Festivals
There is nothing quite like youth theatre festival spirit! National and Regional Festivals are a wonderful opportunity for youth theatre members to:
- showcase their work
- develop new skills
- meet and work with other youth theatre members from all over the country
- and have the craic!
National Festival 2012
We are returning to Kilkenny for the National Festival of Youth Theatres 2012 taking place from 3-8 July. We received an unprecedented number of applications from youth theatres wanting to take part. Priority was given to youth theatres who have not participated in the last two fesitvals and we had a draw for the other places. The youth theatres chosen are:
Activate Youth Theatre (Cork)
County Wexford Youth Theatre
Footsteps Youth Theatre (Limerick)
Fracture Youth Theatre/Play Youth Theatre (Tipperary)
Independent Youth Theatre (Dublin)
Letterkenny Youth Theatre (Donegal)
M.A.D. Youth Theatre (Louth)
Monaghan Youth Theatre
Offaly Youth Theatre
Roundabout Youth Theatre (Dublin)
Roscommon County Youth Theatre
Tallaght Youth Theatre (Dublin)
Waterford Youth Arts
Facilitators
The facilitators for the festival are Kevin Murphy, Anna Galligan, Michael McCabe, Gene Rooney and Edward Milbourne McCarthy. More details of the workshop programme will be posted soon.
Better Together
We made a short video of some of the highlights of last year's festival for the Better Together Awards. Check it out on YouTube.
Kilkenny 2011
Thank you to all the youth theatres who joined us in Kilkenny for four great days. There was a packed programme of events with a full day of workshops followed by social activities. Leaders and participants gave it their all and helped to make the festival a huge success.
There are so many moments we don't want to forget so we have done our best to gather them all in pictures on the NAYD Facebook page.
The youth theatres who took part were:
- Backstage Youth Theatre, Longford
- Bui Bolg Youth Group, Wexford
- Clondalkin Youth Theatre, Dublin
- County Sligo Youth Theatre
- Droichead Youth Theatre, Louth
- Dublin Youth Theatre
- Griese Youth Theatre, Kildare
- Kilkenny Youth Theatre
- Laois Youth Theatre
- Leitrim Youth Theatre Company
- Mayo Youth Theatre
- Monaghan Youth Theatre
- Roscommon County Youth Theatre
National Festival 2011:The Video
Want to relive some of the magic. Watch a short video packed with National Festival highlights. The video was entered in the 2011 Better Together Awards and has been shortlisted for an award.
Life is a Carne-Val!
The 2010 National Fesitval (Carne-val) was an unforgettable four days that will live long in the memory of all who were there! It had it all from great workshops .... a digital treasure hunt.....karaoke..... a crazy kiteman.....sand-castles....a broken bone...and of course cupcakes.
Despite some early bad weather the campers persevered and the sun shone for most of our stay. Workshops were facilitated by Liam Halligan, Max Hafler, Sharon Cromwell, Miquel Barcelo and Sue Mythen.
The youth theatres who participated were:
- Backstage Youth Theatre, Longford
- Ballina Youth Theatre, Mayo
- Blessington Youth Musical and Dramatic Society, Wicklow
- Bui Bolg Youth Group, Wexford
- Co. LYT, Limerick
- Droiched Youth Theatre, Louth
- Dublin Youth Theatre
- Fracture/Nenagh Youth Theatre, Tipperary
- Kildare Youth Theatre
- Laois Youth Theatre
- Leitrim Youth Theatre Company
- Lightbulb Youth Theatre, Cork
- Waterford Youth Arts
Photos.....Photos......Photos
We have uploaded photos to the NAYD facebook page.
Photo: Moya Nolan
