Today, theatremakers across the country are sharing their passion for the industry, as SOLT and UK Theatre celebrate launching Inspiring The Future Of Theatre, an initiative to showcase the range of careers available in theatre to young people.
And with such a huge variety of roles available behind-the-curtain, today – #InspiringFutureTheatre Day – is the perfect time to find out more about all the skills, talents, and jobs that bring all the shows we know and love to life.
Just ask London theatres themselves…
🥳 #InspiringFutureTheatre day is TODAY! 🎉
The theatre industry has a huge variety of careers and today is the day to find out more about all the skills, talents and jobs that bring every production to life… 👉 https://t.co/vswZJHMcUU pic.twitter.com/WdueUNKVdH
— Official London Theatre (@london_theatre) July 11, 2018
It takes a WHOPPING 180 people to get #KinkyBootsUK on stage! 😱 Actors, musicians, technicians, wardrobe, box office, front of house, marketing, press office…the list goes on!
If you want to learn about opportunities to work in theatre, follow #InspiringFutureTheatre. 🎭 pic.twitter.com/0n0Oz9vmHy
— Kinky Boots UK 👠 (@KinkyBootsUK) July 11, 2018
Today we are celebrating #InspiringFutureTheatre and the opportunities that theatre brings to young people. Learn about how THE LION KING in London inspires with our Education Programme https://t.co/4JJTDXgRE5
— The Lion King – Musical (@TheLionKing) July 11, 2018
We're sharing stories of how we are #InspiringFutureTheatre here at #WickedUK & how the futures of young people really are, UNLIMITED.
Watching fellow @TonypandyCC student, @SophieEvans, in the role of Glinda was a positively inspirational experience for Elysia. pic.twitter.com/PJ5d3erykj
— Wicked UK (@WickedUK) July 11, 2018
We're setting the scene for #inspiringfuturetheatre day with a peek behind the emerald curtain at the creative roles that make @WickedUK and #WickedonTour happen. pic.twitter.com/ZBOvaKYSn3
— Wicked Education (@WickedEdu) July 11, 2018
Happy #InspiringFutureTheatre day!
Celebrate with a throwback to our interview last year with our youngest cast members and find out what it’s like to perform on a West End Stage! pic.twitter.com/8mZAC3gPE4— Motown UK (@MotownUK) July 11, 2018
We got to work with 45 16 – 18 years olds through our #TakeTheLead workshops, using theatre techniques to build on employability skills #InspiringFutureTheatre and yesterday was their final session! https://t.co/pzJYQmdl58 pic.twitter.com/hBKjJ71nex
— The Old Vic (@oldvictheatre) July 11, 2018
The next wave of #FrontLine-ers will join us tomorrow, our paid placement scheme for 16-25 year olds – hear from Andrea to see if it might be something for you #InspiringFutureTheatre https://t.co/xmYlAEki8A pic.twitter.com/9ztqsJTL6z
— The Old Vic (@oldvictheatre) July 11, 2018
Over 35,000 young people registered to participate in our Macbeth Live Lesson, exploring how Lady Macbeth Niamh Cusack approached her key speeches. #InspiringFutureTheatre #RSCMacbeth pic.twitter.com/pYcVRMQ4Qx
— The RSC (@TheRSC) July 11, 2018
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We're celebrating #InspiringFutureTheatre day. Over the past 12 months we have 65 young people aged 7 to 21 enrolled as Unicorn Young Creators. Take a look at our most recent community project. @InspiringTF https://t.co/a4QWh8m6HS
— Unicorn Theatre (@Unicorn_Theatre) July 11, 2018
Our Playing Shakespeare with @DeutscheBank productions have entertained and inspired hundreds of young people and for some this is their first experience of Shakespeare. #InspiringFutureTheatre. pic.twitter.com/eO9oHGHSby
— Shakespeare's Globe (@The_Globe) July 11, 2018
Today is #InspiringFutureTheatre day, and we're wishing all the best to the three #NTLetsPlay primary schools who are performing tonight.
