Friday 10th July 2026 7pm
Live at The Exchange offers students in Y7-13 the chance to perform, backed by a professional band. This is an exciting evening of live music performances from Richmond’s creative youth.
Key Dates
Applications open 10:00 06/01/2026
Applications close 23:59 02/02/2026
Auditions 15:30-18:00 03/02/2026 at RMT 7 Briar Road TW2 6RB
Shortlist published 10/02/2026
Video submission deadline for shortlisted students 24/02/2026
Final results published 03/03/2026
Rehearsals 10:00-16:00 06/06/2026 at RMT 7 Briar Road TW2 6RB
Live at The Exchange 10/07/2026 at The Exchange Theatre TW1 1BE
Rehearsals from 13:00 (time slots will be allocated)
Gig 19:00
Feedback from previous events:
“Live at The Exchange has helped my confidence and performance skills tremendously and is a highlight of my year.” – Participant
“What an incredible night! Thank you so much for putting on such a wonderful show – a truly memorable evening and an uplifting and inspiring experience for everyone.”- Parent
“I love working with you and I miss our lessons so much! I definitely couldn’t have become the person I am today without you so I just wanted to share my appreciation. I’m so glad you enjoyed my performance and I just want to thank you and your team for always doing the best you guys can and giving me the opportunities to do events like these. I had so much fun and can’t wait to see what’s coming next.”- Participant
“Thanks for a brilliant evening and everything you do. We were proud as ever- it’s fun being in those backing vocals! She was buzzing on the way home, it’s such a great thing to be part of and the standard seems to get higher and higher every year!”- Parent
“There is so much doom and gloom in the world at the moment, and then you come and see something like this and you feel so uplifted. Thank you for a great show, it was just wonderful.”- Audience member
“A HUGE thank you for all the work that led to last night’s amazing evening – we were so impressed by the standard of every single one of them, it was a fantastic night, and must have taken such organisation to pull that off!”- Audience member