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80th LTG National Conference & AGM 2026

15th - 17th May 2026

ADDRESS

20 Sheepcote Street
Brindleyplace
Birmingham
West Midlands
B16 8AE
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Come and celebrate 80 years of LTG National Conferences!

The LTG will celebrate its 80th anniversary in May 2026 at the Crescent Theatre, Birmingham. Put the date in your diary now and help LTG celebrate this great anniversary. The National Committee propose the following programme and they are working in conjunction with hosts the Crescent Theatre, Birmingham.

We really hope that the programme detailed below will encourage you to attend this Anniversary Conference.

If you’re not sure what happens at an LTG Conference, or even if you are, please do watch this short filmed at the 2025 Regionals HERE.

Agenda

Friday 15 May

18:30 – onwards: register at The Old Rep, next to New Street Station. Tours will be available at The Old Rep on Friday evening and at The Crescent on Saturday morning.

20:00 – Social Supper at The Old Rep followed by entertainment from Crescent Youth Theatre. There will also be excerpts performed by their Come From Away cast and the bar will be open.

Saturday 16 May

09:45 – Welcome by LTG & Crescent Chairmen

10:00 – 11:00 – Workshop 1

11:00 – Coffee Break

11:00 – Youth Festival opens in the Main House

11:30 – 12:30 –Workshop 2

    • Practical techniques for exploration of voice and movement with young people focusing on Laban Efforts
    • Neurodiversity,
    • PRS/PPL – The Music License
    • Paying Staff

12:30 – 13:30 – Lunch. Youth Festival continues in the Main House until 16:00

 

13:30 – 14:30 – Presentation on NODA from Chief Operating Officer Dale Freeman and Immediate Past President Graham Liverton

14:30 – Coffee Break

15:00 – 16:00 – Keynote presentation from Joshua McTaggart, CEO of the Theatres Trust.

Sunday 17 May

09:00 – Breakfast rolls will be available in he Crescent Theatre.

09:45 – LTG AGM & Open Forum in the Main House.

11:30 – ‘In Conversation with an Actor’. If available, LTG Patron Jessica Swale will host and we may keep the actor as a surprise. We don’t yet know who it will be but are planning on somebody well known for stage and screen.

There are several reasonably priced hotels in and around Brindley Place such as the Hilton Garden Inn; the Novotel; the Travelodge; and the Premier Inn. Further details will follow.

For more details and booking information please go HERE.

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