Youth Theatre Arts Scotland have a rolling programme of youth theatre sector training sessions within our Regional Hub events, which take place throughout the year, and our biennial national training event Interchange.
The formats of Regional Hubs usually include Workshop spaces for subjects led by an expert, our ever-popular Swap Shops for the youth theatre sector to share ideas, and Creative Conversations to allow a bit of Q&A on a given topic.
Training is open to anybody who uses drama and theatre in their work with young people, but to help you to better select the training sessions that are most appropriate, each training event has a suggested audience of Managers, Youth Theatre Practitioners, or Freelancers.
We break down our dynamic Regional Hubs programme into six thematic areas…
| Youth Theatre Foundations | How to run a safe, efficient organisation through policy, legislation and best practice. |
| Creative Concepts | Creative workshops for all the artforms under the umbrella term we call “youth theatre”. |
| Youth Theatre for Everyone | Investigating all areas of access and inclusion – not just ticking boxes. |
| Money Matters | Help with managing finance, balancing budgets and getting really good at fundraising. |
| Freelancers’ Guide | Tackling topics that are unique to the freelancers in our sector. |
Bursaries
If you need financial help to attend training, please be sure to have a look at our Bursaries. These are available to any YTAS Member who requires financial support in order to attend a training course and will cover any fees associated with the training. If you are not yet a YTAS member and would like to become one, please visit our membership page.
How to book
Check out what training events we currently have on offer over on our Events pages.
Next Generation
Practioners under the age of 25 have the opportunity to be involved in our Next Generation programme. Take a look at the page for more details on this.
Bespoke training events
If your organisation is interested in specific training that is not currently on offer, please get in touch to see if this is something we can help with.
