REVIEW OF 24/25

Last year was our most exciting year to date! We welcomed over 600 children and adults into the building, ran 75 weekly sessions in dance and theatre, launched a new group - our fabulous Young Actors Company- and staged a five-week exhibition of artworks created by local schoolchildren at Cannons House & Grounds, visited by over 400 children and adults.




Over 100 people attended our final performances.
Our dance club staged three performances:
- At New Wimbledon Theatre in January
- As part of Mitcham Carnival in June
- And their spectacular self-created dance performance, “Lost In a Book” at Green Arts Centre in July.
Our Youth Theatre worked from an existing script, The Flying Machine by Phil Porter, creating a captivating and delightful physical theatre piece.
They also were very excited to visit the musical HAMILTON with members of our older group. It was an amazing afternoon, in a. Theatre with 800 other young theatre fans.
Young Actors Company is our newest group! Launched in autumn 2023 and run by the incredibly talented Rachael Black, the YAC staged their own devised production featuring squabbling statues and a pigeon with a death wish. Very bizarre and very funny!
We also ran three weeks of summer clubs with our brilliant partners, Attic Theatre Company.

Mitcham Carnival in June 2024
LOOKIING FORWARD TO 25/26
Our new year kicked off with an unexpected treat- Dance Club members were all invited to see Alice In Wonderland at the Royal Opera House.
Sponsored by one of our favourite funders, Taylor Family Foundation this was a grand day out! The production was stunning. Check out our video reviews!
All three groups kicked off in September and have already got stuck into some serious dance & drama. This term, Young Actors are working on an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist - in a new version called simply, Twist! We can’t wait to share this with you early next year. Dance Club are extending and revising their devised dance piece, Lost in A Book for Merton Live in 2025.
Merton Live is happening at New Wimbledon Theatre on 25 January and First Steps Dance will be onstage at 1PM.
Coming Soon

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In February next year, we will be announcing a very exciting new project we’ve been developing since July. It will involve ALL THREE groups plus MTCT’s brilliant Shine Camera Club and all of our local schools. We will be celebrating Mitcham and its young people in photography, music, dance, theatre, poetry and prose.
WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE DETAILS!

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What's On
All our groups and classes are FREE so sign up now!
GAC YOUTH THEATRE
Join our Youth Theatre! Perform onstage! Work with experienced theatre directors!
Our Youth Theatre group meets every Tuesday from 4:30PM-6:30PM and is open to ALL young people in Mitcham aged 8-12 years.
There are still places available for this year.
Click the button below to apply.

GAC YOUNG ACTORS COMPANY
We are proud to announce our new Youth Theatre exclusively for young people 13+ years old, living in Mitcham. This new group sprang from our collaboration with our good friends, ATTIC THEATRE COMPANY last year and has gone from strength to strength.
We meet every Wednesday from 4:30PM-6:30PM.
Already proving popular and giving young people opportunities to create their own productions.
We still have spaces available for 2025 so click the link below to apply.
