Homegrown is Nottingham Playhouse’s pre-professional theatre artist programme, designed to support young adults who are keen to work professionally in the theatre industry.
What is Homegrown Performers?
A bespoke programme for pre-professional and emerging theatre performers. During the year-long course you will meet over three terms, in which you will develop your own work, participate in workshops, receive professional mentoring and broaden your network of industry contacts. As part of Homegrown Performers you will receive up to 81 hours of artist led workshop as well as a further 6 – 20 hours of self-led rehearsals at Nottingham Playhouse.
What will I do over the year?
- Rehearse and perform a professional production in our Neville Studio theatre.
- Learn/Develop skills including:
- How to select, prepare for and perform auditions for employment and drama school.
- How to use marketing to reach the audiences you want.
- How to facilitate theatre workshops.
- CV surgery.
- 1-2-1 meetings with industry experts.
- Support the Homegrown Creatives’ festival, including performance opportunities.
- Production photographs and reduced prices for headshots.
- Watch two Nottingham Playhouse productions.
- Discounted access to wider participation programme*
*Playhouse Insights, Masterclasses, other opportunities where available.
Who is Homegrown Performers for?
You must be aged 18 – 25, hard working and passionate about performing in theatre. You should commit to the whole year of the Homegrown programme.
To participate, you will be asked to go through an audition process. The criteria we will be assessing each applicant on will be as follows:
- A monologue.
- A short, devised group performance.
- Willingness to offer ideas and take on others’ ideas.
- Commitment to working in a professional and collaborative manner.
To apply for an audition, please send a cover letter to us explaining why you would be a good person to join Homegrown Performers. You should explain why you want to be part of the programme, what experience you have that will help you make the most of your time with Homegrown and a description of the work you want to explore in the arts. This should be no longer than 400 words. Send this to participation@nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk.
Homegrown Performers is led by Natalia Bruce
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Need help with costs to attend?
We believe theatre is for everybody, so we offer a limited number of bursary places for all of our Get Involved programmes. If cost is likely to be a barrier to taking part, please fill in this form.
We believe theatre is for everybody, so we offer a limited number of bursary places for all of our Get Involved programmes. If cost is likely to be a barrier to taking part, please fill in this form.
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