Showcasing careers, supporting learning, enhancing wellbeing & access to the North West’s only full-time producing theatre.

We have launched a year-long partnership programme for schools and colleges across Greater Manchester. Each partnership will be bespoke to each school or college, designed with the partner, to ensure maximum impact for students needs. We will draw on our access to exciting, experienced practitioners and artists working professionally in the industry to lead on workshops and projects.

The programme will creatively support the curriculum, promote creativity as essential for wellbeing, and deepen student and teachers’ understanding of theatre through workshops, backstage access, performance opportunities and insight into careers from Royal Exchange Theatre’s staff and freelance creatives.

This is an exciting opportunity for us to build in depth relationships with students and teachers. As well as providing teachers an opportunities to expand their own practice, we know that from experience, longer engagements help young people to express themselves, open doors that may not have been available before and develop transferable skills that have a significant impact on future aspirations and outcomes.

 

The partnership programme aims to:

– Promote the 147+ jobs & careers young people could have in the arts sector
– Improve young people’s wellbeing
– Enhance social skills, confidence and emotional learning
– Develop transferable skills
– Build long lasting relationships with young people and teachers
– Increase cultural capital for young people and schools
– Give young people their first positive experience of theatre and take ownership of the space

 

If you are interested and want to know more, please email Tom Stocks our Schools and Colleges Coordinator at tom.stocks@royalexchange.co.uk