Youth Theatre
Youth Theatre is a tremendous vehicle for helping young people to build their confidence and build their skills by engaging their creativity. 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 explores the cultural and social issues we all face.
Tyne Valley Youth Theatre (TVYT)
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VYT is our flagship youth theatre, for young people aged 7 to 19 living in the Tyne Valley and surrounding area.
In TVYT, young people work alongside professional theatre artists to create dynamic, thought-provoking, original theatre, with the young people's ideas at the heart. Our activities take place in community spaces and we transform them into fully-functioning theatre spaces for our productions. We specialise in ensemble projects so our focus is strong team work and creating an environment which is fun, supportive and encouraging. At TVYT you get out what you put in. We don't audition our members. All we ask is that you come with lots of enthusiasm and a willingness to have a go. Our projects are varied, exciting, loads of fun and suitable for all! Watch our video to see what we got up to in 2017... |
Video created by Eddie Plaskitt - a TVYT Ensemble member
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Creatives of the Future
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We want Northumberland to become a leader in Youth Theatre provision, using an approach and strategy which puts young people's creative and personal development at the heart of all the work. We work with Northumberland Arts Development (County Council), Culture Bridge North East and other arts and community partners to develop the provision of drama activities for children and young people across Northumberland, with support from Arts Council England and several private funders.
Because Northumberland is a predominantly rural county, most of its population live in geographically isolated areas. Half of the population live in South East Northumberland, which has some of the most disadvantaged communities in England. |
TVYT 2015
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Hamlet 2016
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We are pioneering approaches which help to address this. By building the confidence, skills and aspirations of our participants we aim to prevent the disengagement which leads to problems like generational unemployment. The satisfaction that comes from working hard to create something that you're proud of, as well as experiencing achievement through schemes like Arts Award, are a key part of our approach.
We believe that young people should be treated as artists in their own right, and so our young people work alongside professional theatre practitioners to create dynamic and original devised and scripted theatre productions which express their ideas and the challenges which affect their lives. |
