Volcano Youth Company
Volcano Youth Company (Ages 13-16) – Autumn 2024 Season
Dates: Sundays, November 3 – December 15
Time: 2pm – 4pm
Location: Volcano Theatre, Swansea High Street
Join us for an exciting new season of Volcano Youth Company! This dynamic programme is perfect for young people aged 13-16 interested in devising, improvising, physical theatre, and contemporary drama. Participants will work as part of an ensemble, creating their own performances under the guidance of experienced theatre professionals. You’ll also have the opportunity to perform in public!
Led by Paul Davies, Volcano Theatre’s Artistic Director, and Rhiannydd Burn-Andrews, a talented Swansea-based actor and recent graduate of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, the sessions provide an inspiring and supportive environment.
What You’ll Gain:
- Build trust and confidence in yourself and others
- Develop improvisational and physical theatre skills
- Unlock your creativity through experimental performance
- Work collaboratively and embrace risk and vulnerability
Fees:
- Free initial session
- £5 per session thereafter
- £30 per term
- Bursary places available
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment, welcoming participants from various ethnicities, genders, sexualities, disabilities, and socio-economic backgrounds. If you have any access needs or require assistance on the workshop day, please let us know when applying.
Note: A parent/guardian’s consent is required for participants under 18.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to explore your creative potential!
Volcano Youth Company was started in 2016 and has produced six original performances (Loaded!, We Are Kaspar Hauser, The Thermidorians, WeReallyWantToWinButWeDontWantToTryTooHard, Ten Minutes Longer and Micropolis) and has appeared at Novemberfest, The Quadrant Swansea, Dance Days at National Waterfront Museum, RawFfest Wales at Wales Millennium Centre and The Riverfront Newport, the National Festival of Youth Theatres Scotland and the Wales Theatre Awards. Ten Minutes Longer is the culmination of a partnership project with Frantic Ignition.
Young people from Volcano Youth Company have gone on to continue their careers at:
- Birmingham Conservatoire
- Bath Spa University
- Central School of Speech and Drama
- Rose Bruford
- Bristol Old Vic
- East 15
- Glasgow School of Art
- Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts
- Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
The fee is £30 per term.
Bursaries
We want all our opportunities to be open to any young person who wants to take part, including people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. We believe our work is better when it includes people of all backgrounds and experiences. We actively seek to remove any barriers, including financial, that might prevent you accessing our work. Bursaries are available to cover the cost of fees and are simple to apply for. You’ll never be treated differently in VYC because you have applied for or received a bursary.
