PACE Youth Theatre is one part of PACE Theatre Company

PACE Theatre Company

PACE Theatre Company is a registered charity and non-profit making theatre company based in Paisley, Scotland. Formed in 1988 by David Wallace, PACE has four main components: a professional theatre production and Theatre-in-education company; PACE Youth Theatre, with over 2,000 members; PACE...

, and has been running since 1988. It was founded by David Wallace. It is currently based in Spires Drama Studios, Paisley. It was previously known as Paisley Youth Theatre when based in Paisley Arts Centre. Currently PACE has just under 2000 members.

Past members

Ex-members of PACE Youth Theatre have included actor James McAvoy

James McAvoy

James McAvoy is a Scottish stage and screen actor. He made his acting debut as a teen in 1995's The Near Room and continued to make mostly television appearances until the early 2000s. His notable television work includes State of Play, Shameless, and Frank Herbert's Children of Dune...

 (Shameless, Last King of Scotland), singer Paolo Nutini

Paolo Nutini

Paolo Giovanni Nutini is a Scottish singer, songwriter and musician from Paisley. His father is of Italian descent, from Barga, Tuscany, although both his parents are Scottish, his family having been in Scotland for three generations....

, actor Gordon McCorkell

Gordon McCorkell

Gordon McCorkell is a Scottish actor who has starred in several shows, such as Jeopardy , and is arguably best known as Derek Henderson in River City....

 (River City), actress Shauna McDonald (Spooks, The Descent), Fame Academy winner David Sneddon

David Sneddon

David Sneddon is a Scottish musician and singer-songwriter.He has performed on British television, radio and theatre. Sneddon won the first BBC UK series of Fame Academy in 2002...

, Richard Madden (Game of Thrones) and TV presenter Kate Heavenor

Kate Heavenor

Kate Heavenor is a Scottish children's television presenter for the BBC. She began her career on the then-new BBC digital channel, BBC Choice, presenting The Crew Room, a Saturday morning show. She later moved on to the main BBC services, presenting shows such as Fully booked, FBI, Children In...

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Fest!

Fest! is PACE’s school holiday performing arts festivals for young people. There are over 3,000 fest participants each year, performing in over 60 different performances.