Training
“This has been the most informative and invigorating training I have ever participated in. It was an absolute joy.”
Training
“This has been the most informative and invigorating training I have ever participated in. It was an absolute joy.”
Company Three is committed to sharing our practice so that anyone can adapt it for their own work with young people - in theatre, other art forms, education and youth work.
As part of this commitment we run a range of courses which explore our methodology and process. These courses are open to theatre-makers, artists, choreographers, musicians, teachers, youth workers, writers, producers and anyone, at any stage of their career, who is interested in meaningful artistic collaboration with young people.
Making Theatre with Young People
3 days | London (Finsbury Park) | Next course: 21-23 January 2020 (SOLD OUT) / 21-23 April2020
This acclaimed course will show you how to make plays with young people. It explores how to create the conditions needed for meaningful collaboration and a step by step guide for how to turn source material into a finished play. It includes a practical evening session with Company Three members.
More information: Course details and participant feedback
Structure: Tuesday 10am - 5pm / Wednesday 1 - 8pm / Thursday 10am - 5pm
Cost: £350 (Please note all free and subsidised places for January/April courses have now been filled - please contact us to find out about future courses and places)
Application: Please fill in the application form by the deadline by clicking the link below.
Deadline: 10am, Friday 31 January 2020
Wrighting and Writing
2 days | London (Highbury & Islington) | Participants who have attended the Making Theatre course only | Book via email/online payment | Next course: TBC
This two day course is for people who have completed our main course, who have less experience in writing collaboratively and want to explore writing and structure in more detail. It includes a refresher of the C3 process and a session with some of our members in the Den - our informal making space for our members.
Structure: Thursday 10:30am - 7:30pm / Friday 10:30am - 5pm
You can also book on the Workshop Design course (see below) which runs the day before
Cost: £250 (2 part payment plan and subsidised places available)
Book your place: Send an email to hello@companythree.co.uk to receive a payment link. Your place is only confirmed once we have received your payment. Please only book on this course if you have already attended Making Theatre with Young People.
Workshop Design
1 day | London (Highbury & Islington) | Book via email/online payment | Next course: TBC
This one day course explores how to create a great one-off workshop. We’ll be looking at workshop structure, games and practical exercises to keep your participants engaged and illicit exciting, genuine responses. Participants are invited to bring real workshop topics and draft plans to work on as part of the course.
Structure: Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Cost: £125 (subsidised places available)
Book your place: Send an email to hello@companythree.co.uk to receive a payment link. Your place is only confirmed once we have received your payment.
We want our courses to be open to everyone.
We will actively work to provide whatever participants need in order to fully access our courses. Please contact us with your specific requirements before booking. The venue is fully wheelchair accessible.
We offer a number of subsidised and free places for those people from backgrounds that are underrepresented in theatre.
Please contact us for more information.
Open Fridays
Open Fridays
Open Fridays
Open Fridays
Next Open Friday:
6 March 2020, 12pm-2pm
A key part of our work is the open sharing of our practice, process and plays. We do this because we believe a strong, confident and connected youth theatre sector can change the way teenagers are listened to, understood and celebrated, everywhere.
Every month we host Open Fridays, a free drop-in event for anyone who wants to meet us, talk about your work or our work, get advice or talk through an idea. It is aimed primarily at artists, producers and administrators working with young people, but everyone is welcome.
Open Friday takes place in the C3 Den, a space where our young people often hang out and make work. All our core staff (and possibly some of our members, if they’re not at school) will be there and we’ll have biscuits and tea available for everyone who comes.
Please note that we won’t know how many people will come until they turn up - we’ll try and group people together for a chat where appropriate and there might be a little wait while we speak to individuals.
At Open Friday we can:
Share information about Company Three - how we work and what we do.
Talk about our training courses, play blueprints and artistic practice.
Give advice on career pathways, workshop plans and project ideas.
Share documents and policies for you to adapt in your own company/practice.
You can just turn up at any time between 10am-1pm, but it helps us to know when you’re coming and what you’d like to talk about (however vague). Please fill in the form below.
Tell us you’re coming - click the button at the top of this page.
How to find us
Company Three Office & Den
3rd Floor, Central Library
2 Fieldway Crescent
London N5 1PF
After you’ve entered the library, take the stairs to the third floor and ring the Company Three bell.
You can take the lift to the second floor and walk up the stairs to the third floor, or if you need to take the lift all the way, just call us on 020 7609 9651 when you arrive.
Open Fridays generally take place on the last Friday of every month. Check at the start of the month for the next date.
Contact us if you have any questions.