Company Three

Company Three creates a space in which young people can talk to adults, and in which adults will really listen. Originally formed as Islington Community Theatre in 2008, we are a company of 75 young people aged 11-19. We make theatre through long-term, intensive collaboration between our members and professional theatre-makers. We're based in Islington, North London, one of the most diverse and unequal boroughs in the UK. Our members are nominated or referred to us by local teachers, youth workers and social workers as young people who are particularly likely to benefit from our work. Our plays are part of ongoing conversation about what it means to be a teenager. We train our members as theatre-makers, helping them to understand themselves and the world around them, and to create work that allows them to express who they are. We make our plays through a process of research and development, early-stage scratch (experimental performances) and professional productions. Our work has been seen at the National Theatre, at the Royal Albert Hall, Battersea Arts Centre, The Yard Theatre, on Channel 4 and the BBC. We do most of our early stage work in London's exceptional youth arts hub, Platform. We were awarded the Dan Crawford Award for Innovation at the 2017 Empty Space Peter Brook Awards.