M6 Theatre have been lucky enough to receive funding from the BBC Performing Arts Fund and The Granada Foundation to run a summer school this year. This is open to young people aged 12 -18. They will be working with street theatre company Aqueous Humour to create a performance piece for the Rochdale Feel Good Festival. This will be a very challenging project so please make sure you are happy with the idea of performing to strangers in the streets of Rochdale before signing up! Tom will be sharing his knowledge and giving you the skills you need to cope, so don’t worry if you’ve never done it before. You must be available for all of the days from 10am-4pm (performance days may be shorter).

Ideas Session Saturday 5 July

Devising Week 1 Monday 18-Friday 22 August

Devising Week 2 & Performances Tuesday 26 – Saturday 30 August

There is a cost of £20 to take part in the summer school.
To book a place please call 01706 355898 and speak to Caroline or Eleanor or email [email protected].

Friday 9 August 1-4pm

Do you like singing and dancing? Then Amusiday is for you!

Amusiday is a free musical theatre workshop for 12-18 year olds which will be held during the summer holidays at M6 Studio.  Boost your confidence,  increase your musical theatre skills and have fun with a professional musical theatre practitioner and musician.

For further information contact Caroline Kennedy on 01706 355898 or email [email protected]

The M6 Young Actors Company will be performing We Lost Elijah at M6 Studio on Tuesday 12 March as part of the National Theatre Connections Festival. This will also be presented at The Lowry on Saturday 11 May.

Two further youth theatre shows will be taking place at M6 Studio this month.  In the Hands Of Zeus will be performed by the 12-14s group on 20 and 21 March and the 15 – 18s group will present Living with Lady MacBeth on 26 and 27 March.

Tickets for M6 Studio performances cost £2/£1 (concessions). Please email [email protected] or call Kelly Brophy on 01706 355898 to reserve your seat.

The Act Now! team have started working with young people from Greenbank School as part of Our Street, an inter-generational and cross-cultural project that will run through to Spring 2013.

The project explores the different families who might live together on a street and the community activities they could share in. Sixteen young people have been participating in weekly drama workshops focussing on performance skills, team work and storytelling ready for a performance in the Spring.

Parents, carers and participants also recently watched the M6 production of The Street Where I Live as a creative stimulus and introduction to the second strand of the project, Collected Voices, by Cartwheel Arts. Parents, grandparents and extended family members were asked to share their memories from the street where they live and these stories will form part of a DVD.

This project was part-funded through the Greater Manchester Strategic Arts Fund, with grant funding from Arts Council England & the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities and supported by Link4Life.