Cardiff's leading musical youth theatre /young people's theatre group

You could be involved in: acting/singing/dancing technical:  lighting, sound, stage management design: set, props or costume wardrobe set and prop making playing in our orchestra (you would need to be at least Grade 8 standard)
If you would like to perform, we would like you to audition for our next show.   All this means is that we would like to hear you sing and read a short piece of a script, and perhaps see you dance.  Please contact us for further details. If you're interested in backstage, music or technical work, please call in at one of our rehearsals so we can meet you and have a chat to find out what you'd like to do. That's all there is to it!

Membership
Annual membership of The Unknown Theatre Company is currently £40 per year (updated as of September 2008).  For this you will become a Company member and have a chance to be involved in the community concerts and other projects that the Company undertakes.  You will then need to audition for the minimum of 2 full scale shows we stage a year, as well as for the various projects that arise during your year of membership (see examples of some of our past projects).

You will need to be a member of the Company in order to participate in any or all of our projects.

Fees of £3 per session are payable, at rehearsal. There is a possibility that there will be a slight increase in these fees, to cover the company's costs, but as much notification as possible will be given if there is to be an increase.

From September 2008, we will also be requiring cast members to contribute a production fee if they are performing in a show. The production fee will vary from show to show, depending on its complexity and expenses, and is likely to range from £10 to £40.

There is no profit to the company from any of these charges: it is company policy to make access to The Unknown Theatre Company as affordable as possible for everyone. But we have bills to pay too, so we need to ask everyone to contribute so that the company can continue to stage productions.

Rehearsals
The main group (aged 13-25) usually meets on Tuesday nights, 7-9.30pm, in Cardiff.  Sometimes, depending on the show, we meet on a Sunday too.

Our group for younger members (aged 8-13), the Unknown YoYos, meet on Tuesday nights, 7-8.30pm.

Please do contact us if you'd like to come along to a rehearsal, or would like find out more about our future projects and would like to audition.

Parents
Many parents of young people in The Unknown Theatre Company also get involved with projects.  While this is obviously not compulsory, the Company always welcomes help from parents. Making costumes, being a backstage chaperone during performances, helping with front-of-house duties, and fundraising are particularly useful to the Company as a whole and benefit everyone involved. 

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