Big Telly Theatre Company

Services

Key Services:

• Educational and outreach programmes, open rehearsals and community creativity projects, workshops, talks and summer schools
• The production and touring of new work, and production and touring of classic texts and published work which are presented in an innovative manner
• Acting an agency role to support skill development of teachers, actors, community groups and staff

The company is one of the largest theatre employers in Northern Ireland, and a typical annual programme of work includes two original theatre productions which tour nationally, a year-long outreach programme with older people including five to ten productions and 200 workshops, at least three community-based events, and projects with five to ten local schools and one/two collaborations with the business community and an ongoing youth theatre creating site-specific and street theatre.  

Young people at school age, under/post graduates and unemployed graduates can avail of the following workplace opportunities – work shadowing/work placement (GCSE, AS & A level pupils, College students), internships (student volunteers - term time/summer programme), graduate programs (placements in partnership with local colleges/universities), international internships (placements in partnership with Leonardo da Vinci training programme and individual American Universities).  Big Telly in partnership with Jobs & Benefits Pathways to Work programmes launched our new CATS (creative arts trainee scheme) programme in May 2014, where unemployed young adults can gain valuable work experience, or continuous professional development, by taking part in an 8 week placement with the company, followed by a 6 month skills development programme.

Opening hours

<p>Office hours are 9am - 5pm Monday - Friday. Weekends vary according to when projects are running.</p>