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There are a range of ways we help develop the skills and enhance the employability of local students and put them in touch with everything Wilton’s has to offer.

We allow the theatre to be used by the local community and schools for a range of projects, particularly encouraging those where we can provide training in managing events. For instance for end of term productions or youth club events we share knowledge on making programmes, production and stage management and all of the supporting tasks that are fundamental to a successful event, such as designing marketing materials, ticketing, security and front-of-house.

Very often young people will come back and work for Wilton’s during our own productions and we train an ever-growing team of volunteers to be ushers and tour guides for our shows and open days. In addition we provide work placements for up to six teenagers each year, giving them two weeks of work experience each.

Wilton’s is currently being used by Wimbledon College of Art, the Royal College of Art, Central St Martin’s, The University of East London and the London College of Fashion as a study project for final year students. To support their studies we allow students to come into Wilton’s, to examine the architecture and receive in depth briefings from the Wilton’s staff to inform their projects.

Currently we are planning a series of talks on music hall and local history, managed by our volunteers. Plus we provide guided tours of the building for specialist interest groups as part of further education programmes in architecture, traditional crafts, East End history, conservation studies and music hall history.

Wilton’s holds a wealth of history within its four walls and is a wonderful place for people to learn and fall in love with live performance and the associated theatre business.

We need to guarantee the sustainability of Wilton’s to ensure further generations of people can enjoy everything it has to offer. We would be very happy to talk to you about how your sponsorship, volunteering or donation could help. Please call us on 020 7702 9555 or email us.

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