Jack Petchey Glee Club Challenge
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN
FOR OUR 2025/26 PROGRAMME
Email Lee Ellaway at lellaway@jackpetchey.org.uk to sign up!
The Jack Petchey Glee Club Challenge is the largest youth Glee Club competition in the UK and is a music and dance education programme aimed at young performers. Open to schools, youth organisations, drama and dance groups, friends with a passion for performing, established groups or those just starting out. Groups must be based in London or Essex, have a minimum of 10 members and all members must be aged 11-25 and must have access to a large enough space to practice and perform.
The Jack Petchey Glee Club Challenge is fully funded by the Jack Petchey Foundation and provides:
- FREE entry
- FREE assessment/workshop visits
- FREE workshops and bootcamps with theatre and music industry professionals
- FREE participation in Regional Finals at prestigious venues across London/Essex
- FREE participation in the Grand Final at an exciting, high profile London venue
- Celebrity judges at the Grand Final
- A chance to share in a prize money pot!
- Suitable for: All young people aged 11-25
- Theme: Dance, Music and Singing
- Cost to School / Youth Club: Free
- Duration: Variable
- Curriculum / Enrichment: Enrichment
Register your interest for future competitions by emailing Lee Ellaway at lellaway@jackpetchey.org.uk.
This all-singing, all-dancing programme was founded in 2011, inspired by the hugely popular Glee TV series, and because Sir Jack felt music brings people together.
