage/cinema.
Swamp Circus was started in a disused steel works, in Sheffield in 1986, by local acrobats, jugglers, aerial performers and other trapeze artists. It has grown into a national company.
The Carriageworks is a thriving theatre at the heart of Leeds’ Millennium Square. It showcases the best new national and regional performance with a dynamic programme of theatre, dance, comedy and film.
Small performance venue managed by Goole Town Council presenting theatre, comedy, music and dance performances, alongside outreach and youth arts activities
Established in 1985, The Blahs create participative theatre projects for children and young people as well as touring productions of new writing or devised work
Part of the University of Bradford, this theatre hosts BUTG, which welcomes any over 16s with an iterest in theatre, stages professional touring theatre and supports the development of new work and local emerging artists
With just 500 seats, this venue hosts a variety of theatre, music and comedy alongside amateur and youth productions. The theatre has offered a technical training position for the last six years
A mixed programme, middle-scale venue in an historic theatre building in Wakefield, hosting professional and amateur companies alongside comedy and youth music theatre productions
Dating back to 1744, the theatre now offer a wide range of programming including drama, comedy, dance and pantomime. It also runs an extensive programme of workshops and activities for schools and young people
