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, building on XX years of experience working with young people and our Associate Director Mariana Aristizabal-Pardo, who has XXXX.
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.
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“The course gave me a wealth of tools, ideas, insights and guidance.”
Upcoming Training Courses.
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 Full Price £200 early bird price until 22 July
Led by our Artistic Director Nuna Sandy and our Associate Director Mariana Aritizábal-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:
Making - Exercises and tools to generate ideas and start a co-creation process.
Shaking - How to incorporate movement and choreography to help tell a story.
Scribbling - 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. 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.
