Scottish Youth Theatre is Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

's national youth theatre company for ages 3–25. It is core funded by the Scottish Arts Council

Scottish Arts Council

The Scottish Arts Council is a Scottish public body that distributes funding from the Scottish Government, and is the leading national organisation for the funding, development and promotion of the arts in Scotland...

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Scottish Youth Theatre has headquarters in Glasgow but work throughout Scotland. The Old Sheriff Court is the UK's first purpose built arts centre for young people.

Scottish Youth Theatre provide Drama, Dance and Singing classes at the weekend (10 week term) and an Adult & Toddler class on Mondays (6 week term.)

Summer Festival takes place during the school holidays in various locations around Scotland and involves theatrical training for two, three or five weeks. Participants can choose to stay in residences during the course or travel from home each day.

Past Productions

• Pinocchio
  Pinocchio
  The Adventures of Pinocchio is a novel for children by Italian author Carlo Collodi, written in Florence. The first half was originally a serial between 1881 and 1883, and then later completed as a book for children in February 1883. It is about the mischievous adventures of Pinocchio , an...
  
   (2009)
• Hidden Treasures (2009)
• Hamlet
  Hamlet
  The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
  
   (2009)
• Geordie
  Geordie
  Geordie is a regional nickname for a person from the Tyneside region of the north east of England, or the name of the English-language dialect spoken by its inhabitants...
  
   (Summer 2008)
• Oh! What A Lovely War
  Oh! What a Lovely War
  Oh! What a Lovely War is a musical film based on the stage musical Oh, What a Lovely War! originated by Charles Chilton as a radio play, The Long Long Trail in December 1961, and transferred to stage by Gerry Raffles in partnership with Joan Littlewood and her Theatre Workshop created in 1963,...
  
   (Summer 2008)
• Hero (Summer 2008)
• When A Star Falls
  When a Star Falls
  When a Star Falls is an adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. TSR, Inc. published the module in 1984.-Plot summary:...
  
   (2007-2008)
• His Dark Materials
  His Dark Materials
  His Dark Materials is a trilogy of fantasy novels by Philip Pullman comprising Northern Lights , The Subtle Knife , and The Amber Spyglass...
  
   (Phillip Pullman Trilogy) (2007)
• Wee MacGreegor (2006)
• Man of the Crowd (2006)
• Tales From The Arabian Nights (2006)
• Geordie
  Geordie
  Geordie is a regional nickname for a person from the Tyneside region of the north east of England, or the name of the English-language dialect spoken by its inhabitants...
  
   (2006)
• The Snow Queen
  The Snow Queen
  The Snow Queen is a fairy tale by author Hans Christian Andersen . The tale was first published in 1845, and centers on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by a little boy and girl, Kai and Gerda....
  
   (2005)
• The Ugly Ducking (2005)
• Into The Light (2005)
• Dying For It (2004-2005)
• The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (2004)
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
  Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
  Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 1936 British film produced and directed by George King.-Plot:The film features Tod Slaughter in one of his most famous roles as barber Sweeney Todd. Sweeney Todd was wrongly sentenced to life in prison. After his release 15 years later, he begins...
  
   (2004)
• Romeo and Juliet
  Romeo and Juliet
  Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
  
  
• Born Bad
• The Wizard of Oz
  The Wizard of Oz (adaptations)
  The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 novel by L. Frank Baum, which has been adapted into several different works, the most famous being the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland...
  
   (2001)
• Hamlet
  Hamlet
  The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
  
  
• Macbeth
  Macbeth
  The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
  
  
• Tam O' Shanter
  Tam o' Shanter
  Tam o' Shanter may refer to:*"Tam o' Shanter" , a 1790 poem by Robert Burns* Tam o' Shanter, the main character of the poem...
  
   (1991) (The People's Palace)
• Nicholas Nickleby (1991) (The Old Athenaeum)
• The Human Cannon (1990) (The Old Athenaeum)
• A Midsummer's Night Dream (1990) (The Burrell Collection)
• The Dragon (1988) (Aberdeen University)
• Romeo and Juliet
  Romeo and Juliet
  Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
  
   (1988) (RSAMD Theatre)

Two week residential course

A two week course is available for anyone interested between the ages of twelve and fifteen. This course is focused on drama and theatre skills tuition. Normally, students would work with various directors & tutors specialising in theatre arts (for example drama, movement & music). On the final Saturday, the group presents a final performance.

Three week intermediate course

A three week course for ages thirteen to sixteen has been formed to create a developmental link between the foundation course and the five week performance and production course. This course offers the opportunity to develop performance skills in a focused environment, while at the same time providing insight into the more advanced five week performance and production course. The course includes specialist skills workshops, and rehearsals that will lead to performances with you forming part of the ensemble cast for the main house five week productions. Taking part in these performances will be the culmination of the work done over the three weeks.

