Each year the Exchange will begin a new residency developing close relationships with local communities. At the forefront of this is building long standing relationships with schools in these local communities across Greater Manchester.
Incorporated in these relationships will be lots of training opportunities, the chance to develop new skills, meet new people and to be involved with creating a festival of arts and culture with The Den project. For more information go to our Local Exchange Page here
To find out more or to get involved please contact engage@royalexchange.co.uk
If a school in Local Exchange areas, we may have additional opportunities and free tickets to shows:
- Rochdale
- Beswick, Clayton, Openshaw
- Tameside
- Leigh, Wigan
- Cheetham Hill & Crumpsall
We currently have partnerships with Abraham Moss and The East Manchester Academy, Connell College & Cardinal Langley
In our partnerships we are committed to engage with each school in the best way we can. We run bespoke projects within each school. Running workshops led by Royal Exchange staff or practitioners. Provide free tickets to each Royal Exchange production. Opportunities for students to join our Young Company and Collective Membership and much more.
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Our Current Partners
Abraham Moss
Abraham Moss is located within our Cheatham Hill Local Exchange area. The Royal Exchange Theatre and Abraham Moss will work together in partnership on a programme focusing on young people.
The aim of the partnership is to create opportunities for their students to experience the work of the Royal Exchange theatre so that they can grow in their knowledge and understanding of performing arts and theatre as well as develop in confidence and social skills. We would hope that the young people gain a strong understanding and familiarity with us and a sense of cultural entitlement. The Royal Exchange hopes to see this transfer into our programmes, events, staffing at the theatre and as an audience member.
We will go into the school and deliver various workshops to enhance understandings and inspire young people about the various careers that can be had in theatre. We will also partner and deliver projects and possible productions with them too.
The year 9 & 10 students have attended all of our shows in our 2022/23 autumn & winter season with most of students experiencing live theatre for the first time.
The East Manchester Academy
The East Manchester Academy is located within our Beswick, Clayton, Openshaw
We will go into the school and deliver various workshops to enhance understandings and inspire young people about the various careers that can be had in theatre. We will also partner and deliver projects and possible productions with them too.
We are currently running a Makers Course within the school for their year 9 students. It is a 9 week course that showcases the different careers in theatre that can be had ranging from directing, stage design, make-up and more. Each week we bring in a different facilitator or practitioner that gives a bespoke workshop about their speciality.
The year 10 students have attended all of our shows in our 2022/23 autumn & winter season with most of students experiencing live theatre for the first time.
Connell College
Connell is located within our Beswick, Clayton, Openshaw
Connell doesn’t offer any arts subject on its curriculum, so we have gone in to facilitate a number of workshops and theatre visits to offer a cultural outlet for some of the students,
So far Polly Wain our assistant director on No Pay? No Way! went in to teach a directing workshop, a few days after the students seeing the show. We have also ran a writing workshop and stage design to potentially recruit for our Young Company.
The year 12 students have attended all of our shows in our 2022/23 autumn & winter season with most of students experiencing live theatre for the first time.
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Loved getting to meet people who work in the actual theatre industry because you can see what actually happens and how it works and gave us a really new insight on things. I loved the costume and stage design workshop
Being able to talk about issues that involve us and we were actually listened too.
It has been absolutely amazing everything that has been offered to us I can not thank you enough !! the kids have had so many opportunities they would never have experienced and it has been the making of some of our older students.
I’d like to say a massive thanks to you on behalf of myself and the school for all these amazing opportunities you have offered
The teachers/ staff from the exchange are really cool, they understand us, other teachers are always screaming at us, giving us detentions, but these teachers they don’t scream at us, even if we do bad things we are still listened to and learn from.
The info on the new experiences and the acceptance of me.
