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Independent youth theatre (IYT)
is a Dublin based youth theatre of young people between the ages of 14
and 22 with even the slightest flair for the performing arts.
We believe in providing a safe and friendly
environment to foster the insurmountable talent that is becoming more
and more visible in young Irish performers.
We aim to produce a superhuman number of high-quality productions each
year in which our members can become familiar with every aspect of
putting on a show from fundraising to not saying "Good Luck" on
opening night.
We encourage teamwork and creativity as well as the development of a
multitude of skills including busking, interpetive dance and cleaning
up after rehearsals.
We work to build confidence as much as ability and most importantly, we
strive to achieve all this whilst having the most fun that is humanly
possible.
Projects and National Tours
IYT started up in 2004 with an aim to produce several projects a year
and tour around the country. Already we have participated in the
National Theatre UK Connections Festival four years running
and played The Everyman Palace Theatre, Cork The Riverbank Theatre,
Kildare, The Helix Space, Dublin, The Mill Theatre, Dundrum, The
Ark, Dublin and the Space, Sligo. We also developed a new work
for the Young Fringe Festival through an acting
intensive course designed exclusively for IYT.
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2006/07
Having performed in the Dublin Fringe Festival in September and the
Fizzfest in the Helix in October 2005 IYT followed with the premiere of
The Spidermen by Ursula Rani Sarma as part of theNational Theatre Connections
Festival 2006. We then participated in the NAYD Festival of Youth
Theatres in Limerick in July followed by the production, over an
intensive week long course in August, of You don't know Jack written
and produced by the members themselves. There followed a
Busking session in Grafton Street and a Bag Pack in Tesco to raise funds for our
productions of Brokenville by Philip Ridley and School Journey to the
Centre of the Earth in the Mill Theatre, Dundrum on
December 5th. 2007 has seen us working with Kellie Reynolds developing an original play The Birdhouse and performing Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid (DNA) for this years NTConnections festival in Newbridge and Cork. Coming up we have the first ever IYT Festival of Youth Theatre from May 22nd - 26th in T36, Parnell Square at which we will premiere The Birdhouse and also bring our production of DNA to Dublin! This will be rounded off by a gala black tie fundraising evening and awards night.
The Independent Youth Theatre meet on Thursday evenings
in the Ranelagh Multi Denominational School/St Philips Church Hall Dartry. The young people
work as a company throughout the year and currently membership
is nominal with almost all costs being covered through fundraising
activity. They work hard and are treated like real performers,
and are becoming one of the most exciting young companies
in the country.
How to join IYT
Auditions consist of a group workshop and take place in September each year.
We do take some new members on during the year so if you
are interested in joining but missed the auditions please
contact us on 01 496 8808 or
e-mail iytinfo@gmail.com . We would particularily like to meet
people interested in the technical side; lighting, sound, stage
management.
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Interesting links:
National Theatre Connections Website -
www.shellconnections.org
The National Association of Youth Drama - www.youthdrama.ie
Lots more interesting links can be found here - ITW
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