2025 Awards
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Mama T's Dance House
Mama T’s are continuing to deliver their Youth Street Dance project working with young primary school aged children. Engaging them in fun, dance, exercise and activities on a weekend and in the school holidays.
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Middle Child
No Dress Code is a new programme confronting the rising inequality in the performing arts. Revolutionising access to the arts for young people in Hull. Introducing young people to live performance in accessible, exciting and challenging ways.
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Thunk-It Theatre
‘25/5’ is a cross community project. working to create a large scale high quality production at Pocklington Arts Centre in 2026, and accompanying engagement programme. Our youth theatre and summer programmes will form part of 25/5: being the driving force of best practice for other local groups. 25/5 will provide Young People with experience in performing a bespoke script, written by local playwright, and underscored by professionally composed music, that explores heritage with a modern twist.
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The Big Malarkey Festival Choir
The project activity entails inspiring local young people to get creative, through a number of organised workshops, rehearsals and a performance at the Big Malarkey Festival. School children will explore an inclusive and unique experience through song and integrated Makaton.
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NAPA
As part of the I AM Fund Bursary programme this is a partnership initiative to support talented young people living within Hull and East Yorkshire.
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Goodwin Development Trust
Goodwin Development Trust will work with local young people to create a local sci-fi history based drama performance based around the history of Hull maritime and the blockhouse. The project will be based around a series of workshops. There will be elements in script writing, and audio play creation to help widen the performance skillset.
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The Junction
As of April 2025, Junction Goole will be launching a new Performing Arts School to provide a platform for high quality training and participation. The aim is to inspire, raise aspirations, unearth emerging talent, make bold and exciting work to develop a life-long passion for the performing arts.
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ARCADE Youth Theatre
The ARCADE Youth Theatre meets weekly. Their project commences in April 2026 and the group will work on a musical. This is the type of performance the young people want to work on, Arcade Youth Theatre run one musical per year. The young people are offered the choice of which musical they work on from the rights which are available. The project will consist of 20 sessions which take place from April, performing at the end of September.
2024 Awards
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Mama T's Dance House
Mama T’s are continuing to deliver their Youth Street Dance project working with young primary school aged children. Engaging them in fun, dance, exercise and activities on a weekend and in the school holidays.
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Middle Child
Middle Child are to oversee the launch of a major new playwriting festival in Hull, entitled Fresh Ink, which is a direct response to the national crisis in UK playwriting.
To ensure creative people living and working in Hull have the same access to opportunity as their equivalents in larger cities, helping to avoid the talent drain away from the city and investing meaningfully in talent development.
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The Herd
The Herd are extending and developing our successful ‘One Day Play’ Programme with Hull and East Yorkshire Children’s University, introducing 310 primary aged children to theatre making through the creation of a play in one day. Participants get hands on with performance, design, sound and lighting in a professional theatre.
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Thunk-It Theatre
Further development of their established Youth Theatre, this program offers access for rural, isolated Young People to valuable arts activities. Providing regular opportunities to take part in quality performances in a professional theatre space as well as opportunities for further arts engagement and recognition.
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East Riding Youth Dance
East Riding Youth dance through ERYC and Arts Council funds weekly provision of dance sessions for young people. The object includes these elements: Gifted and Talented program
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NAPA
As part of the I AM Fund Bursary programme this is a partnership initiative to support talented young people living within Hull and East Yorkshire.
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Hull Dance CIC
Move Together is a citywide dance framework providing clear progression routes for children and young people.
MOVE NOW - For those who want to dance with friends as part of an evening at a youth club/existing community group. MOVE MORE - for those who want to commit a little more time to dance and see ‘if it is for them’. MOVE ON - for those who may want to work in dance -
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The Junction
This project aims to break down the barrier between education and the arts and create a package of high quality and meaningful interaction. This will support the development of creative practice and understanding in familiar and unfamiliar surroundings. It is our belief that by engaging children at the earliest opportunity, they will develop a lifelong appreciation of and engagement with the arts.
