🏅 NGYT 14 - The Hat Factory Arts Centre, Luton

Tuesday 18 November 2025
Time: 19:30 - 21:30
🏅 Award-Winning Next Generation Youth Theatre. (featured on BBC Big Night of Musicals) opens its doors to find new, talented actors, dancers, theatre makers and choreographers to audition for our flagship performance companies: NGYT Theatre Company and NGYT Meraki Dance Company.
🎭 WHO THIS IS FOR:
These companies are for passionate young people aged 14–25 who are studying GCSE Drama and/or Dance, pursuing similar subjects at college or university, are graduates, semi-professional or professional performers.
ℹ️ ABOUT:
Both companies focus on performance and meet for two hours each week to develop technique, skills, and ideas, creating original work and professionally commissioned pieces and performance opportunities (Previous opportunities include Royal Opera House, BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend, Sky News, Brighton Fringe and Mötus Dance Festival MK).
This is a unique opportunity to collaborate with other artists and create high-quality, authentic work that pushes boundaries, challenges audience perspectives, and amplifies vital voices that are too often unheard in our society.
Our Company members are offered free headshots, access to free workshop opportunities with professional theatre and dance companies and tickets to shows at The Hat Factory Arts Centre.
🗓 2025 AUDITIONS
Meraki Dance Company Auditions will be held on:
▪️Monday 10th November: 7:30-9.30pm
▪️Monday 17th November 7:30-9:30pm
Theatre Company Auditions will be held on:
▪️Tuesday 11th November 7:30-9.30pm
▪️Tuesday 18th November 7:30-9:30pm
If you’d like to come along and take a look before the auditions to see if it's something you'd be interested in attending please drop emails to our respective Company Directors who look forward to welcoming you:
📝 SIGN UP
You can sign up on the website via the event link.
ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
David@ngyt.co.uk (Theatre Co)
Laura@ngyt.co.uk (Dance Co)
🎭 WHO THIS IS FOR:
These companies are for passionate young people aged 14–25 who are studying GCSE Drama and/or Dance, pursuing similar subjects at college or university, are graduates, semi-professional or professional performers.
ℹ️ ABOUT:
Both companies focus on performance and meet for two hours each week to develop technique, skills, and ideas, creating original work and professionally commissioned pieces and performance opportunities (Previous opportunities include Royal Opera House, BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend, Sky News, Brighton Fringe and Mötus Dance Festival MK).
This is a unique opportunity to collaborate with other artists and create high-quality, authentic work that pushes boundaries, challenges audience perspectives, and amplifies vital voices that are too often unheard in our society.
Our Company members are offered free headshots, access to free workshop opportunities with professional theatre and dance companies and tickets to shows at The Hat Factory Arts Centre.
🗓 2025 AUDITIONS
Meraki Dance Company Auditions will be held on:
▪️Monday 10th November: 7:30-9.30pm
▪️Monday 17th November 7:30-9:30pm
Theatre Company Auditions will be held on:
▪️Tuesday 11th November 7:30-9.30pm
▪️Tuesday 18th November 7:30-9:30pm
If you’d like to come along and take a look before the auditions to see if it's something you'd be interested in attending please drop emails to our respective Company Directors who look forward to welcoming you:
📝 SIGN UP
You can sign up on the website via the event link.
ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
David@ngyt.co.uk (Theatre Co)
Laura@ngyt.co.uk (Dance Co)

2 other events on this day
🧒 Free Play & Learn Toddler - Eastcotts Children’s Centre Shorts Building

Tuesday 18 November 2025
Time: 09:30 - 11:00
🧒 Free Stay & Play for toddlers at Eastcots Children Centre in Shortstown.
ℹ️ ABOUT
These sessions are for mobile toddlers, giving them the opportunity to stretch their imagination and develop the skills they will need as they leave the toddler age and become pre-schoolers.
ℹ️ ABOUT
These sessions are for mobile toddlers, giving them the opportunity to stretch their imagination and develop the skills they will need as they leave the toddler age and become pre-schoolers.
There is an area for younger siblings at these sessions.
ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 0300 323 0245
🛝 WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?
There is also a play park next to the Children's Centre.
ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 0300 323 0245
🛝 WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?
There is also a play park next to the Children's Centre.



📖 Toby's Tall Tales (Free) - Daisy Hill Children’s Centre Hillgrounds Rd

Tuesday 18 November 2025
Time: 14:30 - 15:15
🫧 Join in with your child as Toby brings stories to life through reading, actions, puppets, bubbles and more! Free no need to book.
▪️AGES:
▪️AGES:
For children aged up to 7, must be accompanied by an adult.
📍WHERE?
Daisy Hills Children Centre, Kempston
ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 0300 323 0245
📍WHERE?
Daisy Hills Children Centre, Kempston
ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 0300 323 0245


