Professional Development at Junior Theatre Festival 2024

Join educators from across the globe on our FREE Professional Development (PD) Track

This year's Junior Theatre Festival takes place on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th May 2024, at The ICC in Birmingham. Across the weekend over 60 groups and over 2500 people will attend each day-long celebration of musical theatre.

We're thrilled to announce availability of a limited number of FREE places on our Professional Development (PD) Track. You will immerse yourself in workshops, adjudications, and discussions while having fun with fellow teachers and directors. It's also a great way to meet the MTI team and interact with the people who adapt the Broadway Junior shows. If you are interested in bringing a group to the Festival in the future, then the PD track is a great way to experience it first without students. We promise to leave you inspired and energised with new strategies and resources. A complimentary lunch will be provided.

Preliminary Schedule
08:00 Registration
08:30 Festival Kick Off
09:15 Watch Adjudications
10:00 Professional Development Workshop
10:50 Break
11:15 Watch Adjudications
12:00 Professional Development Discussion
12:45 Watch Adjudications
13:15 Lunch (provided free of charge)
14:30 New Works Showcase
15:15 Professional Development Workshops (x3)
17:45 Break
18:00 Awards Ceremony
19:00 END

How to Apply
You can apply to attend on either Saturday 18th May OR Sunday 19th May. Each organisation is entitled to apply for two tickets. Both tickets must be used by teachers at the organisation.

As we only have a small number of places, and to ensure that places for this free opportunity are not wasted, we’re asking for a refundable payment of £20 per person, so £40 in total, to secure your places. We’ll refund the payment to you after you’ve attended the Festival. Failure to attend will result in MTI keeping the payment.

To apply, please make a £40 payment by debit/credit card as quickly as possible. You should make the payment here: www.mtishows.co.uk/payment (please use JTFPD as the invoice number/reference).

Once we've received your deposit payment we'll be in touch to ask which day you'd like to attend. For more information about the Festival, click here