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Concrete Youth
Sensory Cinders is a pioneering sensory pantomime for audiences with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD). This project will culminate in the first West End show designed for this audience, with all developmental activities rooted in Hull. The production aims to create an inclusive theatre experience, with sensory elements crafted by and for individuals with PMLD, ensuring their voices are central to the production.
2023 Awards
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Wolfpack Theatre
The Young People’s Theatre project focuses on young people aged 12-20, giving them the opportunity take a create lead and develop their pieces of performance art whilst being educated on key skills with the arts industry, helping to eliminate access barriers to the arts.
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JoinedUp Dance
A new dance group for young people with aspirations to follow a career in contemporary dance. JoinedUp will support them to develop a level of skill, creativity and confidence to audition for professional contemporary dance training and provide mentoring and careers’ advice.
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The Herd
The Herd are extending and developing our successful ‘One Day Play’ Programme with Hull and East Yorkshire Children’s University, introducing 310 primary aged children to theatre making through the creation of a play in one day. Participants get hands on with performance, design, sound and lighting in a professional theatre.
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Thunk-It Theatre
A one week creative summer school for up to 15 young people aged 11-18 in Pocklington. Using a script from the ‘Positive Stories for Negative Times’ project, the young people will co-create a performance to be showcased publicly at the Pocklington Arts Centre.
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Young Playwrights
Young Playwrights offers young people an alternative creative and diverse learning through the arts, providing immersive experiences with local professional actors; developing scripts for their characters, finding their voice as a playwright, and seeing their characters and campaigns come to life during their final performance.
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NAPA
An audition preparation class for Hull's young people, bringing in industry expertise, NAPA alumni and offering careers advice specific to the performing arts sector. Plus a new programme called EMERGENCE to encourage more boys and young men into dance.
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ARCADE
ARCADE will create a drama group in Bridlington's Spotlight Theatre, open to young people aged 12-18. Offering weekly, high quality, inclusive arts activity cultivating connection, belonging and positivity, raising self-esteem and skills. There will be performance opportunities, with a musical planned for 2024.iption goes here
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Movement2Music
Developing performing arts opportunities in the socially deprived area of Bransholme Hull. Which is one of the most deprived areas in the UK.The project aims to engage children in the area who would not normally have the chance to engage in art forms such as music, drama and dance.
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Creative Voice Youth Arts Festival
Creative Voice Youth Arts Festival has been co-programmed by young people featuring What Makes You Happy 3D printed set and augmented reality exhibition, drop in workshops as well as the opportunity for young people to share performances. A panel will discuss the importance of arts supporting mental health.
2022 Awards
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Freedom Road Creative Arts
The FRCA Meet and Learn Together Project will aim to introduce young people to performing arts and specifically the help FRCA can offer within some of the most deprived areas of Hull. It will introduce YP to peers, workshops, and live performances to inspire and introduce a sense of belonging.
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Movement2Music
Developing performing arts opportunities in the socially deprived area of Bransholme Hull. Which is one of the most deprived areas in the UK. The project aims to engage children in the area who would not normally have the chance to engage in art forms such as music, drama and dance.
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Mama T's Dance House CIC
Mama T's Dance House CIC will provide FREE OF CHARGE Streetdance for Primary School children ages 5-11 years across the communities of Hull. This project will aim to help children have access to the arts with no financial barriers.
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Inspire School of Dance and Drama
Bursary. placed for 2 young people to attend Inspiring Young Performers, a new Performance company for young people 7-18yrs with a passion for performance determined to produce exceptional shows.
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National Initiative for Creative Education
voiCentre is a creative project which provides opportunities for BAME young people to participate in performing arts. By involving participants in drama workshops, we support them in a creative way to express feelings, overcome barriers of participation in the arts, build confidence to connect with others and develop new skills.
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Goodwin Development Trust & 1Upstarts
Mansion of Mystery will be an interactive children's show, created in the style of choose-your-own adventure games. The project will allow young people from the Thornton estate in Hull to be involved in co-creating an interactive performance with 1upstarts theatre group. This project comprises a creation process and small tour.
