Youth Theatre News

Summer Mix-Up

Thursday 6th to Sunday 9th August 2009

With summer finally in sight dig out your shades and prepare to be dazzled as over 150 talented members of Live’s youth theatre come together for a series of special performances in the annual Education & Participation festival. Highlights include:

Mega Mix
Opening the Summer Mix-Up is Mega Mix. Split into three performance art forms (Performance Poetry, Devised Physical Performance and Dance Theatre), Mega Mix promises to be a night of exciting new theatre created by a range of talented performance makers.
Thursday 6 August, 4pm & 7.30pm
LOCATION: Main Theatre
TICKETS: £8; £5 concessions; £3 youth theatre members

Here Come the Girls
Directed by Amy Golding
Designed by Isla Shaw
Music by Kath Williams
Edited by Carol McGuigan & Beth Coverdale

“It’s like you’re at a bridge and you can still cross the bridge and go back to being a girl but you’re so close to the other side…”

A revealing exploration of what it’s like to be a young woman in the 21st century. Girls of all ages, backgrounds and cultures tell their true stories, sharing their opinions, hopes, fears and ambitions.
Friday 7 & Saturday 8 August, 7.30pm
LOCATION: Main Theatre
TICKETS: £8; £5 concessions; £3 youth theatre members

Standing-Up
A new batch of young stand up comedians work alongside local comic John Scott to produce an entertaining evening of their own side-splitting material
Saturday 8 August, 4pm & 9pm
LOCATION: Studio Theatre
TICKETS: £8; £5 concessions; £3 youth theatre members

Young Cuts
Directed by Phil Hoffmann
Listen to rehearsed readings of some of the best new work created by Live Theatre’s young writers’ group. The budding playwrights have spent 10 weeks with professional writers Gez Casey, Tom Chaplin and Carol McGuigan to help develop their final pieces.
Sunday 9 August, 4pm
LOCATION: Studio Theatre
TICKETS: £8; £5 concession; £3 youth theatre members

24/7
7 writers, 7 directors and a host of actors embark on an adrenaline fuelled 24 hours to write, rehearse and perform 7 plays for the following evening.
Sunday 9 August, 7.30pm
LOCATION: Main Theatre
TICKETS: £8; £5 concessions; £3 youth theatre members