The Talent Shack

TICKETS ON SALE NOW Youth Theatre 2 present Treasure Island, adapted from the Robert Louis Stevens novel by the company. Tuesday 16 June 7.30pm Wednesday 17 June 7.30pm Tickets £12 / £10 At The Talent Shack Theatre Penarth Road, CF11 8EQ Open to everyone. This is a youth production so ideal for families and young audiences to experience high quality, affordable theatre. You can buy your tickets from - /tickets All our Spring and Summer 2026 shows are now on sale

Choose the Musical Theatre pathway to suit what you need at the Shack. Musical Theatre Fridays consist of Bitesize and Foundation groups for ages 8-14 and are a solid introduction to becoming triple threat. Musical Theatre Juniors on Saturdays will be starting work on Jungle Book Kids this term Musical Theatre Seniors on Saturdays will be starting Newsies this term Musical Theatre Young Professionals have started rehearsals for The Lightning Thief All our Saturday groups are working towards summer productions. LAMDA Singing for those that want to develop their technique and take exams in Musical Theatre singing Young Company meet on Mondays and are aged 13-18. We are holding auditions in January for their next main production which will perform in December. Mini Musical Theatre on a Saturday morning is for our youngest performers, aged 4-6 and performing regularly showcases and can be entered for their LAMDA exams. Find out more on our website where you can register for Class Manager /our-classes #performingarts #cardiff #communitytheatre #youngactors

New term of dance starts 10th January! We can welcome new students to all classes throughout January. In February our Senior Street crew are entering their first dance competition! In March all our dance classes will be taking part in the Talent Shack Multiverse Concert showcasing all the skills classes at the Shack and Studio. We are growing and developing with lots of new plans coming. This is a great time to join us. Jazz 🌟 Commercial 🌟 Foundation 🌟 Street 🌟 Carousel Find your tribe in 2026 The Shack Studio Unit 7b, Freemans Parc, Penarth Rd, CF11 8EQ Behind the drive thru Costa /dance

Tickets are on sale now for our first concert for all our Minis classes. Bringing @the_shackstudio Mini Foundation and Mini Street together with Mini Musical Theatre for a summer celebration for family and friends showcasing all their hard work this term. Mini Mayhem Summer Celebration Sunday 28th June, 10.30am £8 / £6 Buy tickets in advance here - /tickets

We love a Sunday rehearsal! This is where we finalise costume, get through big chunks of choreography, finish blocking and really make progress as we hurtle towards our summer shows! The Percy Jackson Musical, The Lightning Thief, is being performed by our Young Professionals at The Talent Shack on 11th and 12th July. If you’ve got a Percy Jackson fan in the house they will not want to miss this!! Tickets on sale now! Check our website /tickets #percyjackson #lightningthiefmusical #cardiff #performingarts #youththeatre

May Half Term booking is underway! If you’re interested please make sure you book in advance as we can only go ahead if we hit minimum numbers at least the week before so that’s 18th May! We’ve got a range of workshops and classes ready to be filled with young people wanting to get involved! Most of the workshops are 12-18 but we’ve got a Junior dance class on Friday. If you’re a regular at the Shack and slightly under the age range get in touch. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ Tuesday 26th AM LAMDA Introduction to Acting with Shelley Tuesday 26th PM Play_Ground Play reading of Importance of Being Earnest Wednesday 27th 10am-4pm Script Writing and Devising with Ash Thursday 28th Film Club with Shelley and Nick Friday 29th Open Dance AM Junior Pom and Jazz Dance PM Senior Commercial Dance See post for prices! All set up on the website and Class Manager ready for you to book! /half-term-workshops

Youth Theatre is all about improving essential skills for life. We don’t care what job you want as an adult, we want to put you in the best position to be a fully rounded, confident, articulate human who will contribute positively to society and smash any university or job application and interview process. But also be able to think critically, deal with social situations, and have a greater understanding of the world. An arts education gives you this but school can’t do it all. Extra curricular is where you really set yourself apart. Youth Theatre helps you in very practical terms to be the best person you can be, for your community, and for your career, and for yourself. Of course if you want to be a professional performer, you’ve come to the right place… that goes without saying! I’ve written this off the top of my head, sitting at my kitchen table after doing a load of bill paying and monthly accounts. It’s what’s on my mind the most - the power of Youth Theatre - I haven’t put it through an ai app, I don’t need to, I know what I mean after doing this job for 15 years, and having spent my life performing. And if I write it as honestly and clearly as I can hopefully I’ll reach more people and they too will benefit from Youth Theatre and a fulfilling arts education. Shelley (off now to eat some cake and wait for election results)

Treasure Island June 16th and 17th at The Talent Shack, CF11 8EQ Youth Theatre 2 have been working hard every Wednesday since September building their production of Treasure Island and it’s almost time to share it with the world!! Tickets are on sale now on our website /tickets Another brilliant trailer created by @nickwmorrison #performingarts #youththeatre #cardiff

In November our Young Company, who meet on Mondays, will be staging Sondheim’s Into the Woods at The Talent Shack. A big part of our rehearsal process is ‘world building’. Once we have the concept for our show and we’ve cast and started rehearsing we get the full company involved in creating the physical and imaginary world their characters live in. Into the Woods needs a forest of course! A forest that’s ominous, and scary, that the characters are compelled to travel though - and may come out the other side! Having our own theatre means we have the luxury to easily create the physical space over the months as we rehearse and what the audience come and see is what has grown from everyone’s imagination as we’ve worked. This is the first time we’ve staged a full musical outside of our summer season on shows. A special 10th anniversary moment for us. Tickets will be on sale soon in the usual place - /tickets #performingarts #youththeatre #youngactors #cardiffclasses #musicaltheatrekids

May Half Term is all about skills. Each day led by a different Shack creative. Tuesday 26th is Shelley’s day - Intro to LAMDA Acting in the morning and reading Importance of Being Earnest in the afternoon. Each half day is £9 and ideal age group is 10-18 Wednesday 27th is Ash’s day and he’s doing a full day, 10am-4pm Scriptwriting and Devising your own work. Supports the Drama GCSE and A-Level syllabus. £30 for the day. Thursday 28th film club hosted by Nick and Shelley. Film to be decided depending on how books! Popcorn provided and post film discussion! Friday 29th is a day of dance with Courtney over in @the_shackstudio . Morning for Juniors, Jazz and Pom, afternoon for Seniors, Commercial. £12 per workshop. Full details and booking in Class Manager or head to our website /half-term-workshops . Alternatively drop us a message on 07886 020923 or [email protected]

What an incredible experience Youth Theatre 3’s Romeo and Juliet was! The cast blew us away with their commitment and talent. The world they created was so fascinating and suited the story so well. A dystopian hellscape where warring families are torn apart and the young people are barely surviving. They brought the language to life fearlessly and we are so proud of each and everyone of the cast. Big thanks to the creative team of Ash and David for leading the group through the rehearsal process and bringing such high production values. Thanks to Aphra for her artistic skills with painting the set and customising and styling the costumes. It looked amazing. Thanks to Mary @twocatsintheyardphotography for her photography and Nick @nicholaswmorrison for his videography skills New members are welcome to join us from this Thursday, 6.30-8.30pm, we will be revealing the groups next production! Get in touch to register and enrol. [email protected] 07886 020923

The Shack timetable and the Studio timetable. Just so it’s in one place for you ☺️ The Talent Shack and Shack Studio is on Penarth Road, Cardiff and we can currently accept new students for dance classes and Youth Theatre and all our Minis groups! Feel free to get in touch to discuss the best class for you as we offer so much it’s hard to choose sometimes!