FINALIST 2026
Anxiety, avoidance, doubt - feelings we all know. But what happens when teenagers have seven years to tell their own stories and shape their own futures? Those feelings don’t disappear, but doubt stops holding us back.
Our work is underpinned by our three rules: Be Kind, Be Brave, Be Yourself. We use these rules, and our approach to care, equity and joy, to support the young people we work with to tell the stories they want to on stage. After seven years, these rules become ways of life. They leave C3 as kinder, braver people who are confident to be their most authentic selves.
All our activity is free for young people to take part in. This includes full-scale shows; short films; an annual festival of work co-created by local teenagers; a week-long residential; Exchange projects partnering with and sharing practice with other youth theatre groups; Affinity groups and informal fun; theatre trips; and more.
We are a youth drama company in North London, co-creating creative projects with teenagers about the things they care about the most.
"These people have seen me do all those changes, and these people are lots of the reason why I've done these changes. That's such a beautiful thing to have — so many people in your life who have seen you grow in such a way, and people who you've been really vulnerable with."
Company Three is a leading force for change for teenagers in our local community and around the world.We are a theatre company led by the ideas of our 75 members aged 11-19. We recruit our members through deep-rooted relationships locally and share our practice globally to impact teenagers everywhere. Working in Islington, North London, we make transformative theatre through long-term collaboration between young people and professional theatre-makers. Our plays have been performed at the National Theatre, Battersea Arts Centre, the Royal Exchange Theatre, the Yard Theatre, the Park Theatre, New Diorama Theatre and on the BBC.
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