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Scratch Slam 2023

30th May 2023

The Scratch Slam is always our favourite part of the year! A combination of a scratch night and a monologue slam, our actors spend the weeks leading up to the competition preparing an eclectic mix of performances.

Urban Young Actors Theatre Festival 2022

Urban Theatre Festival

1st December 2022

For our big stage production this year, all of our groups came together to tread the boards at Sue Townsend Theatre and deliver our Urban Theatre Festival 2023.

Finding Home at Curve Theatre

12th September 2022

Urban Young Actors lead from the front on all three productions of Curve's brand-new series of plays that celebrate the Ugandan Asian community in Leicester.

Urban’s Red Carpet Premieres

31st May 2022

This year we were finally able to share our latest short films with our members during two red carpet premieres. Held at the beautiful Regal Cinema in Melton, both days were so special, and it was wonderful to see all our members and their families come together to celebrate everything that went into this project.

That’s a Wrap!

29th December 2021

At the end of November we completed our short film project, and what a month it was. Filming a short film every week over the course of four weekends, we knew that what we were attempting was ambitious, and the process wasn’t without its challenges.

On set for our latest films

17th November 2021

The last few months at Urban have been spent planning and rehearsing for four short films. Now, somehow, we’re halfway through November with two of those films wrapped and two more to film this weekend and next!

Youth Theatre Now: Voices From The Sector

9th August 2021

After the success of our lockdown film 'Jess', we were delighted to be invited by the National Association of Youth Theatres (NAYT) to talk about our project in their 'Voices From The Sector' webinar.

Urban win Arts Council England funding bid

11th June 2021

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

13th May 2021

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.

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