Reaching Out – into the community
Hackney Empire plans to combine its commitment to community and championing of young people with a programme that revives a variety programme for a modern-day
audience celebrating all genres. Since Artistic Director, Yamin Choudury, and Executive Director, Jo Hemmant, were appointed in 2018, the theatre has seen an average of 83% new bookers for many productions - a huge achievement for a 1,000+ seater theatre in London.
The recently rebranded Creative Futures Programme, which has run for over 20 years, is now a free year-round, extended programme of creative arts provision and training for young people aged 8-19 years old – the programme engaged over 4,000 young people in 800+ hours of activity, with fifty new bespoke projects created by and for young people and designed specifically to remove barriers to participation.
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