Five week performance course

The five week course, aimed at ages sixteen to twenty-one, is Scottish Youth Theatre's flagship event and has been running since 1977. This course consists of training and rehearsals for the first four weeks of the course, and culminates in the production of main house shows in the final production week. During the course, participants take part in specialist skills workshops and various evening activities and social events include newsreader Kirsty Young

Kirsty Young

Kirsty Jackson Young is a Scottish television presenter and radio presenter. She is the main presenter of Crimewatch and Desert Island Discs. She is married to millionaire club owner Nick Jones.- Career :...

, actor Douglas Henshall

Douglas Henshall

Douglas James Henshall is a Scottish actor probably best known for his role as Professor Nick Cutter in the British science fiction series Primeval.-Early life:...

 and one of SYT's patrons Blythe Duff

Blythe Duff

Blythe Duff is a Scottish actress, best known for her role as Jackie Reid in the ITV television series drama, Taggart.-Background:Duff was raised in East Kilbride...

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Patrons

Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson is a British actress, comedian and screenwriter. Her first major film role was in the 1989 romantic comedy The Tall Guy. In 1992, Thompson won multiple acting awards, including an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress, for her performance in the British drama Howards End...

, Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming, OBE is a Scottish stage, television and film actor, singer, writer, director, producer and author. His roles have included the Emcee in Cabaret, Boris Grishenko in GoldenEye, Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men United, Mr. Elton in Emma, and Fegan Floop in the Spy Kids trilogy...

, Billy Boyd, Bill Paterson, Brian Cox, Blythe Duff

Blythe Duff

Blythe Duff is a Scottish actress, best known for her role as Jackie Reid in the ITV television series drama, Taggart.-Background:Duff was raised in East Kilbride...

, Phylida Law, Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson is a British actress, comedian and screenwriter. Her first major film role was in the 1989 romantic comedy The Tall Guy. In 1992, Thompson won multiple acting awards, including an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress, for her performance in the British drama Howards End...

, Richard Wilson, Paul Riley

Paul Riley

Paul Riley is a Scottish actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Winston Ingram in the Scottish sitcom, Still Game. He previously worked on the sketch show Chewin' the Fat, the show that Still Game was a spin-off from...

, Marilyn Banne, Colin McCredie

Colin McCredie

Colin McCredie is a Scottish actor, best known for his role as DC Stuart Fraser in the STV drama, Taggart....

, Elaine C Smith & David Rintoul

David Rintoul

David Rintoul is a stage and television actor.Rintoul was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. He studied at Edinburgh University and won a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London....

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Famous Participants

Gerard Butler

Gerard Butler

Gerard James Butler is a Scottish actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television. A trained lawyer, Butler turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies , which he followed with steady work on television, most notably in...

 (300

300

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 , RocknRolla

RocknRolla

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), Rory Elrick

Rory Elrick

Rory Elrick from Bowling, West Dunbartonshire near Glasgow is Scottish child actor best known for starring as the title character Fletcher Moon in the CBBC television series Half Moon Investigations based on the best-selling novels by Eoin Colfer...

 Half Moon Investigations

Half Moon Investigations

Half Moon Investigations is a novel by the Irish author Eoin Colfer. It was first published in United States in March 2006 and was released in the UK and Ireland on 1 June 2006. The paperback edition was released in the UK on 5 July 2007...

, Sean Biggerstaff

Sean Biggerstaff

Sean Biggerstaff is a Scottish actor best known for playing Oliver Wood in the Harry Potter film series.-Life and career:Biggerstaff was born in Glasgow, Scotland, growing up with his parents in Maryhill...

 (Harry Potter

Harry Potter

Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...

), Douglas Henshall

Douglas Henshall

Douglas James Henshall is a Scottish actor probably best known for his role as Professor Nick Cutter in the British science fiction series Primeval.-Early life:...

 (Primeval

Primeval

Primeval or primæval may refer to:* Primeval, a British science fiction television series.* Primeval , a 2007 film* Primeval , a score of music from the BBC TV series Doctor Who...

), Tony Curran

Tony Curran

Anthony "Tony" Curran is a Scottish actor.Curran was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He is an alumnus of Holyrood Secondary School and is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama....

 (Underworld: Evolution

Underworld: Evolution

Underworld: Evolution is the second installment in the Underworld series, following Underworld in 2003...

, Primeval

Primeval

Primeval or primæval may refer to:* Primeval, a British science fiction television series.* Primeval , a 2007 film* Primeval , a score of music from the BBC TV series Doctor Who...

), Carmen Pieraccini

Carmen Pieraccini

Carmen Pieraccini is a Scottish actress, who has appeared in the BBC television shows River City and Dear Green Place.-Biography:...

 (River City

River City

River City is a Scottish television soap opera, first broadcast in Scotland on BBC Scotland on 24 September 2002. River City storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional district of Shieldinch in Glasgow...

, Dear Green Place

Dear Green Place

Dear Green Place is a Scottish comedy programme set in a park in central Glasgow. It first aired on 19 October 2007 on BBC One Scotland. The second series has just finished airing on the same channel....

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And many more!

Further information

Scottish Youth Theatre Main Website
http://www.scottishyouththeatre.org/

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