Young Octagon is our performance company, developing excellence in young actors aged 13-19 (up to 25 for participants with additional needs). The company offers committed young people the chance to work with professional directors and creatives, to create bold and adventurous pieces of theatre for performance. Our Young Octagon 2024-25 company worked on No Regrets, a National Theatre Connections play by Gary McNair, directed by Ruth Allison which they performed at The Octagon and The Lowry in Spring 2025.

Young Octagon is for young people who are interested in a more intensive and demanding performance experience than they might access in our other youth theatre provision. It is for participants with some performance experience who are ready to progress further, would like more opportunities to perform and who are considering acting as a potential career.

"Everyone is so welcoming and before you know it you'll have friends for life"

"The performance experience is amazing"

"It's been one of the best experiences of my life"

-Young Octagon Participants
 

We'll be recruiting for Young Octagon 2026 shortly. If you have any questions about this group or would like to be contacted once applications have opened then please email participation@octagonbolton.co.uk