Youth Theatre News

Daily news from the National Association of Youth Theatres

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:51:31 +0000

Graduate Apprentice Community Arts Practitioner Opportunities

Theatre by the Lake, Cumbria and West Cumbria Arts Partnership The West Cumbria Arts Partnership (WCAP) is a consortium of a dozen arts organisations led by Theatre by the Lake. Partners include producing and receiving venues, festivals and a range of community, disability and educational organisations; all are committed to performing arts and the communities of [...]

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:25:08 +0000

NAYT Associate Venue North East: Launch Event

Friday 30 April 2010 – 6 to 8pm (Free) Darlington Arts Centre are thrilled to invite you to an exciting launch event which marks the start of a brand new scheme by the National Association of Youth Theatres in which they have formed a partnership with a venue in each of the 9 government regions in [...]

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:32:20 +0000

John Ellerman Foundation

Applications are invited from registered charities to apply for funding from the John Ellerman Foundation. Arts is one of five areas of interest which benefits annually from the Foundation. In 2007/08, a total of 42 charities involved with the arts received £1.05 million between them. Currently, the focus of the arts funding is directed towards [...]

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:29:19 +0000

Conference – the effect of arts participation on informal learning, health and wellbeing

Voluntary Arts England is presenting a free one-day national conference on Tuesday 30 March at FACT, Liverpool, entitled Restoring the Balance: the effect of arts participation on informal learning, health and wellbeing. The conference, part of the Up For Arts project, has been designed to celebrate and recognise projects, schemes and organisations that reach out to [...]

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:22:07 +0000

Artistic Director Commission

Kent Arts Development Unit will host its second Youth Theatre Festival in July 2010. It will be a fully inclusive, residential festival weekend for young people aged 11 – 18yrs. Maidstone will be the home of the event and we look forward to welcoming lots of young people and practitioners from all over the County. [...]

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:00:35 +0000

Drama, Identity & Diversity

Tuesday 23rd March 2010, 10am – 3.30pm. Beginning with the simple question, “What If?” drama can take children and young people on a journey of discovery. What if I was a refugee? What if I went to that school? What if I didn’t have any friends? What if everyone looked at me with suspicion? Drama can [...]

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:32:19 +0000

Actors (aged 16 – 24 years), Peer Productions

Peer Productions is a unique youth arts training company. Each year we offer a small team of talented young actors the opportunity to join our company and gain genuine experience of performing as part of a theatre and film in education company. Young actors also receive free training and many go on to [...]

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:24:00 +0000

PHYSICAL THEATRE WORKSHOP

‘In our culture we are used to expressing everything through words, leaving the enormous expressive capabilities of the body in an undeveloped state’ Augusto Boal This workshop is geared towards practitioners of performance to advance their level of physical discipline. The workshop explores the potential for physical expression through the body and movement, to discover and [...]

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:23:11 +0000

A Physical Approach to Character Construction, A Gap in Mind

ANYBODY IN THERE? A workshop on character construction with Alex Suha. Sometimes, we’re lucky enough to operate from a place that isn’t our own, like a trance, or a different state. It’s in these rare and wonderful moments that something else lives. Remember the last time it happened? What is a character? You, in a different situation? Masked? [...]

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:48:04 +0000

National Family Week – please get involved

National Family Week aims to highlight the important role families play in society and encourage healthy active lifestyles and quality family time. Now in its second year, National Family Week is the largest coalition on family issues and is backed by all major political parties and a huge range of national charities, community groups and [...]

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:05:54 +0000

SKILL UP

Now in its 6th year running SKILL UP has grown to become one of Scotland’s largest arts training conferences offering a unique weekend of professional development. As an open access event for anyone engaging in performing arts with young people, SKILL UP endeavours to provide quality training that appeals to all levels of expertise and is [...]

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:33:33 +0000

ENYAN Successful Bid: Providing Jobs in the Cultural Sector for Young Long-Term Unemployed People

Artswork is delighted to announce that the ENYAN Future Job Fund Programme is set to go live in April 2010 providing 105 jobs within the cultural sector for long term unemployed young people. Linking up with 15 cultural organisations in the South East and 45 in the East Midlands the programme will create new jobs [...]

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:25:36 +0000

The Orpheus Centre Open Evening


Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:55:22 +0000

NAYT Associate Venue South East: Launch Event

Puzzle & Pizza Party in the Park Saturday 24 April 2010 – 11.00am to 2.00pm (Free) With the aim of increasing and supporting regional youth theatre activity in the South East, the National Association of Youth Theatres has formed a partnership with Chichester Festival Youth Theatre. It is our aim to help increase, strengthen and support youth [...]

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:48:54 +0000

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