NSDF is open to people aged 16 to 25. We find and nurture exceptional productions and present them at the festival. We select the shows we consider the best we have seen, with a true sense of ownership and the ambition fully realised. We spot talented individuals through our selection process and give them the opportunity to build on their experience and learn new skills. We are a bridge between ambition and the world of work and a celebration of young creative and technical talent from around the country
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Productions
We present outstanding productions made by young theatre makers. Find out more about this year’s 11 shows, picked from across the country by our team of selectors, presented at NSDF13, 23-29 March in Scarborough.
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Festival Company
We invite outstanding individuals who we have seen and met during the selection process to be a member of the Festival Company. This year the Company had specific workshops by associates from the RSC and others and could book their own choice of workshops during the rest of the week.
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Workshops
We programme a wide choice including Voice, Text and Scene Study, Movement, Singing, Dance, Devising, Audition Coaching, Writing for Theatre and Television, Directing and a whole range of Technical workshops. In 2013 there were 182 workshops delivered by industry professionals including associates from organisations such as RSC, Lyric Hammersmith, Young Vic, Sheffield Theatres, Paines Plough, [...]
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Technical Team
The NSDF Technical Director and a team of 10 professionals lead a team of 60 who support the productions, staff venues and build some festival venues from the ground up. The team have workshops on Sound, Lighting, Rigging, Carpentry, Operation of Specialist Equipment and Pyrotechnics and much more besides. The team are appointed to various [...]
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Management Team
The Management Team has workshops on Producing, Financial Management, Venue Management, Administration and Logistics. Members of the team are appointed to a variety of positions to run the festival Venues, Workshops and Front of House/Box Office and produce specific events during the festival.
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Noises Off
Write, review and stir things up in the festival magazine.
Noises Off
Read all about the fantastic 2013 festival
More news and reviews from Noises Off online-
Noises Off 2013 Saturday 23rd March
Noises Off is out!
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Noises Off 2013 Sunday 24th March
Hot off the presses – here it is.
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Noises Off Monday 25th March
What do you think of it so far?
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Noises Off Tuesday 26th March
Packed with up to the minute festival news.
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Noises Off Wednesday 27th March
It’s snowing in Scarborough.
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Noises Off Thursday 28th March
And so, the end is near…
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Noises Off Friday 29th March
The final curtain.
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£5 tickets to After the Rainfall at artsdepot
Fancy some epic, adrenaline-fuelled theatre? Artsdepot have kindly put together a great NSDF offer just for you to see curious directive’s multi-layered and innovatively staged production, After the Rainfall. With tickets costing just £5, it is hard to resist! To claim £5 tickets, quote AYOUNTDISC when booking. The offer [...]
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Festival Director Blog: Money
I’ve learned a lot from my first festival. Film will continue to feature, Noises Off online will continue and having the workshops booked online ahead of the festival (rather than in person on the morning of each day) worked very well with a two-day lead in so everyone [...]
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Ticket Offer: £15 tickets for The Ladykillers
The award-winning comedy THE LADYKILLERS returns to London this summer at The Vaudeville Theatre. THE LADYKILLERS (WhatsOnStage.com Awards Best New Comedy) written by Graham Linehan (Father Ted) and directed by Sean Foley (The Play What I Wrote) tells the classic black comedy tale of a sweet little old lady, alone in her [...]
