Getintotheatre.org

This website attempts to achieve its aim by two means – a comprehensive opportunities page, and a blog to educate young people on available career paths. One of the standout parts of Get into theatre is the opportunities page. It is easy to navigate and presents an endless list of apprenticeships, degrees and youth groups, providing young people with a wealth of options. The funding tab lists all major scholarships and bursaries in one easy to access place, making theatre seem more accessible for those from low income families.

A ‘Tell us four things about yourself’ questionnaire, however, does little to further implement opportunities for disadvantaged young people. While it asks you a series of five questions, including education level, location, ethnicity and parental income, hoping to tailor each user's experience, it is shocking how ticking specific characteristics makes for little difference in the training or experience lists – if there were any aimed at BAME individuals, they were impossible to find. And when it comes to low income households, you’ll still find yourself scrolling through pages and pages of expensive summer and gap year programmes that cost two thousand pound a pop.

The interviews section, on offer through the blog, makes for stronger content. Not only do these posts encourage young people to get out there and follow their dreams – by demonstrating via its choice of interviewees that being involved in theatre from a young age is not essential – but they offer practical advice on how to make these goals a reality.

This inspiring content is unfortunately let down by brief career posts. These pages make suggestions for gaining experience, like working as a wardrobe or wigs assistant, without any explanation of how to find these opportunities, prompting further Google searches.

Get into theatre does have good intentions and the overall design is clear and easy to navigate, but it hardly touches upon the broad issues it attempts to tackle. The website feels rushed and comes across as a lazy way of trying to tick socio-political boxes.

Eleanor Philpot is Editorial Assistant of Drama & Theatre.