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If you are 18-25 and like to find every opportunity you can to perform, learn, make friends and have fun, then Gulbenkian Theatre Makers is for you!!

Each Monday evening between 6.30 and 8.30pm the group will get together, with experienced facilitator and theatre director Emma Willatts, to develop skills, play games and create opportunities for performance. You do not need to be studying drama, nor have prior experience, but simply be excited to develop work with others.

In the past, this group has performed showcases of scripted work, created short films, performed in collaboration with professional companies, and some members were cast in The Effect, which was in Gulbenkian’s main program last year. Alongside this has also been a lot of laughs, many a pub trip, group visits to see shows and a weekly chance to be part of a really supportive, friendly group of like-minded people.

This year the group will spend the first term looking at different ways of working with different practitioners, companies and stimuli, with a view to creating some exciting performance opportunities in 2026.

There are spots available so make sure you book your free tickets!

The Gulbenkian reviews

“I have absolutely loved coming to GTM this year! It has consistently been the highlight of my week ”

Livi, GTM member.

“Being involved with GTM has been the safe space I never knew I needed.”

Chloe, GTM member
Gulbenkian Theatre Makers

Mon 6 October

ART31

ART31 takes its name from Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child, which states that ‘Children have the right to relax and play, and to join in a wide range of cultural, artistic and other recreational activities’.

ART31 is a vision created with, by, and for young people in Kent, championing the belief that all children and young people have an entitlement to access high quality arts and culture, to empower them to achieve their creative potential, and to genuinely engage young people as equal partners in any decision making that affects them.

The ART31 Youth Board is made up of young people from across Kent aged 13-25 who steer its governance, and influence policy and practice across the county and beyond, challenging the creative sector to examine existing ways of working and integrate young people into the core of their practice.

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