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National Theatre Connections Festival for young people returns June 2021

We're thrilled to see the return of National Theatre Connections festival featuring new writing, performances and workshops for young people aged 11 – 25

Derby Theatre to offer free tickets to say ‘thank you’ with the gift of live theatre

To celebrate our reopening we're thrilled to be offering 500 free tickets for members of the public to nominate someone they know to say ‘thank you’ with the gift of…

The Wind in the Willows announced as next Derby Theatre production, showing at Derby Market Place Summer 2021

The stage adaptation by Toby Hulse of Kenneth Grahame’s classic tale, will be presented in the Performance Marquee on Derby Market Place this summer.

In Good Company appoint freelance Creative Producer Nur Khairiyah

We're thrilled to announce that Nur Khairiyah will soon join the team as interim freelance Creative Producer for In Good Company

Derby Theatre awarded £504,631 from second round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund

This award will support our artistic programming, freelance community, make our building COVID secure and allow us to support longer-term financial sustainability.

University of Derby academic wins national award for telling the story of asylum seekers in poignant theatrical piece

A theatrical telling of the stories of young asylum seekers has earned a University of Derby academic, Ava Hunt a prestigious national award.

Songs and rhyme in your own time as Derby Theatre partners with Derby Libraries’ Rhymetimes

The popular nursery rhyme sessions for pre-school children and their parents and carers are back as a series of online videos. Watch and follow at home.

Young people from Bemrose School create rap music video in response to Alex Wheatle’s Crongton Knights

Watch documentary film on the process of 'Reimagine' project with the Apple Tree unit of Bemrose School

New documentary showcases the Derby school that stayed open during first national lockdown

Our Community and Learning Associate Tom Craig alongside Firs Primary School team provide teaching provision for the children of key workers.

Spotlight On Abbey Hub: Interview with Tom Craig on the Reimagine project

Meet Tom Craig, Community and Learning Associate

Alex Wheatle’s Home Girl to be adapted into stage production through collaboration with care-experienced young people

Alex Wheatle MBE is an award-winning author who won the Guardian Children’s Book Award in 2016 (for Crongton Knights) and Home Girl, one of the Crongton series novels, is fast-paced…

University of Derby wins Guardian University Award for #ThisIsDerby

The award-winning project brings cultural education and events to the city’s young people with the aim of developing their ‘Essential Life Skills’, including confidence, communication and teamwork.