HOME Young Creatives

🎬✨Calling all young creatives!🌟 Dive into the world of film, art, and theatre with HOME’s incredible programs. If you’re 16-19 and ready to explore filmmaking with the BFI Film Academy, or if you’re 18-25 and you’d like to join the Young Film Collective for hands-on experience, or perhaps you’re eager unleash your artistic side in the Young Artists Studio, there is something for everyone! And if you’re aged 14-18, the Young Company invites you to create your own youth-led theatre. Don’t miss this chance to collaborate, learn and make your mark💥 Let’s tell our stories together! 👉Visit our website homemcr.org/get-involved to find out more and follow @homeyoungcreatives to stay up to date ☺️ With special thanks to our core funders: @britishfilminstitute @aceagrams @greatermcr @manchestercitycouncil #HOMEYoungCreatives

Calling all Young Creatives! 🎬🎭🎨 If you’re 14-25 and passionate about art, film, or theatre, HOME has exciting programmes just for you! From free workshops and industry talks to hands-on projects and exhibitions, get involved and develop your skills with professionals. Whether you’re into acting, filmmaking, or visual arts, there’s something for everyone. Spaces are limited, and specific programmes have an application process, so don’t miss out on this incredible chance to grow, connect and create. Join HOME Young Company, Young Film Collective, Young Artists Studio, or the BFI Film Academy and discover new ways to express yourself 🌟 Visit homemcr.org/get-creative today to find out more and check out @homeyoungcreatives to stay updated! A special thanks to our funders @britishfilminstitute @manchestercitycouncil @greatermcr @aceagrams #YoungCreatives #Film #Theatre #VisualArts #HOMEManchester

Practice makes perfect! Young company recently spent two weeks looking at the world of stage combat.

This term Young company are exploring the process of devising a show, whilst working towards a performance of this new piece in June.

Sign-ups are now OPEN to join HOME’S Young Artists Studio Programme in June! HOME are looking for eight more young artists aged 14 - 17 years old to take part in this year’s programme. The 12-month programme will include practical visual arts workshops, open studio sessions and the opportunity to meet and work with practicing artists and industry professionals. Participants will also visit exhibitions and galleries, meet with the Visual Arts team and create a group exhibition in HOME’s Inspire Gallery. As a part of this project, you will learn about curation, installation, studio working and much more as you are mentored through the exhibition process from start to finish. The Young Artists Studio takes place on Wednesday evenings (6pm–8pm). New starters will join their first session on Wed 3 Jun at 6pm at HOME. The deadline to apply is Mon 18 May 2026 at 6pm. If you have any questions or require support with your application, please email [email protected] Our programme is open to all young people aged 14-17. We are currently especially encouraging applications from boys and male-identifying young people. We have a bursary available to eligible young people to cover the cost of travel to sessions. Sign up by clicking the #linkinbio.

Young company have gained confidence in using writing skills and techniques across multiple sessions with the help of playwright Billie Collins.

ARTIST CALLOUT 🎨 HOME and @comartsnw are commissioning an artist to create an original new artwork for exhibition during this year’s Horizons Festival! The Artwork can be created in any 2D medium, such as Illustration or Painting, which will be reproduced at large scale and showcased on the exterior of HOME’s building for up to 6 weeks. To be eligible, you must have lived experience of displacement or seeking sanctuary. Please see other eligibility requirements and further information on our website. ⏰ Apply by Mon 30 Mar. Learn more and apply by clicking the #linkinbio.

This term Young company had the amazing experience of spending two weeks working with Kevin Egan from @recklesssleepers and @mst_acting . They explored his work around the notion of scored theatre and the appropriation of musical discourse as a compositional tool in theatre practice.

Are you aged 14 - 18? Looking to build new skills, gain real backstage experience, and understand how theatre really works? Check out the NT Connections Technical Theatre Programme, a free opportunity to gain real-world technical theatre experience! Participants will explore lighting, sound, stage management and production, before putting their new skills into practice by helping to tech part of a performance that will take place during the Connections Festival at HOME from Mon 20– Thu 23 Apr. The programme includes one online session followed by two full days of hands-on training with industry professionals on Tue 14 and Wed 15 Apr. Interested? 🤔 Apply by Mon 23 Mar by clicking the #linkinbio.

Horizons Festival is an annual multi-arts festival with @comartsnw that champions, empowers and honours global majority voices, with a focus on those experiencing migration and displacement. Have you been impacted by migration? Are you a film-maker exploring related subjects on-screen? If so, we want to hear from you! We’re on the look out for short films that explore migration, displacement and/or global majority identities to play in our Horizons Short Film Showcase. Please see further information, including submission criteria, on our website. ⏰ Apply by 6pm on Fri 13 Mar 📸 Photography by Shirlaine Forrest 💻 Read more and submit your film by clicking the #linkinbio.

A couple of weeks ago our young company had the opportunity to work with the incredible Paul from @kindreddrama . He helped the group explore the importance of the moments between the lines.

Early career Visual Artist call out! To coincide with the launch of Queer Up North 1992-2002: Celebrating Manchester’s LGBTQ+ Heritage digital archive, we're commissioning one early career visual artist to respond to selected material from the archive, culminating in an exhibition in our Granada Foundation Galleries! Over the course of three months, the selected artist will respond to selected archive material through their own artistic visual arts-based practice, to produce a new body of work for public exhibition. 🎨Receive a fee of £2000 ⏰ Apply by Wed 4 Mar at 12pm Find out more on our website, #linkinbio.