Free support for young creatives in east London

Spotlight’s Get Creative programme is designed to help you unleash your creativity and explore your ideas like never before. Whether you’re an experienced artist or a beginner, we welcome all backgrounds and abilities.

Express yourself and explore your passions in a safe, welcoming environment.

We are a space to meet like-minded friends, develop your creative skills, and have fun along the way.

See what’s on this term and experience the power of youth-first creativity.

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VOICES

SPOTLIGHT’S GET CREATIVE STORIES

“Normally, I would be really shy, like in school, but here I express how I really feel.” – Youth Theatre

Spotlight Sounds 

Are you a new artist? writing lyrics? Thinking about producing new beats? Or even want to learn how to perform and record? The Spotlight Sounds crew are here to support you on every step of your development as an artist.

IMDPerformance and Dance

Dance

Spotlight hosts incredible Dance partners, IMD Legion, Boy Blue, Do Things Different, SNM Dance and Homebros. Across the week you can access free dance training as a Spotlight member. On the weekends and later evenings the centre hosts closed sessions for the Dance Partners. To find out more visit the individual websites or contact our Dance Parntership Producer Omar Ansah-Awuah Omar@wearespotlight.com

Performance

It’s an exciting time to join Youth Theatre at Spotlight, be in a play where the script, production, director and actors lead on it all!

We are currently running three Youth Theatre Programmes to suit all abilities and interests. To find out more contact our Youth Theatre Producer Janise Sadik Janise@wearespotlight.com

See our current timetable:

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“I was always getting into trouble, you know… if you had nothing to do after school, trouble will come looking for you…Here, I can be myself. I have friends, I can make music the way I want. I feel supported and safe.” – Young Person, 17

DJ K – Kyell’s creative journey with Spotlight

Kyell discovered his love for DJing at a taster session called Creative Café at Spotlight. He enjoyed using DJ controllers to queue tracks and learn fading and EQ techniques. He then joined the DJ Clash programme to improve his skills and was given the chance to perform to a large crowd at a community festival. Kyell is only 11 years old but is already contributing to the cultural identity of Tower Hamlets through his live performances. Kyell’s achievements show how Spotlight helps to opens doors for young people to discover their hidden skills and talents.

“Our community is creative and I love that about us!” – Street Art Saturday Club

Home – A Spotlight and Olivia Rose project

What does Home mean to you? In our collaborative programme with Grime photographer Oliva Rose we explored this through a shared poetry and photography project.

“I really loved learning all the tools to make my idea happen. I would know how to use these tools again next time I want to do a project.” – Summer Holidays programmes