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Arts Award Welcome

West Yorkshire Playhouse is an Arts Award Welcome Centre which means we recognise and understand the Arts Award and offer special experiences and incentives for Bronze, Silver and Gold participants.

As well as being a welcome centre, we also deliver the Arts Award at our dedicated arts space for young people First Floor where young people aged 11 (at Secondary School) to 19 can take part in creative activities. If you are involved in the Arts Award either as a school, as an individual or arts organisation we can offer you all sorts of varied and exciting opportunities.

We Currently Offer:

Free Tickets on Monday to Thursday performances for all young people under 26 as part of A Night Less Ordinary. A limited number of free tickets are available, all you have to do is call the Box Office on 0113 213 7700. Click here for full details.
Post show discussions – West Yorkshire Playhouse has free Outloud post show discussions for most shows. Just attend the performance and stay on at the end to hear from the directors, cast and company members and put your questions to them. Click here for this seasons dates of when we are holding post show discussions.
Encounters – Creative Education offers pre-performance question and answer sessions with the company of a production. These are available to school groups and individuals and cost £3 per person. Click here for more information.
Creative Education Programme – The schools and colleges programme at West Yorkshire Playhouse offers a range of production and industry-related workshops and projects which fit well with school groups undertaking the Arts Award. Click here for details.
Work Placements – Work Experience placements are available to year 10 & 11 students for one week only. For more information on how and when to apply click here.
Go Critical – Creative Education works with a small group of young people each season on Go Critical. The participants attend sessions at the Playhouse focused on how to write reviews, attend the press night for a production and submit their reviews for publication on our website and in First Floor. Click here for details of the next Go Critical project.
Saturday Sessions – A full programme of creative activities are available at First Floor. These include specialist Music, Drama and Visual Arts workshops, run by professionals each week and it is only £1 per session to take part! For a full progrmme of what’s happening at First Floor, click here.

Coming Soon

Saturday Surgeries – whether you are doing Arts Award or thinking about it, you can come along and talk to our Arts Award Advisors at First Floor. They can support you in getting started, finding activities, planning your award or just have a chat to find out more.

For more information on how to take part and find out what’s on contact First Floor by emailing: firstfloor@wyp.org.uk or phone: 0113 245 5252.

For more information on the Arts Award visit www.artsaward.org.uk