nfyt 2013 event programme

presents:

5–7 July 2013RothesHalls, Glenrothes£3/2 per show I £5/3 day passAll performances are deaf accessible

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WelcometoNFYT2013!Welcome toScotland’s National Festival ofYouthTheatre (NFYT),which returns toGlenrothes for the fourth year running.This annual event is a celebration ofthe powerofyouth theatre arts and is the largest gathering ofyouth theatre groups anywherein theUK.Join us all weekend for inspiring performances by youth theatre groups fromall across Scotland and beyond, including a few from right here in Fife (watch out forthe special Fife Friday programmeon the opening night).

We invite you to get involved and discover that performing isn’t just about beingin shows… it’s about finding your voice, challenging your surroundings,andmakingfriends for life!

Participating in this year’s NFYTare:AberdeenPerformingArtsYouthTheatreCaithnessYoungCompanyCollisionCumbernauldYouthTheatreDeafYouthTheatreDundeeRepYouthTheatreEdenCourtYoungCompanyFifeYouthTheatreFireflyArtsInvergordonYouthTheatreJumpKildareYouthTheatreLeGrandBleuNorthLanarkshireYouthTheatreStrangeTown

> National Festival of Youth Theatre 2013

EventProgrammeNFYT is not just about performing andwatching shows, for all participatinggroups it’s about learning new skills, taking risks and consideringwhymakingand performing theatrematters.

NFYT2013 features awhole host ofworkshopswith leading artists, includingscratch devising,magic and dance,aswell as an exciting newYoungCriticsprogrammewith theatre critic Gareth KVile.

So expect to see somewild andwonderful things happening in RothesHallsand throughout the KingdomShopping Centre all weekend.

PerformanceProgramme

Friday5July I 4.45pm–5.45pm

MainAuditorium

NationalTheatreofScotlandwithFifeCultural Trust

JumpDirected by SimonSharkey and Phil McCormack

Jump fuses physical theatre, storytelling and themovement discipline ofparkour into afluid and freshly-devised theatrical production.Share in themusic choices,personalstories and discoveries ofthe youngmen as they overcome the physical,mental andemotional obstacles encountered on the journey fromboyhood tomanhood.

The 20 boys taking part in Jump include pupils fromGlenrothesHigh School,AuchmutyHigh School,Kirkcaldy High School,KirklandHigh School andWoodmill High School.

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FifeFridaydouble bill8.30pm–9.45pmMain AuditoriumFriday5July I 8.30pm–8.45pm I MainAuditorium

ENGAGE

Speak!Facilitated by Leyla Coll-O’ReillyAssisted byJack StancliffSupported by SHELL

Beginningwith two days ofworkshops across CowdenbeathHigh School,GlenrothesHigh School,Inverkeithing High School, and Lochgelly High School,Speak! Sees participantsworkingwith FifeYouthTheatre to create a unique devised performance.

‘What do youwant to saymore than anything?Are you struggling to find the rightwords?The right time, the right place?Tell mewhatmakes you angry.Tell mewhat you care aboutmost.Do you have something to say?Do youwant to be heard?This time,everyone is listening.Speak!’ Friday5July I 8.45pm–9.45pm I MainAuditorium

COLLISION

InSilenceWeSleepCreated by the companyDirected by Claire Bloomfield

Howdoes insomnia blur reality as you fight the battleofsleep? In SilenceWeSleep is a dynamic explorationoffive individuals’ nightly fight ofbeing stuck in theworldofthe constantly awake.

“Acommitedand intelligent company”National Theatre

Collision is group ofFife based young theatremakers (13-18years).We creatework that responds to the everyday, thatexplores our position in theworld in whichwe live.

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Saturday6July10.00am–11.00am I MainAuditorium

KILDAREYOUTHTHEATRE

AftermathDirected by KeithMillar andMarcTuffy

What if the London riots happened in Ireland?This piece ismainly driven bymonologues ofpeople reliving the horror/ecstasy ofthe riots.Did some people go too far?Are they going to be paying for amistake theymade for the restoftheir lives? Orwere they just in thewrong place at thewrong time?

KildareYouthTheatre creates adventureswith young people.We take risks and lay down challenges.We seek to rise above our [play]stations in everyway possible.

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5.00pm–6.00pm I MainAuditorium

EDENCOURTYOUNGCOMPANY

TheWavemakerWritten by the company,directed by Hayley Savage

Apiecewhich surges between a tenacious longing for a better life,heart-breaking glimpses into a lostworld, and a desperate struggletomaintain the illusion ofcontrol.

