Drama activities for young people aged 7-19 in Northumberland
Youth Theatre is a tremendous vehicle for helping young people to build their confidence and build their skills by engaging their creativity. At Mortal Fools Youth Theatre (MFYT), we focus on supporting children and young people's creativity, wellbeing and self-belief using the medium of drama.
We run several youth theatre groups, giving young people the opportunity to let their imaginations run wild and work alongside professional theatre practitioners to create compelling theatre, which is fun, original, and stems from contemporary topics and issues, with young people's ideas at the heart.
We specialise in ensemble projects so our focus is strong team work and creating an environment which is fun, supportive and encouraging. There is no experience necessary and we are open to ALL young people. We only have three rules (which we pinched from one of our brilliant partner youth theatres - Company Three):
1. BE KIND!
2. BE BRAVE!
3. BE YOURSELF!
Our projects are varied, exciting, loads of fun and suitable for all.
Youth Theatre is a tremendous vehicle for helping young people to build their confidence and build their skills by engaging their creativity. At Mortal Fools Youth Theatre (MFYT), we focus on supporting children and young people's creativity, wellbeing and self-belief using the medium of drama.
We run several youth theatre groups, giving young people the opportunity to let their imaginations run wild and work alongside professional theatre practitioners to create compelling theatre, which is fun, original, and stems from contemporary topics and issues, with young people's ideas at the heart.
We specialise in ensemble projects so our focus is strong team work and creating an environment which is fun, supportive and encouraging. There is no experience necessary and we are open to ALL young people. We only have three rules (which we pinched from one of our brilliant partner youth theatres - Company Three):
1. BE KIND!
2. BE BRAVE!
3. BE YOURSELF!
Our projects are varied, exciting, loads of fun and suitable for all.
Update on MFYT activities in response to COVID-19:
Following further advice from the Government, Mortal Fools have taken the decision to cancel our participatory sessions until further notice. Our priority is the safety of our members and staff team.
Unfortunately, this means that our planned programme of activities will not be able to go ahead. But we still want to do everything we can to continue supporting our members during this strange time!
What are we going to do, instead of our face-to-face weekly sessions?
We’re going to create and share brilliant online activities for children and young people – with the support of some of our magnificent young people!
Some of this will be pre-recorded and available to anybody through our website and social media channels. Other activities will be LIVE and created specifically for our current youth theatre members to take part in. These will be hosted weekly through Zoom, and will more closely resemble the weekly sessions we usually run. Instead of charging termly fees, we'll be doing a 'Pay What You Feel' donation scheme.
We'd love you to get involved, so make sure you keep checking our website regularly, and follow all of our social media channels to stay in the loop. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @MortalFoolsUK
Supporting us through an unprecedented time:
We don't know what the future holds for Mortal Fools - when we'll be able to resume our face-to-face activities and what the landscape of grant-giving agencies (where the majority of our income comes from) will look like in a few months' time - so anything you can do to support us is hugely appreciated. Click below to find out about the small ways you can help us:
Unfortunately, this means that our planned programme of activities will not be able to go ahead. But we still want to do everything we can to continue supporting our members during this strange time!
What are we going to do, instead of our face-to-face weekly sessions?
We’re going to create and share brilliant online activities for children and young people – with the support of some of our magnificent young people!
Some of this will be pre-recorded and available to anybody through our website and social media channels. Other activities will be LIVE and created specifically for our current youth theatre members to take part in. These will be hosted weekly through Zoom, and will more closely resemble the weekly sessions we usually run. Instead of charging termly fees, we'll be doing a 'Pay What You Feel' donation scheme.
We'd love you to get involved, so make sure you keep checking our website regularly, and follow all of our social media channels to stay in the loop. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @MortalFoolsUK
Supporting us through an unprecedented time:
We don't know what the future holds for Mortal Fools - when we'll be able to resume our face-to-face activities and what the landscape of grant-giving agencies (where the majority of our income comes from) will look like in a few months' time - so anything you can do to support us is hugely appreciated. Click below to find out about the small ways you can help us:
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MORTAL FOOLS YOUTH THEATRE
WEEKLY GROUPS (School Years 3 - 11) 
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YOUNG PEOPLE'S THEATRE EXCHANGE NETWORK
& OUR ENSEMBLE YOUNG COMPANY (School Years 10+) 
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