Ned Glasier is one of the UK's leading theatre practitioners
dedicated to working with young people.
He founded Company Three, a London-based theatre company working
with young people, and was the company's Artistic Director until
2024. At Company Three he created more than forty plays with young
people, including Brainstorm at the Park Theatre, National Theatre
and BBC iPlayer, Boat at Battersea Arts Centre and two major
international projects during the COVID pandemic: The Coronavirus
Time Capsule and When This Is Over.
Alongside his work making plays with young people, Ned leads
training in the practice of co-creation, teaches on university
courses, and works as a consultant supporting organisations to
listen to, support and enable young people.
Author photograph by Camilla Greenwell
Emily Lim is a theatre director who specialises in creating
community work and working with non-professional performers.
Recent directing credits include: Brainstorm (National Theatre and
Park Theatre, as co-director for Islington Community Theatre);
Wuthering Heights (Ambassadors Theatre, for National Youth
Theatre); A Declaration from the People (National Theatre); Things
Will Never Be The Same Again, The Kilburn Passion, The Wardrobe
(Tricycle Theatre); Another Fine Mess (Bristol Old Vic Studio) and
Henry V (Southwark Playhouse).
She was the recipient of the inaugural Peter Hall Award in
2016.
Company Three is a theatre company that aims to create a space in
which young people can speak to adults, and in which adults will
really listen. Originally formed as Islington Community Theatre in
2008, the company works with an ensemble of young people aged
11–19, all referred or nominated by teachers and youth workers as
those most likely to benefit from the company's work. Its plays are
part of an ongoing exploration about what it means to be a
teenager, created through long-term collaboration between the
company's members and professional theatremakers. The company also
runs regular training courses in devising theatre with young people
for teachers, directors, playwrights and practitioners.
'Sharply contemporary… gives a voice to a portion of society all too often overlooked' WhatsOnStage; 'This is everything youth theatre could hope to be… deep honesty matched by artistry' The Times; 'A fantastic piece of community theatre… Brainstorm has the ability to transcend generational barriers. Whilst truly celebrating what it means to be young in today’s social climate, it asks the audience to see individuals, regardless of their age' A Younger Theatre; 'A theatrical MRI scan, which offers as much of the why as the what… witty, considered and vital… this is fresh work, important work, built with honesty and, above all, a willingness to listen' The Stage; 'This is a very cunningly put-together piece, drawing with unflinching honesty on material excavated from the young people's own lives... and capturing the hormonal rush and wild mood swings of teenage existence... The real beauty of this memorable show is that it's not just all about them – it's definitely about us too'
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