Urban win Arts Council England funding bid
We’re delighted to announce that Arts Council England has awarded Urban a grant to produce a short film project in the autumn of 2021. We are absolutely thrilled that Urban has been chosen.
U12s & 12-16s: Self-Written Short Films
Our Under 12s and 12-16s are currently shooting their own self-written short films ‘Imagined’ and ‘Mirror Image’. Both groups worked over lockdown to devise and write two brand new screenplays and we finally began shooting at the weekend.
A new group for 16-21s
Recently we’ve been looking at ways to expand Urban and we’re very excited to announce that we’re opening a brand new group for young people aged 16-21! This will be our second over 16s group.
‘Jess’: a film by UYA and LWA
For the last few weeks, our over 16s group has been working closely with the charity Living Without Abuse (LWA), developing a filmed piece to raise awareness for domestic abuse in relationships between young people.
Filming with Riad Richie
This week two of our actors, Joe McErlean and Grace Ford, have been filming with Riad Richie. Prior to the COVID pandemic, Riad was finishing his second season at the RSC…
Urban’s Roadmap
Urban Young Actors is currently running online workshops every week and following the government announcement on 22/02/2021 we hope to be back in a studio from the 12th April!