Birds on the Edge, 2024
Photo credit: msc1photography
Join Spotlight Youth Theatre to meet new people, have fun and learn new skills.
Wednesdays 6:30 - 9pm
Spotlight Theatre, Bridlington
Performed 4 fully sold out shows from 27th-29th June 2025 at Spotlight Theatre, Bridlington.
For more information and performance photography, click through to the Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical Jr. page.
ARCADE's Spotlight Youth Theatre provides creative opportunities in Bridlington for young people aged 12-18 years old. Meeting weekly to work with successful professional creatives both local and national developing their performance and creative skills, and investing in their wellbeing.
Spring/Summer 2024
Spotlight Youth Theatre was led by West End musical performer and theatre director Alex Weatherhill, whose performance credits include international tours of Chigaco and Fiddler on the Roof, in their production of The Addams Family Young@Part.
Based on the 1930s macabre comic, The Addams Family has inspired countless films and animations, most recently brought onto teenager’s radars by Netflix show Wednesday.
Spotlight Youth Theatre performed 4 fully sold out, public performances over Friday 28th - Sunday 30 June 2024 at the Spotlight Theatre.
Autumn/Winter 2024
Spotlight Youth Theatre worked with artist, Diana Logan on the North York Moors Trust's Birds on the Edge Project.
Through this project, young people visited Dalby Forest, and went on a residential trip, engaging in conservation and creative activities in nature.
This culminated in a devised theatre piece by the young people inspired by their experiences in the North York Moors. This piece was performed to parents, guardians and members of the North York Moors Trust team.
Autumn 2024
Spotlight Youth Theatre were part of the community cast in Pied Piper - A Hip Hop Musical, a co-production by Battersea Arts Centre Beatbox Academy, R0DIUM and ARCADE.
Before performances, artists Conrad Murray and Alex Hardie rehearsed with the young people and taught them the foundations of beatboxing. Young people then rehearsed on stage, working with the professional cast and director, offering a unique insight into working in a professional theatre setting.
Performances took place from Wednesday 26th September - Thursday 27th September at Bridlington Spa.
January - June 2025
Spotlight Youth Theatre's cast of 32 young people had the opportunity to be directed and learn from Alice Kynman (she/her, Musician and Young Talent Director at Stephen Joseph Theatre) towards public performances of Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical Jr.
Public performances took place from Friday 27th June- Sunday 29th June at Spotlight Theatre, Bridlington.
For more info, click the link for Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical Jr project page.
Sessions cost just £2 per week, with concessions available on an individual basis through ARCADE, just get in touch if cost is a barrier. If you have any access requirements that you would like to discuss with us please do not hesitate to contact us.
For further information on joining ARCADE's Spotlight Youth Theatre, please email info@hello-arcade.com
Pied Piper - A Hip-Hop Family Musical - Community Cast
In October 2024, Spotlight Youth had the opportunity to learn the foundations of beatbox theatre and were part of the Pied Piper show with a professional cast.
This project is made possible with the support of Bridlington Spotlight Theatre and the I AM Fund, North York Moors Trust & East Riding of Yorkshire Council
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