Independent Youth Theatre
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Independent Youth Theatre is a platform for youth performance in Ireland
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Based in Dublin and established in 2003, the Independent Youth Theatre (or IYT) produces new Irish works - both directed and written by young people. It accepts members between the ages of 14 to 24 and is the only youth theatre in Ireland to be run by a democratically elected committee of youths. The company performs in variety of theatres throughout Dublin, with many of its members continuing to work in drama and the performing arts. The group is a member of the National Association of Youth Drama (NAYD). The company has also taken part in the Dublin Fringe, and was a regular at the Everyman Palace Theatre
's New Connections Festival, until its relocation to the Riverbank Arts Centre, Kildare. The Independent Youth Theatre continues to work closely with Kildare Youth Theatre, participating in the Wyett Festival of Human Rights in 2008.
, The Everyman Palace Theatre
, The Ark
and The Mill Theatre. Previously they were based in Muckross School in Ranelagh and the College of Further Education in Rathmines. Much of its work consists of new writing and devised pieces, which it has toured to other Youth Theatre venues around Ireland. In addition, IYT hosts two youth theatre festivals each year, in December and May, providing other Youth Theatres without local performance spaces an opportunity to perform in Dublin.
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
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Based in Dublin and established in 2003, the Independent Youth Theatre (or IYT) produces new Irish works - both directed and written by young people. It accepts members between the ages of 14 to 24 and is the only youth theatre in Ireland to be run by a democratically elected committee of youths. The company performs in variety of theatres throughout Dublin, with many of its members continuing to work in drama and the performing arts. The group is a member of the National Association of Youth Drama (NAYD). The company has also taken part in the Dublin Fringe, and was a regular at the Everyman Palace Theatre
Everyman Palace Theatre
The Everyman Palace Theatre is a 650-seat Victorian theatre on MacCurtain Street in Cork, Ireland. Originally opened in 1897/98, it is the oldest purpose built theatre building in Cork...
's New Connections Festival, until its relocation to the Riverbank Arts Centre, Kildare. The Independent Youth Theatre continues to work closely with Kildare Youth Theatre, participating in the Wyett Festival of Human Rights in 2008.
Rehearsals and performances
The group rehearses in The Basement Studio on Clarendon Street and performs at different venues in Dublin, with previous productions having been staged in the Back Loft, The HelixThe Helix
The Helix is a building on the Dublin City University campus between Glasnevinand Whitehall on Dublin's Northside, originally planned to be called the Aula Maxima. It was completed in 2002, and it is described as a "performance space" and holds concerts, university conferring ceremonies and...
, The Everyman Palace Theatre
Everyman Palace Theatre
The Everyman Palace Theatre is a 650-seat Victorian theatre on MacCurtain Street in Cork, Ireland. Originally opened in 1897/98, it is the oldest purpose built theatre building in Cork...
, The Ark
The Ark (band)
The Ark was a Swedish glam rock band formed in 1991 by Jepsson Mikael , and Lasse Ljungberg, when Ola Salo and Leari were only fourteen years old. Martin Axén officially joined the band in 1997, and Sylvester Schlegel in 1999. In late 2005, Jens Andersson joined The Ark as an official member...
and The Mill Theatre. Previously they were based in Muckross School in Ranelagh and the College of Further Education in Rathmines. Much of its work consists of new writing and devised pieces, which it has toured to other Youth Theatre venues around Ireland. In addition, IYT hosts two youth theatre festivals each year, in December and May, providing other Youth Theatres without local performance spaces an opportunity to perform in Dublin.
Committee
The youth theatre is run by an elected committee. The committee includes a treasurer and a welfare officer, as well as two member representatives from the company.Show history
- 2011 - "Shot" by Sarah Bradley
- 2011 - "Love & Money" by Dennis KellyDennis KellyDennis Kelly is a London-based writer for both the theatre and television. Oberon plays have published a volume of Dennis Kelly Plays; Debris, After the End, Osama the Hero and Love and Money...
directed by Barry Morgan - 2011 - "Out of Your Mind" devised by cast under Christina Matthews (with help from Dean Rodgers)
- 2011 - "This is A Play" directed by Ali Brady
- 2010 - "Upward, Outward, Anchored" by Richard Earley and Richard Pritzel
- 2010 - "Demigods" by Nora Kelly-Lester
- 2010 - "Secret Project 7" devised by the cast under Christina Matthews and Barry Morgan
- 2010 - "In Your Dreams" an improvised piece under Brianne Fitzpatrick
- 2009 - "All The Superheroes; Put Your Hands Up" devised by the cast under Liana O'Cleirigh and Shaun Dunne
- 2009 - "The Life & Times of Britney Spears the Musical" devised by the cast under Karl Watson, Kellie Reynolds and Roisin Watson
- 2009 - "Cooped Up" by Brigit McCone
- 2009 - "This Is An Installation Art Piece" by Shaun Dunne
- 2009 - "Bang Shoot Blast" by Karl Watson
- 2009 - "Other People's Stuff" by Kellie Reynolds
- 2008 - "Never Swim Alone" by Daniel MacIvorDaniel MacIvorDaniel MacIvor is a Canadian actor, playwright, theatre director and film director. He was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia and educated at Dalhousie University in Halifax, and then at George Brown College in Toronto, Ontario....
