young people

Beyond Face works with young people to empower themselves, develop their curiosity and find new ways to be creative. We provide regular spaces for young people of the Global Majority to be in a community that supports one another to be themselves.  We provide performance opportunities and a chance for the young people to work with working professional artists. Watch our video below to hear from our young people team.

Youth Company

Beyond Face Youth Company is a fantastic opportunity for young people of the Global Majority aged 12-16 to work with professional theatre makers in a professional studio space to learn theatre and performance skills, perform, create their own theatre, writing and movement. 

Over the years the youth company has performed their own productions such as Where’s Abi? By Titilola Dawudu and most recently their production Grow Up. We work closely with other youth theatre companies such as Doorstep Arts and Company Three on a variety of exchange projects.

To sign up and for more info, please email us.
Location: Roland Levinsky Building, Plymouth University
Date & Time:  Every Wednesday from 6 - 8pm

  • Quality is having access to role models who you identify with.

    Young People quality indicators

  • Quality is having mutual trust & respect between you, your peers, the Beyond Face team and the space.

    Young People quality indicators

  • Quality is you first before ‘the show must go on’.

    Young People Quality Indicators

  • Quality is being free to express yourself in the way you want to.

    Young People quality indicators

  • Quality is knowing that this industry is for me.

    Young People quality indicators

Young Theatre Makers

We work in partnership with secondary schools to provide a space for young people of the Global Majority to meet together, connect and explore new ways of expressing themselves. We use theatre skills as a way of working together to build their confidence and communication skills. Should the young people want to join our youth company, they will be supported by the practitioners to do so but it isn’t essential for the young people to want to perform to participate in these sessions.


If you are a parent, teacher or organisation who is interested in working with us on our young people’s strand please do get in contact by emailing us youngpeople@beyondface.co.uk

  • 'The reason why I love Beyond Face Youth Company is because it is a place where I can express my love for acting, music and dance, and feel comfortable and am not judged.'

    Youth Company Member

  • 'We get to be social around different types of people that are from different ethnic backgrounds. I really love the games we play together to get to know each other.'

    Young Theatre Makers

  • ‘We get to talk about stuff we don’t normally talk about. It gives us a sense of freedom. It makes us feel very at home.’

    Young Theatre Makers

  • ‘I really love how we can just be ourselves. We don’t have to pretend to be someone else as everyone is really respectful. I also love how we can express ourselves how we want, and also it’s really really fun.’

    Young Theatre Makers

  • ‘Beyond face sessions offer a warm energy and safe space for you to create what you value. Every session is engaging and fun, a true sense of collaboration with friends.’

    Liz, Past Youth Company Member

  • ‘I would work with, act with, share and use ideas with and have fun with young people of different ages that I probably wouldn't have met or interacted with before and surprisingly bond with them in the course of 2 or 3 sessions in.’

    Sergeo, Past Youth Company Member

  • 'Honestly thank you so much for this, you guys have done so much for us if it wasn't for you I would not have taken drama GCSE, I could never see myself acting before this.'

    Young Theatre Maker

  • 'The performance went amazing even the things that went wrong, it was still good! Nothing went wrong.'

    Young Theatre Maker

  • ‘This project has been an invaluable learning experience for our students. They have developed their physical and vocal performative skills whilst rehearsing through the script to better themselves as actors.’

    Teacher from one of our schools

CONTACT US

CONTACT US

Vicki Horan

Creative Thinker

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youngpeople@beyondface.co.uk

Feel free to reach out for a chat if there’s an offer that has caught your interest and you’d like to learn more, participate or collaborate in any way.