Participant information
Thank you for your interest in joining us for Work Experience at Live Theatre, Newcastle.
This year we are offering 15 students, aged between 14-18 (Year 10 through to sixth form) work experience placements during the week of, Monday 15th - Friday 19th June 2026.
Over the week we will lift the lid on all the roles needed to run a theatre! You will work alongside Live Theatres creative production, finance, marketing, front of house, technical & production, script writing and education departments.
You will also have the opportunity to work as a ensemble theatre company, developing your performance skills and work together to devise a short theatre piece over the week.
There are 15 spaces available.
Applications will open on Friday 13th February and close on Sunday 8th March.
All applicants will be informed of the outcome during by Friday 20th March.
If you have any questions or would like any support in filling in the form please contact cypp@live.org.uk
If you would prefer to answer the questions verbally you can record a short video of yourself answering the questions and email this to cypp@live.org.uk Please keep your video to no more than 3 minutes if you can.
Please answer the questions as thoroughly as possible. As places are limited we will be selecting candidates based on the answers given to questions 6 and 7 so please think carefully about your reasons for wanting to do work experience with us at Live Theatre, and what you are hoping to get out of the experience.