About Next Stage Youth:

Launched in the same year as the parent company, Next Stage Youth has been in existence since 1994. Next Stage tutors and actors have coached over 500 youngsters, preparing many for performances, auditions and competitions. Indeed, some of our talented young actors have gone on from Next Stage Youth to train for the professional theatre.

The emphasis is always on friendship, teamwork, support and a professional grounding in theatre arts. In any year members of Next Stage Youth have the chance to work on devised theatre, competition entries in the Mid-Somerset Drama Festival in March, and a full-scale production in The Mission Theatre. There are no auditions, anyone between 11 and 18 is welcome and Next Stage has a policy of using talented youngsters whenever possible in adult productions.

Next Stage Youth runs for ten-week terms (£80 per term), with each session on a Sunday from 4.30 – 6 pm at The Mission Theatre.

Next Stage Youth enrolment for the Summer term is on Sunday April 18th,
between 4.30 and 6pm at The Mission Theatre.

For any queries or to sign up, please call Ann Garner on 01225 428600 or email (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

What goes on at NSY?

As well as the regular weekly sessions with Next Stage tutors, students also have the chance of attending professionally led workshops. All aspects of stagecraft and dramatic presentation are explored.

Next Stage Youth regularly enters local competitions and presents public showings of its work. We are currently working towards competing in the 2010 Mid Somerset Drama Festivalon 11th March, with 8 entries in the Group Acting classes. Last year Next Stage Youth was very successful in the Mid Somerset and ended up winning two of the classes, the ‘Under 15 Group Acting’ and ‘Under 19 Group Acting’ - click here to read an article about this success. In August 2009 NSY completed a brilliant two cast production of Living With Lady Macbeth at The Mission Theatre, Bath.

Youngsters are also invited to take roles alongside adults in Next Stage’s programme of challenging productions staged by the company’s ‘seniors’. The latest such productions were Amadeus by Peter Shaffer, shown July 2009 at the Mission Theatre and in August 2009 at The Minack Theatre, Porthcurno, Cornwall, and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at The Mission Theatre in October 2009.

To see photos and read about the party to celebrate the end of the Autumn term 2009, please click here.

For any queries or to sign up, please call Ann Garner on 01225 428600 or email (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

To download our child protection policy documentation please click here. (Adobe PDF 20kb).