Beswick Young Company is for young people aged 11-16 in Beswick, Openshaw and Clayton.
Free term-time workshops with professional artists. Join us for the summer term of Beswick Young Company, develop your acting and writing skills, make music and create a show together to be performed in July for the local community!
“Like nothing I’ve ever done before”
The first few sessions of the term will be about building new skills and getting to know each other, so if you’ve not been before, come have a go! We will be welcoming back BYC alumni Al to deliver a technical theatre session as well as a few other BYC taster workshops before we go into making the show. From 13 June we won’t be accepting new members so we can create the performance as a group, so make sure you join before then.
Summer Term 2025
Where? The Resonance Centre, 599 Ashton New Rd, Manchester M11 4SG
When? Fridays 3:00pm – 4:30pm
Friday 9 May Beswick Young Company Taster
Friday 16 May Beswick Young Company Taster
Friday 23 May Technical Theatre Workshop with BYC Graduate Al
Friday 6 June Beswick Young Company Taster
Friday 13 June BYC Session
Friday 20 June BYC Session
Friday 27 June BYC Session
Friday 4 July BYC Session
Friday 11 July BYC Session
Friday 18 July BYC Session
Rehearsals & Performance
Where? Beswick Library
When? Thursday 24 July 10am-5pm
Friday 25 July 10am-5pm
Saturday 26 July 10am-5pm (performance day)
How do I get involved?
You don’t need any experience of drama or theatre, the group is open to anyone in the local area aged 11-16 interested in being creative. Come to a session at The Resonance Centre before 13 June. Feel free to message us before if you have any questions – 07494 315213. We look forward to seeing you there!
“I feel like it’s helped with resilience, confidence, like creativity and stuff. And I feel like that’s important because no matter where you go in life, it can be applied to anything you do”
Beswick Young Company have worked with professional playwrights and artists to create radio plays, ambient music, full productions and much more. They have performed during the East Manchester Community Festival and at the Royal Exchange Theatre.
The Beswick Young Company has been running since June 2022, it was created due to a lack of arts provision for young people in Beswick, Openshaw and Clayton, as identified with the Royal Exchange Theatre Local Ambassadors.
This project has been made possible by the support of One Manchester and Manchester City Council.
