Stratford East Young Company
“My confidence has skyrocketed since joining Young Company.” - Young Company Participant 2024
The Stratford East Young Company are a group of actors and theatre-makers aged 18-25, primarily from east London*, who are interested in taking the next step towards a career in the arts. As a Young Company member, you’ll have access to alternative professional training, working with Young Company Director and ROMEO & JULIET Associate Director Grace Duggan over a 10-month programme. You’ll have the opportunity to work in a supportive and inclusive learning environment to nurture and develop your talents.
This year the Stratford East Young Company will be working towards a full-scale mainstage production of ROMEO & JULIET written by William Shakespeare and adapted by Kwame Owusu, co-directed by Emily Ling-Williams and Malik Nashad Sharpe. The cast will be made up of Stratford East Young Company Members and Sadlers Wells Young Dancers, alongside a chorus of Newham Residents. For more information about the show, look here.
ROMEO & JULIET is a co-production between Stratford East and Sadlers Wells. For more information about Sadlers Wells have a look at their website here.
The Young Company will:
The group meet every Wednesday from 6.30pm – 9pm with breaks that follow the academic calendar. Please find an initial full schedule here.
How To Apply:
Applications are now closed. Applications will re-open in September 2025.
Next Steps
Successful applicants will be invited to a first-round audition at Stratford East on Thu 24 Oct, 6pm - 9:30pm.
Second round of auditions will be held on Sat 02 Nov from 10am – 5pm.
You will receive confirmation of next steps by Thu 17 Oct via an email from getinvolved@stratfordeast.com. If you have any questions, please contact Kirstin or Bethan at getinvolved@stratfordeast.com
* (Newham, Hackney, Waltham Forest, Tower Hamlets, Greenwich, Redbridge, Barking & Dagenham, Havering)