- 2008 - "Killed by Curriculum" by Shaun Dunne
- 2008 - "The Terrace" by David Parnell
- 2008 - "Sonnets for an Old Century" by José RiveraJosé Rivera (playwright)José Rivera is a playwright and the first Puerto Rican screenwriter to be nominated for an Oscar.-Early years:Rivera was born in the Santurce section of San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1955. He was raised in Arecibo where he lived until 1959. Rivera's family migrated from Puerto Rico when he was 4 years...
- 2008 - "Life is Play" commissioned by Barnardos and devised by the cast under Liana O'Cleirigh and Joey Kavenagh
- 2008 - "Future Pope Now!" devised by the cast under Kellie Reynolds
- 2008 - "You don't get Clifftina" by Karl Watson
- 2008 - "Pterodactyls" by Nicky SilverNicky SilverNicky Silver is an American playwright. Formerly of Philadelphia, he resides in New York City.As a teen, Silver attended Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center in upstate New York. He began writing after graduating from the New York University Theatre program. Many of his early plays...
- 2008 - "Scenes From Family Life" by Mark RavenhillMark RavenhillMark Ravenhill is an English playwright, actor and journalist.His most famous plays include Shopping and Fucking , Some Explicit Polaroids and Mother Clap's Molly House . He made his acting debut in his monologue Product, at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe...
- 2007 - "A Midsummer Night's DreamA Midsummer Night's DreamA Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
" - 2007 - "Feeding the Moonfish" by Barbara Wiechmann
- 2007 - "Fluorescent Adolescent" by Karl Watson
- 2007 - "You don't know Harry" by Karl Watson
- 2007 - "Deoxyribonucleic Acid" by Dennis KellyDennis KellyDennis Kelly is a London-based writer for both the theatre and television. Oberon plays have published a volume of Dennis Kelly Plays; Debris, After the End, Osama the Hero and Love and Money...
- 2007 - "The Birdhouse" devised by the cast under Kellie Reynolds
- 2007 - "Product" by Mark RavenhillMark RavenhillMark Ravenhill is an English playwright, actor and journalist.His most famous plays include Shopping and Fucking , Some Explicit Polaroids and Mother Clap's Molly House . He made his acting debut in his monologue Product, at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe...
- 2007 - "Karamazoo" by Philip RidleyPhilip RidleyPhilip Ridley is a British artist working with various media.- Biography :Ridley was born in Bethnal Green, in the East End of London, where he still lives and works. He studied painting at St. Martin’s School of Art and his work has been exhibited throughout Europe and Japan...
- 2006 - "Brokenville" by Philip RidleyPhilip RidleyPhilip Ridley is a British artist working with various media.- Biography :Ridley was born in Bethnal Green, in the East End of London, where he still lives and works. He studied painting at St. Martin’s School of Art and his work has been exhibited throughout Europe and Japan...
- 2006 - "School Journey to the Centre of the Earth" by Daisy Campbell
- 2006 - "You don't know Jack" by Karl Watson
- 2006 - "The Spidermen" by Ursula Rani Sarma
- 2006 - "Like a Virgin" by Gordon Steel
- 2005 - "Loaded" devised by the cast under Orla Dunne and Graham Main
- 2005 - "Citizenship" by Mark RavenhillMark RavenhillMark Ravenhill is an English playwright, actor and journalist.His most famous plays include Shopping and Fucking , Some Explicit Polaroids and Mother Clap's Molly House . He made his acting debut in his monologue Product, at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe...
- 2005 - "Chatroom" by Enda WalshEnda WalshEnda Walsh is an Irish playwright born in Dublin and currently living in London. Walsh attended the same secondary school where both Roddy Doyle and Paul Mercier taught. Having written for the Dublin Youth Theatre, he moved to Cork where he wrote Fishy Tales for the Graffiti Theatre Company,...
- 2004 - "Headstrong" by April De AngelisApril De AngelisApril De Angelis is a British dramatist of part Sicilian descent. She is a graduate of Sussex University who trained at East 15 Acting School....
- 2004 - "The Musicians" by Patrick MarberPatrick MarberPatrick Albert Crispin Marber is an English comedian, playwright, director, puppeteer, actor and screenwriter.-Early life and education:...