Performances Projects Education Archive
Downloads Gallery Production Diaries
Contact Home
         
 
 
 
 

Welcome to our Theatre Factory based in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria

Theatre Factory is an integrated programme of theatre activity by, for and with young people in the Furness Peninsula. The programme covers acting, improvisation, voice, movement, theatre visits and writing for the theatre. Theatre Factory provides the opportunity for young people to collaborate with practising theatre artists and all the productions spring from the creativity of those young people, guided by skilled professionals.

The Ashton Group is producing some of the highest quality Youth Theatre work I have seen, both in their development process and quality of performances. I think your work should be highlighted nationally as an example of best practice.
Long may it continue!

Julie Batten, Director
People Express, South Derbyshire


                                                             The Sir John Fisher Foundation

I never get picked to be in plays at school. They always pick the good people. When I told my teacher I was going to be in a play at the Forum 28, I don’t think she believed me. My Mam and my Nana came to see me and they were dead proud of me. They told me we were all dead good . . . I was dead proud of me!   Cast Member

We have a fight to get him to open his reading book but he practised that script every night. I think it’s helped his reading no end and his confidence   Mum of Cast Member

It mainly taught me a lot about myself and boosted my confidence in my own ability drastically. It made me want to be an actor, and I’ve applied to colleges and universities. This would not have happened had I not done this apprenticeship. Thank you for giving me this chance and giving me confidence in my own ability

Cast Member, Apprenticed Actors Company, 2009

 

To see pictures of our work with young people click here

 

What's Next?

AUDITIONS for The Apprenticed Actors Company - click here for details

 

The Apprenticed Actors Company with Diffusion

by Jamie Cubiss - Second of the 3 winners of our New Lines playwriting competition

The Forum, Barrow-in-Furness, 27th October 2010 - for more details click here

 

Barrow Youth Theatre with 3 new plays, Beyond the Trees, Seeing Things and Face Space

The Forum, Barrow-in-Furness, 21 and 22 February 2011

 

Hollows by Alex Mullarky, third winner of our New Lines playwriting competition

The Forum,Barrow-in-Furness, 29 March 2011 and then a short tour of regional venues

 

We are grateful to all our funding partners for supporting our work

For links to our funders, friends and partners click here

For details of vacancies and Policies on Health and Safety, Child Protection, Racial and Equal opportunities click here

All content on these pages is copyright © The Ashton Group and may not be used in any print or electronic medium without written permission

While every care has been taken in the compilation of this information, The Ashton Group will not be held responsible for any loss, damage or inconvenience caused as a result of any inaccuracy or error within these pages.

Links to other sites from these pages are for information only and The Ashton Group accepts no responsibility or liability for access to, or the material on, any site that is linked from or to this site.