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Aba Daba Circus
A new space in Hull that will offer circus and aerial classes to children aged 5-10 and young adults ages 11-17 as well as 18+ classes.
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The Godber Theatre Foundation
‘Don’t Just Sit There’, a tour to junior schools across East Yorkshire in Autumn 2022 involving members of The Godber Theatre Foundation as the Creative Team and Cast.
2021 Awards
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Hull & East Riding Arts and Culture Trust
Small pots of funding for local young people to access auditions and materials and improve creative career pathways.
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Hull Dance
Developing Young Dance Leaders - a programme to train up local young people to lead high quality dance classes and inspire the next generation of dancers.
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Thunk-It Theatre
Thunk-it will collaborate with up to 50 young people in the East Riding by devising two versions of new published play as part of the international Positive Stories For Negative Times Project. The performance will be showcased at Pocklington Arts Centre (July 2022) & filmed for online screenings.
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The Herd Theatre
A Play in a Day in partnership with HEY Children’s University. A performing arts experience day for primary school students from 10 Hull schools.
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National Youth Arts Trust
Supporting the continuation of their Hull Youth Theatre, a high-quality training programme for young people from low-income, non-privileged backgrounds.
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Young Playwrights
YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS aims to open children's minds to the possibility of a future career in the arts by providing immersive, creative experiences with local professional actors; taking them through the process of developing characters through to seeing those characters come alive in performance.
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NAPA
Audition classes for senior students in preparation for drama school auditions. Brought to the NAPA team by their students, these classes will be catered to the needs of those applying to drama school.
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Middle Child
Recover, Restart, Reimagine is a 3-phase programme to ensure Hull’s next generation of creative people aren’t lost forever following the devastating impact of the pandemic in our city.
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Route One Youth Centre
A drama workshop programme led by professional actor Zoe Kenington for the young people of Route One Youth Centre with the aim of further talent development.
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Dramatic Theatre C.I.C
A research and development programme ‘This is Me’. Working with the young people at Lollipop to explore improvisation and drama.
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The Godber Theatre Foundation
A digital showcase to provide a platform for their graduating students to connect with Hull and East Riding theatre professionals as they go forward into arts careers.
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National Initiative for Creative Education
voiCentre is a creative project for BAME young people to participate in performing arts. Via drama workshops, we support students to express feelings, overcome barriers of participation in the arts, build confidence to connect with others, and develop new skills.
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Best Hope
The development of their Young Artists’ Club to provide mentorship for talented young people to progress their skills over 6 months.
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Andrew McNicol Ballet Collective
development of their Digital Dance Education Hub, a dynamic online resource designed to support young dancers in progressing in their careers via workshops, interviews, networking and performances.
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Castaway Goole
A new opportunity for young people 8–24yrs to participate in McAndrew’s adaptation of David Copperfield, a musical stage / film production. Includes training routes and coaching opportunities that build an ongoing progression pathway to foster individual talent.
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Hull Truck Theatre
Two new "outreach" youth theatre groups targeting participants living in Thornton Estate/Hessle Road and Orchard Park, providing regular creative activities that promote confidence and foster the essential life skills that young people can access in their own neighbourhoods.
2020 Awards
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She Productions
The StorytEllas. A free family musical web series for ages 4+ made by Hull and East Riding creatives during lockdown. Available to watch on YouTube.
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Smashing Mirrors Theatre
The Memory Project. A short film raising dementia awareness through the dramatisation of real stories told by local actors. The film will be distributed to Hull and East Riding secondary schools.
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Pocklington Arts Centre
PAC intends to collaborate with regional creative practitioners Magic Carpet Theatre and DigiFish Productions to programme and stage high quality children's theatre alongside an online community outreach programme featuring storytelling, workshops, talks and live productions.
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East Riding Theatre
A free online summer school for ages 14-21 delivered by drama practitioner, Andy Johnson.