What is Let's Play? Watch this:https://t.co/NGYc6hhMOq
— National Theatre (@NationalTheatre) July 11, 2018
We've a fab day ahead with @playgoeswrong as part of our project, #Stageseen, for deaf or hard of hearing young people. A workshop, a pre-show tour of the set, props & costumes and then a captioned performance – what could possibly go wrong!! #InspiringFutureTheatre pic.twitter.com/cWz12WWmkJ
— Mousetrap Theatre Projects (@MousetrapTP) July 11, 2018
In the last 21 years, we have worked with 76% of mainstream state secondary schools & 80% of secondary special schools in London. Just today we're working with over 300 young people on three projects w/ @playgoeswrong, @strictlystage & @mousetraplondon! #InspiringFutureTheatre pic.twitter.com/5wM4RQRbgW
— Mousetrap Theatre Projects (@MousetrapTP) July 11, 2018
We're loving the #InspiringFutureTheatre day tweets 🙌 Using the hashtag to share insight into our support for theatre directors today! For over 20 years, we've been opening opportunities for the next generation of talent. Watch how you can get involved: https://t.co/aBQ9weiE6Q
— JMK Trust (@JMKTrust1) July 11, 2018
Today we're supporting @uk_theatre in #InspiringFutureTheatre. Look out for the ways that DT+ is supporting a new generation of theatre-makers pic.twitter.com/E3awZR0AO7
— Digital Theatre+ (@DT_Plus) July 11, 2018
Andrew believes passionately in the empowering force of music and that the arts should form an integral part of the core UK school syllabus #InspiringFutureTheatre @ALWFoundation #TeamALW
— Andrew Lloyd Webber (@OfficialALW) July 11, 2018
Hey everyone! I'm Kadisha and I work at Stage One as their Outreach and Marketing Coordinator. As a part of my role, I build relationships with schools, youth and communities that may not know about producing to let them know about the work Stage One do! #InspiringFutureTheatre
— Stage One (@StageOneNewProd) July 11, 2018
It's #InspiringFutureTheatre day! We're celebrating all the inspiring people behind every #OlivierAward winner… Find out more 👇https://t.co/CVGgiru2JR pic.twitter.com/qgAuo5zwol
— Olivier Awards (@OlivierAwards) July 11, 2018
#WestEndLIVE inspired over 80,000 people at the BEST WEEKEND OF THE YEAR! 😍 #InspiringFutureTheatre
Find out more about a career in the theatre industry 👇https://t.co/k5cj2WkD9c pic.twitter.com/W24wGJHed5
— West End LIVE (@WestEndLIVE) July 11, 2018
🙌Hands up for #InspiringFutureTheatre day! 🙌 We LOVE getting you all into the theatre!
Find out more about all the different careers in our industry here 👉https://t.co/B5DcIztsSW pic.twitter.com/Ikdr60m2Fb— TKTS (@TKTSLondon) July 11, 2018
It's #InspiringFutureTheatre day! Throughout the day we are celebrating the amazing, talented & dedicated people that we work with – and hopefully we can inspire the next generation of #theatre #workforce along the way. Meet our #mediaandmarketing #administrator @kayleydonnelly! pic.twitter.com/2ckpuJL0rn
— UK Theatre (@uk_theatre) July 11, 2018
There are many different entry routes into a #career in #theatre just as there are many different jobs. #frontofhouse #marketing #boxoffice #tech #operations #finance #producing #legal #HR – the list goes on! #InspiringFutureTheatre. https://t.co/hOrK1qryST @SOLTnews @uk_theatre pic.twitter.com/Qbxar9rX76
— UK Theatre (@uk_theatre) July 11, 2018
Find out more about Inspiring The Future Of Theatre.
Work in the industry? Theatre professionals are encouraged to sign up to the ambassador scheme, no matter their career level and type – and to add their voices to #InspiringFutureTheatre.