Watermill Theatre Youth Ensemble
In 2022, we established our Watermill Theatre Youth Ensemble, a company formed of talented young people aged 11+ who take part in our regular weekly Youth Theatre groups.
The company not only gives young people the opportunity to flourish onstage, but also behind the scenes in stage management, design, and assistant director roles. The company puts their unique stamp on the performances, using their own experiences or learnt skills to create and rehearse the play. Our young people also support the creation and delivery of British Sign Language integrated, Captioned, and Audio Described performances.
The Watermill Theatre Youth Ensemble performed their first production, The Girl of Ink and Stars in March – April 2022, and have continued since then with much success and celebration.
Our most recent Youth Ensemble production was Emil and the Detectives. We will be announcing our next production during the autumn term.
Each of these young people can walk taller, carrying the memory of this magical experience with them
Beautifully played by the young cast members. I laughed, I cried and I saw magic on the stage.
If this cast represent young British acting talent, the future is very bright for British theatre