There are many opportunities for our members to perform each year and we are able to offer backstage roles to those who may not be comfortable on stage although over time, we have found that confidence develops and eventually members enjoy performing. Support and encouragement is always there at every stage of the process.
Annually, we stage a low-key Christmas showcase in a church hall and a Summer showcase in our local theatre, the Bonington Theatre, to all our members. We often enter groups and Lamda students in the Mansfield Drama Festival in March; we apply to Episodes – the Nottinghamshire Dance Platform with our Senior Youth Dance group in March; our Young Company performs a National Theatre Connections play each year locally in March and at Nottingham Playhouse or Derby Theatre in April; Young Company annually performs a piece of children’s theatre with songs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August and again at Christmas in the Bonington Theatre; our Easter and Summer camps have an end of camp performance and there are external opportunities for young people to perform as extras in professional productions.
All groups will have the opportunity to perform in our 2026 Christmas Showcase at the Good Shepherd Church Hall.
Our Young Company perform their hit 2026 Edinburgh Fringe show at the Bonington Theatre this Christmas.
Join our Senior Youth Theatre groups as they perform extracts from existing NT Connections plays, alongside our Young Company, who will present their 2027 NT Connections production.
All groups will have the opportunity to perform in our 2027 Summer Showcase at the Bonington Theatre.
