The new millennium sealed the place of young people’s projects at MED and a steady stream of innovative stage, radio and film productions followed, integrating drama, visual art, dance and music. Key projects during this period included ‘Dartmoor Rising’ and ‘Grave Intimations’.
In 2004 MED Theatre’s young company ‘Wild Nights’ was established. The young company prides itself on creating innovative, locally relevant projects, such as ‘The Children’s Castle’, ‘The War Prison at Princetown’, ‘John Ford on Dartmoor’, ‘Dartmoor in World War I’ and ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles and the Last Wolf on Dartmoor’. (For information on our young company and other drama clubs, please visit our Drama groups page).
Since 2006, the introduction of the role of Education Officer has continued the expansion of both the in-school and out-of-school education programme. Our current Education Officer is Helen Gilbert. In 2017, with an increasing workload involving young people’s projects, it was decided to create the role of Education Manager to direct our education strategy. Our current Education Manager is Abby Stobart.