We want to share our practice and ways of working to widen opportunities for young people in theatre and beyond.
Our training courses are a practical, fun and engaging introduction to how we work. They’ve been created in discussion with youth theatre makers and are for anyone interested in meaningfully collaborating with young people.
Our training is delivered by our Artistic Director and Joint-CEO Nuna Sandy and our Associate Director Mariana Aristizabal Pardo, building on years of experience working with young people and across the theatre and dance sectors.
We offer a range of training, including a two day training course, continued professional development for teachers, shorter online courses, and bespoke training delivered at your organisation.
We aim for our courses to be welcoming, fun and inclusive. We want everyone to be able to come on our courses. If you are unable to afford the full fee or experience barriers in accessing the theatre industry, please email Gabi to request a subsidised place.
Meet our trainers
Nuna Sandy, Artistic Director and Joint-CEO
Before becoming Company Three’s Artistic Director, Nuna was a member of the Olivier award-winning company Boy Blue Entertainment, ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company, and one of the founding members of the dance group Plague. She has worked as a teacher, choreographer, movement director and Facilitator for companies including Lyric Hammersmith and London Studio Centre, and has choreographed performances at Sadlers Wells, Barbican Centre, the Place and the Pleasance Theatre.
During her time at C3 Nuna has directed two sold out runs of #Blackis… At the Pleasance Theatre and New Diorama.
Mariana Aristizabal Pardo, Associate Director
Mariana is a Colombian theatre maker based in London. Mariana's work explores the intersections between cultures and languages through collaborative methodologies. She has presented work in Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, The Netherlands and the UK.
She is co-director of the award-winning company MarianaMalena Theatre, a channel to amplify female and Latinx stories in the UK. As director, associate director, assistant director and/or facilitator Mariana has worked for theatres like the RSC, Royal Court, Soho Theatre, Chipping Norton, Old Vic, LIFT Festival, Arcola Theatre, Blue Elephant, The Omnibus, The Space, Southwark Playhouse, amongst others. She is beena reader for the Burntwood Prize and the Woven Voices Prize.
With C3 Mariana has led workshops on wellbeing and session planning for organisations like ArtsDepot and the National Theatre.
“A truly life altering experience.”
Upcoming Training Courses.
Application Process
To apply for the course, please fill in the form below by DATE. You will be asked to tell us a little more about your work with young people and what you want from the training.
We will then be back in touch by DATE to let you know if you have been successful and with a booking link to make your payment in order to secure your place.
Please note that we have a limited amount of course spaces available. If there are any remaining spaces available after DATE we will release these in a second round.
Make, Shake, Scribble: Intro to Co-Creation with C3
Thursday 23 and Friday 24 October 2025, 10:00-16:00
Islington Central Library, London
£250 per person*
Led by our Artistic Director Nuna Sandy and our Associate Director Mariana Aristizábal Pardo, this hands-on course will show you how to create devised plays with teenagers about the topics, ideas and stories they care about the most.
As well as an introduction to co-creation practice and methodology, this workshop will focus on how to:
Make - Exercises and tools to generate ideas and start a co-creation process.
Shake - How to incorporate movement and choreography to help tell a story.
Scribble - How writing activities can develop the process further.
This is a practical workshop with time to apply exercises and trial learning with the group. Everyone will leave with a toolkit of practical exercises, information and feedback, created in collaboration with the cohort to support in your co-creation journey.
*We want everyone to be able to come on our courses and have a number of subsidised places available. If you are unable to afford the full fee or experience barriers in accessing the theatre industry, please email Gabi to request a subsidised place.
Short Courses.
Planning and Delivering your first Workshop
Thursday 4 September 2025, 16:00-18:00
Islington Central Library, London
£20 Full Price, £15 until 22 July
Delivering your first creative workshop for young people, a community group or people who aren’t from a theatre background can be daunting.
Mariana Aristizabal Pardo, Company Three’s Associate Director, will share tips and ideas about:
How to plan and structure a session, thinking about goals and aims
Understanding and working with a group’s dynamic
Reflecting on what you’re doing based on your own artistic practice
Most importantly, how to build in games and joy
Making Identity-led work with Young People
Thursday 25 September 2025, 14:00-16:00
Online
£20 Full Price, £15 until 22 July
Join our Artistic Director Nuna Sandy to learn about Affinity Groups at Company Three: spaces for young people to come together with artists who share an identity, and to creatively explore that together.
Nuna will share Company Three’s journey and approach to this work, and some tips for setting up your own Affinity Groups and making work about identity, led and owned by the teenagers involved.
Wellbeing, Care and Supporting Young People in the rehearsal room
Wednesday 12 November 2025, 11:00-13:00
Online
£20 Full Price, £15 until 22 July
Right now, practitioners working with teenagers are meeting increasingly complex needs. Young people’s mental health was listed as one of the largest challenges in the Youth Theatre Census 2024, and youth theatres are needing to provide a wide range of pastoral support.
Wellbeing and care is central to Company Three’s practice - it’s fundamental that young people can feel appreciated, safe and have fun in all our sessions.
This short workshop offers practical tools and advice to centre wellbeing and care, for adults working on creative projects with young people who are already juggling a lot.
Training for Schools and Organisations.
We help secondary schools, colleges and arts organisations think about co-creation, youth voice and how to best support young people.
