Mimic Youth Theatre
Mimic offers an environment for young actors to work on their skills amongst like-minded people and learn by doing. We help our youth members build confidence, improve their acting technique and gain life skills such as socialising, networking and being able to put themselves forward for opportunities. We work hard to ensure we cater for the individual needs of the group and maximise our class sizes to ensure all our members receive attention. All our youth groups perform in shows regularly as we believe this is the best way to learn, make memories and have amazing life experiences at the same time.
Our youth theatre company is an actor training playground, helping prepare young actors to prepare for a career in the arts. Whereas our youth theatre groups (our Beginner, Junior and Hertford youth theatres), are designed to offer members the opportunity to perform, act purely for enjoyment (whether or not they want to be actors), to meet people and build confidence in themselves as people as well as performers. Both the youth theatre company and youth groups are offered industry opportunities including agency visits, professional headshots, West End theatre trips, masterclasses with exciting creatives, and much more.
Our Youth Theatre has four offerings:
Beginner Youth Theatre (6-9 yrs)
Beginner Drama & Acting Classes. These classes focus on learning how to improvise and use imagination, work with scripts, develop characters and perform. This group is acting-only with no singing or dancing in class, but with the option to take part in musicals with other groups each year.
Wednesdays 4-5:30pm
Tewin Cowper School, Welwyn
Junior Youth Theatre (10-14 yrs)
Our Junior group encourages young actors to explore and experiment with scripts and devising regularly, using various techniques and performing regularly in small and large-scale productions including plays and musicals.
Mondays 6-7:30pm
Tewin Cowper School, Welwyn
Youth Theatre Company (15-21 yrs)
Our youth theatre company is our professional actor training playground for aspiring actors. Preparing members for a career in the arts and teaching them not only how to act by doing, with regular performance opportunities (in both plays and musicals), but also how to succeed in the industry with masterclasses and a survival toolkit on 'becoming an actor.' Find out more here.
Wednesdays 5:45-7:45pm
Campus West Sheridan Suite, WGC
COPs Youth Theatre (13-18 yrs)
Our Hertford youth theatre group, in partnership with the Company of Players is our entirely acting-based group, developing acting skills and technique through script work, improvisation, devising and performance. No singing or dancing involved, our Hertford group focuses solely on the acting discipline.
Fridays 6:30-8:30pm
3rd Hertford Scout Hut
For full information, please click here.
Benefits included in Youth Theatre Membership:
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Discounted tickets for any youth member to Mimic Theatre Company and Mimic Stage School shows
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Termly guest speakers and masterclasses from industry professionals in TV, Film and Theatre
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Industry opportunities (including agency auditions, professional headshots, invitations to take part in TV shows and music videos - previously included Michael McIntyre's Big Show, a garden programme and Tyler Rix Entertainment)
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Auditioning and taking part in theatre productions (large and small scale)
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Opportunities to act, write, direct, sing, do work experience, and take on backstage skills
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Lifelong friendships with fellow young people with similar interests
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Organised local and West End theatre trips
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Opportunities to perform on stage and in professional theatres
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Affordable fees, payment plans and scholarship programmes
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Excellent training in drama and industry experience by industry professionals
Terms and Conditions
To view our full youth theatre terms and conditions, please click here.
If you would like to see our child protection policy, please email us via the contact page.