National Theatre Hopes for Staffordshire Youth Theatres

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Young actors from two Staffordshire Youth Theatre groups are well on the way to performing on the famed stages of the National Theatre as part of the UK wide NT Connections 500 festival programme.

The members of the New Vic Youth Theatre in Newcastle-under-Lyme and the Stafford Gatehouse Youth Theatre have already taken the first steps by performing plays from this years National Theatre Connections programme in their ‘home’ theatres

New Vic Youth Theatre staged Bryony Lavery and Frantic Assembly’s ‘It Snows’ at the New Vic in March, meanwhile Stafford Gatehouse Youth Theatre mounted a production of ‘The Musicians’ by Patrick Marber

Kat Hughes, New Vic Youth Theatre Director, said:

“Our performances in March were the culmination of months of hard work from all the team. We had really positive feedback from the National Theatre who noted that the group were really enthusiastic and performed a really fun and energetic production of ‘It Snows’.”

 

(note: the pictures above are of other produtions.  Photo right: Andrew Billington)

YOUTH THEATRE FESTIVAL

Both Youth Theatre groups will now take their respective shows to Derby Theatre in May for a week long festival of youth theatre performances and workshops. A National Theatre panel will decide if they will go on to perform at The National Theatre Connections 500 festival in London later in the summer of 2016.  They will be performing alongside several other youth theatre groups performing other texts from this years NT Connections selection.

During their time performing at Derby Theatre, the groups will also take part in top notch training workshops with creative professionals, learning everything from improvisation to stage combat.

Staffordshire Theatre will update this story as soon as we know more.

ABOUT NT CONNECTIONS

National Theatre Connections is the biggest youth theatre festival in the world and features 5,000 young people from more than 200 youth theatre companies and schools.

2016 marks the 21st anniversary of the festival and involves schools and youth theatres performing 12 plays picked from more than 150 the programme has commissioned since 1995.

More information at the National Theatre Connections Website

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ABOUT STAFFORD GAETHOUSE YOUTH THEATRE

Stafford Gatehouse Youth Theatre is a fun, imaginative and successful youth theatre, which has been established for over 25 years.

During this time it has seen thousands of 7 to 18 year olds participate in, and benefit from, weekly workshops in drama, aiding the children’s performance skills as well as increase their confidence and self expression.

The Stafford youth theatre groups are led by trained tutors with an overall aim to develop confidence, creativity and consideration for others, in the context of a professional theatre.

Every summer the Stafford Gatehouse youth theatre runs a summer school, during which time they produce a professionally styled musical featuring young Staffordshire performers between the ages of 7 and 21.

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ABOUT NEW VIC YOUTH THEATRE

The New Vic Youth Theatre in Newcastle-under-Lyme provides the space and infrastructure for young people to create, watch and explore theatre.

The Staffordshire based Youth Theatre offers young people the opportunity to work with professionals to develop performance skills, build confidence and work creatively with other young people.

As well as bringing scripts to life and performing pieces of original, devised theatre, young peopler learn about what goes on behind the scenes and the importance of all the elements that are required to stage theatre productions.

They also run special summer worhsops, and even have a group that creates theatre participation experiences for children aged from 4 years.

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