News

Young Touring Company 2017 (16-24)

Do you want to create and tour a play?

This is a unique and intensive training opportunity for young actors AND production assistants.

Young touring Company is 2 days a week for 4 weeks from February to end of March 2017.

You will work with a professional Director and Stage Manager to create a Forum Theatre performance and tour to Lewisham schools.

The final show will be in the Broadway Studio Theatre 22nd March 2017.

This position is voluntary; you will get expenses and an apprentice fee per performance.

Past participants have gone on to further Drama and Theatre training, College and University as well as other opportunity with LYT.

At the end of the project you will be offered 1 to 1 mentoring to support you with your training, education or work ambitions.

Sessions take place:

At the Broadway Theatre Rehearsal Room in Catford.

On Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 10am-4pm from February to March 2017

To register your interest and find out how to apply please contact Marilyn by email or by phone 0208 690 3428

Click here for info

A huge thank you to the staff at AMETEK Airtechnology Group for raising a total of £1,744.85 for LYT.

Sarah Fowler, Tony Weightman and Sheena Najeed came in to LYT to present the cheque to our members and Helen Stanley, Artistic Director. The donation will go towards funding our Step Up project. All our projects are free to young people, so AMETEK’s funding really does make a difference.

Last Few Places Available for Technical Theatre Training 2016

Starting in November, Technical Theatre Training will introduce you to stage management, lighting, sound, costume and makeup for the theatre.  You will have an opportunity to meet professional theatre technicians, and tour the backstage of a London theatre.

Technical Theatre Training is for young people aged 13 -18 years who live or attend a school/college in the borough of Lewisham and do not attend any out of school drama activities.

 To find out more please email Jenn at info@lewishamyouththeatre.com

NEW for 2016: LYT’s Senior Youth Theatre Workshop Group

Open to young performers aged 14-19 years who are new to LYT and would like to try their hand at acting   

October – November, 2016

At the Broadway Theatre Rehearsal Room in Catford

Mondays 5.30-7.30pm

What is this project? 

This is a FREE drama project that will develop your confidence and your improvisation, acting and performance skills.

Who can take part?  Young people aged 14 -19 years who live or attend a school/college in the borough of Lewisham and do not attend any other out of school drama activities.

How can you take part?

When?  Monday evenings, 5.30- 7.30pm, October to November 2016 for SIX weeks

What?  Each week we will explore different drama techniques to develop your acting skills

Who is it for? Open to young performers aged 14-19 years who are interested in acting and performing

What you gain? You will develop your acting skills alongside meeting other young people with similar interests

Where? The sessions are held in the rehearsal room at: The Broadway Theatre in Catford

Want to take part?

To join the Senior Youth Theatre,

 You will need to register your interest in this project

Call MARILYN on 020 8690 3428 or email at stepup@lewishamyouththeatre.com

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST IN A PLACE by FRIDAY 23^rd SEPTEMBER 2016

As part of our research for Catford Tales we collected recordings of Catford stories.

The Year 5s of Sandhurst Primary School told Helen Stanley their version of the harrowing history of the bombing of their school during WW2.

Click here to listen & read more of the Sandhurst School stories used during Catford Tales

Are you a past member of LYT? A parent or carer of someone who has taken part? Are you a teacher or partner organisation who has supported an LYT member? 

Lewisham Youth Theatre has been creating free theatre projects with young people aged 3 to 21 years old in Lewisham Borough since 1987.

As well as being fun, high quality and inclusive, our work has been recognised by local and national bodies such as Lewisham Children’s Services, CAMHS and Children in Need as an important way of supporting young people to engage and develop beyond the arts. 

Now Lewisham Youth Theatre is being supported by Big Lottery Fund to analyse the long-term impacts of our work on young people’s wellbeing and life chances, via our BIG Evaluation.

This where you come in

We are running Feedback Sessions in September and October so you can tell us about the impact LYT has made on you and your young people:

• Past Members, September 21st
• Parents & Carers, October 5th
• Teachers & Partners, October 19th

All sessions will run 6-7pm, refreshments will be provided

Please RSVP here

The information we are able to gather through the BIG Evaluation is important to ensuring our work continues in the future.

The results of the BIG evaluation will be published in spring 2017.

P.S. our survey is still open!

Friday 29th July, 7.30pm
George Wood Theatre, Goldsmiths University of London

Join LYT’s Senior Youth Theatre for the performance of two original plays created by our members, exploring the idea of ‘belonging’.

Tickets:
Suggested donation of £6/£4

Three Little Words

Three Little Words is about the things, people and places that give us our sense of belonging. Our play has developed out of exchanges and meetings with young people from Bristol, Paris, Milan and Jamaica.

Indefinite Alien

Indeifinite Alien explores the diverse experiences of coming to and leaving Britain for young people. Set in an airport’s passport control we discover true stories of exclusion and isolation in an attempt to belong – but belong to what?

For more information or to book tickets please contact Zoe at:
info@lewishamyouththeatre.com or 020 8690 3428

Join LYT’s Junior Youth Theatre, 8-12s in their performance of two plays.

The Last Word
by Christina Maiden
&
Our Teacher’s a Troll
by Dennis Kelly

Saturday 4th June
3pm & 6.30pm
Tickets:
Suggested donation of £6/£4

Contact:
info@lewishamyouththeatre.com
020 8690 3428

A unique and intensive training opportunity for young artists to create and perform a play about young people.

We have positions open for:
Actors and
Backstage Assistants

To take part you need to be:

• 16-24 years old
• Live or learn in Lewisham
• NOT in full-time education or employment
• Passionate about creating new theatre
• A supportive team member
• Punctual and reliable
• Hardworking and open minded
• Available for ALL rehearsal and performance dates

What’s involved?

Working as part of a creative team, you will help develop, produce, market, and present a new piece of Forum Theatre.
You will tour the show to schools and community centres in Lewisham
You will receive training and support by a team of professional theatre artists.
You will gain valuable skills, as well as a credit for your CV.

The position is voluntary, but we will provide expenses during rehearsals, and an apprentice fee for performance days.

Auditions:

28th Jan and 4th February, 1pm—4pm

Rehearsals:

Wednesdays and Thursdays (plus 2x Mondays)10th February to 7th March
10am—5pm

Performances:

8 performances between 9th and 17th March

For more information or to register your interest contact Marilyn at:
stepup@lewishamyouththeatre.com or 020 8690 3428