Performance licences for children
This section covers licences for children who take part in paid
performances including television, filming, theatre, modelling and
paid sporting activities, and work permits for children.
Children who take part in television, filming, theatre,
modelling and paid sporting activities must by law have been issued
with a licence.
All applications for licences for children who live in Tower
Hamlets to perform must be made to the council’s Child Employment
Team.
When dealing with a licence application, the Child Employment
Team will make all the necessary checks to ensure that it complies
with current regulations and legislation. If necessary, the school
will authorise a child’s absence from school to take part in a paid
performance or activity. The child must be under the care and
supervision of a responsible adult at all times. This can be their
parent or a registered chaperone/matron – please see below.
Licence applications must be made by the person who is
responsible for the production of the performance, in which the
child is to take part. This would normally be the theatre,
production company or an authorised agency working on their behalf.
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is unable to process
performance licences received less than 10 days before the
performance.
To apply for a licence for a child to be able to perform, please
download the guidance
notes and the performance licence application form (PDF,
26k).
Chaperone/matron
It is a legal requirement that children who have been issued
with a public performance or entertainment licence, must be
supervised at all times by a licensed chaperone or matron, unless
they are under the direct supervision of their parent or a tutor
approved by the council.
Please refer to the section on licensing
chaperones for children in entertainment.
How to contact us:
Saziye Kucuk
Children, Schools and Families
Child Employment Team
Pupil Services
Mulberry Place
Clove Crescent
London
E14 2BG
Tel: 020 7364 6150
Fax: 020 7364 4311
Email: pupil.services@towerhamlets.gov.uk