Originally founded in January 2008 by young people in Leamington looking for performance opportunity, the group enjoyed such success with their first two productions (Citizenship by Mark Ravenhill and Chatroom by Enda Walsh, performed at the Loft Theatre and at Kingsley School in the spring and summer of 2008), that it was invited to become an integral part of the Loft Theatre Company’s wide-ranging artistic activities.

Subsequent performances have included Close Encounters of the Kebab Shop Kind (an anthology) and Going Out With a Bang (a tribute to Ken Campbell) – short entertainments performed as Loft Extras in the Douglas Ford Studio following shows in the main house. In March 2009 they presented a full-length evening in the studio comprising a double bill of one-act plays (Burn and Sparkleshark).

Squaring up: members of the Loft Youth Theatre

The Youth Theatre welcomes members aged between 16 and 21 and, where suitable, the group invites the participation of adult members of the Loft. In turn, there are opportunities for its members to audition for main house Loft Theatre Company productions.

Information about forthcoming shows can be found in the news pages of this site, in the programme and on flyers around the theatre.

If you wish to find out more about the group’s activities or would like to audition for membership of the Loft Youth Theatre, then please contact Alex Comer.

• Members of the Youth Theatre will be performing another double bill of plays in the studio as part of the Loft’s spring 2010 season: The Musicians by Patrick Marber, directed by Greg Cole, and Daughters of Albion by Willy Russell, directed by Vanessa Comer. For more information, click here.