Join Company Three for their 'Making Theatre with Young People' training hosted by Mortal Fools

We are delighted to be hosting our friends and project partners – the award-winning Company Three for a practice development workshop across two days on 1st & 2nd November. This high quality and impactful training called ‘Making Theatre with Young People’ is for folks working with young people to create and co-create creative and performance-based content. 

Company Three are united on a mission to give teenagers the power to tell their own stories and create their own change. They do this as a theatre company of professional theatre makers and led by the ideas of 75 young people aged 11-19.

Their approach to co-creation and using youth theatre a vehicle for social change, personal growth and as a place of community, has long been a source of inspiration to us at Mortal Fools and influenced our practice. 

Some members of our team have attended this training before and found it impactful, game changing and a must for theatre makers and folks making performance work with young people. We thoroughly recommend this course, and we are very excited to be bringing it to the North East. 

Making Theatre with Young People - Company Three

About:
Led by Company Three's Artistic Director, Ned Glasier, this 2-day course will give you an overview of how they make plays with young people. Company Three will share how they create a space in which young people feel safe to express themselves and a step-by-step guide to turning their ideas and material into a finished play. 

Course times:
Two days – 1st & 2nd November, 10am – 5pm

Cost: 
It is £175 per person to attend this two-day course. 
The course has been subsidised by Mortal Fools and would normally be £250 per person to attend or thousands if commission the training directly for an organisation. 

Location: 
At YMCA Northumberland, North View, Ashington NE63 9XQ
Venue has changing facilities, disabled toilet, vending machine, and on-site car park. If on site car parking is full – there is free car parking close by.
To familiarise yourself with the venue, facilities, and locations – head to YMCA Northumberland website: https://ymcanorthumberland.org.uk/

Who is the Making Theatre with Young People course for? 
Theatre-makers, artists, choreographers, musicians, teachers, youth workers, writers, producers, and anyone who is interested in meaningful artistic collaboration with young people. 

How much experience do I need? 
The course works best when there are people with a wide mix of experience in the room - from beginners to those who have been doing it for years. 

Access:
It is Company Three and Mortal Fools’ responsibility to make this course and venue accessible so that everyone can participate in it. Please contact us via: [email protected] with your access needs prior to booking and if appropriate we will follow up with more information/opportunity to chat to the team. 
There will be a note taker at the event recording contributions across the two days – notes will be shared after the session.
Attendees will receive a pre-course email with information about the days and what to expect. 

About Company Three: 
You can find out more about Company Three via their website: www.companythree.co.uk

How to book or express interest:
To book and/or to request more information email Team Mortal Fools via: [email protected]
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We have limited places available on this course and it will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Once you’re booked on – Mortal Fools will raise an invoice for payment for £175 which will be payable ahead of attending, and only payment of invoice officially confirms your place.