Ely Youth Theatre

NYAT’s pilot youth theatre company for teenagers in Ely, Cambridgeshire was launched in 2015 to provide an education in drama outside of school for young people from low-income, non-privileged backgrounds and those who would otherwise have little or no chance to access such opportunities. 

There are up to 30 members, who meet each week. Our workshops offer the chance to explore creative potential in drama in a non-academic environment. We learn a range of skills including script writing and devising work, acting techniques, movement and voice, physical theatre and improvisation.

We go on theatre trips, run masterclasses with industry professionals and perform for the local community.

The youth theatre exists to unearth emerging local talent, make bold and exciting work, give a chance for young people’s voices to be heard, encourage members to develop a lifelong passion for the performing arts, and to offer a practical and realistic springboard to further education, including a potential theatrical career. 

If you are already signed up, you can make online payments here towards your membership.

What’s on

See this term’s workshop dates:

Highlights so far

• Acting, musical theatre, panto, voice and physical theatre masterclasses run by actors such as Linda Marlowe, Emerald O’Hanrahan and Complicite
• Visits from renowned drama school LAMDA for a Q&A and workshop about vocational training
• Theatre trips to see the West End transfer of Lord of the Flies at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, Complicite’s The Encounter and Shakespeare’s Cymbeline devised by Told by an Idiot and performed by RADA students

What participants think

100% of people in a recent survey rated the overall experience ‘excellent’, and say they are now more confident in their performing and acting skills. 88% said they are now more likely to consider studying an arts-based subject in future.

“This is an amazing thing to be part of.”

“I’ve thoroughly enjoyed every session so far.”

“I have learnt a lot about myself. [NYAT youth theatre] has helped shape me as a performer. The team are very supportive and I feel very comfortable being with NYAT.”

If you’re from the area, why not join them?

Any questions? Drop us a line…