The young are restless…The elders are losing control.TheWavemaker is coming…everythingwill change! This complex piece ofdevised drama is a sinister look at teenagelifewithin a dystopian society

EdenCourtYoungCompany is an auditioned youth theatre that rehearses on a project by projectbasis. TheWavemaker company consists oftheatremakers fromacross theHighlands,predominantly of intermidiate 2,higher drama and college level students.TheYoungCompany,started their devising process in earlyMarch and are thrilled to be performing at NFYT2013.

eden-court.co.uk

11.30am–12.30pm I MainAuditorium

CUMBERNAULDYOUTHTHEATRE

WavelengthDevised by the cast,directed byVikki Alexander

Acreative and comedic showwhich includes original livemusic,dancing, standup andmore.Take a glimpse inside one teenager'smind–not a faint taskunder ordinary circumstances–butwith conflicting emotions,quirky friendsand hormones–in this case–is everything really as it seems?

Cumbernauld YouthTheatre is vibrant,exciting and inclusive.We focus ondeveloping confidence,communication and social skills though games,storytelling, role play and improvisation.

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Saturday6July8.30pm–9.30pm I MainAuditorium

ABERDEENPERFORMINGARTSYOUTHTHEATRE

GreyMatterWritten by StefSmith,directed by Claire DavidsonSix intertwining stories from teenagerswho are all about tomake decisionsthatwill affect the rest ofyour life. A brand newplay about pulling out youreye lashes,drinking toomuch,not caring enough,exams,kissing, ferris wheels and attemptingto embark on the rest ofyour life.

Since 2010Aberdeen PerformingArtsYThave been creating dynamic and challenging piecesoftheatrewhich deal with real issues faced by real young people.GreyMatter is the resultoftheir collaborationwith Olivier awardwinningwriter,StefSmith,exploringwhat itmeans to be a young person strugglingwith theirmental health.

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Sunday 7July

2.45pm-3.45pm I MainAuditorium

DEAFYOUTHTHEATRE

Funk‘n’LoveDirected byJennifer Bates

Acollaboration betweenSolar Bear's DeafYouthTheatre and asian bangra styleduo,Tigerstyle.“Funk ‘n’ Love”asks the question ‘What Is Inspiration?’Amix ofmusic, video,animation and live performance.

“…thesheer joyoftheperformance is as infectious as it is life affirming”JoyceMcMillian,The Scotsman.

Solar Bear is home toBritain’s only permanent youth theatre for deafpeople–DeafYouthTheatre (DYT).DYTcreates accessible theatre for deafand hearingaudiences alike, ensuring that no one is excluded fromseeing ourwork.

solarbear.org.uk

11.30am–12.30pm I MainAuditorium

INVERGORDONYOUTHTHEATRE

TheHiddenWritten and devised by IonaMathieson,Rachel Goodwin,AlanisMcleod,HollieMackay,KathleenWhiteford,AoibheannNicolson,FreyaDane andMollyDrummond.Directed by Naomi Shoba and LucyMcGlennonSuspense builds aswewatch a group ofpeople disintegrate under surveillance. They’re beingwatched and they know it. It’smade themwary.Trust has broken down and individualism rules.Thereis a container on stagewhich everyone considers theirs but no one is particularly inclined to open it.Theywantwhat’s in the container but somebody has to take a risk…

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Sunday 7July

6.45–7.45pm I MainAuditorium

FIREFLYARTS

Women InPowerWritten byAristophanes

Directed by SarahMacDonald and EleanorMorrison

Frustrated at being controlled bymen,Praxagora and friendsinfiltrate theAssembly to create a socialist state that ruleson everything fromhousing to love-making.

A sharp,modernist take onAristophanes’bawdy tale ofpower,politics and sex.Written 2,000 yearsago and set against an intrigue ofcross-dressing and self-interest,Women In Power takes oursmug 21st century ethics by the scruffofthe neck for a good shaking.Fully BSL-signed by the cast,Women in Power contains adultmaterial.

Firefly Arts offer theatre and film activity for children and young people acrossWest Lothian,providing quality experience ofdevising,physical theatre, text-work, technical and production skills.We’re delighted to be back at NFYT.

firefly-arts.co.uk

8.00pm–9.00pm I MainAuditorium

STRANGETOWN

LoveBitesWritten by SamSiggsDirected by RuthHollyman

Midsummer night's eve in Edinburgh. Agirl withwingsand a plastic bow and arrow sits sobbing on a bench.Love. Bites.

Unrequited obsession and euphoniums; ice creamandheartache; flirtation in the flumes; quirky tales ofteenage love thatmakeCupidwant to hang up her bowand arrow for good.

"youth theatre that reallyworks"JoyceMcMillan

StrangeTown is a theatre company for 5-25 year olds,based in Edinburgh,comprising aYouthTheatre,YoungCompany andYoungActors’Agency.Weworkwith newwriters and stage regular performances in Edinburghvenues.

The aim ofStrangeTown is to give young peopleopportunities to develop their creative potential.

strangetown.org.uk

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TheNational Festival ofYouthTheatre (NFYT) is the largestannual gathering ofyouth theatres anywhere in theUK.

Every year Scotland’s youth theatre groups come togethertomeet,create and learn; putting everything they know intopractice as part ofone huge national summer gathering.

This year’s festival will take our commitment to Fife onestep furtherwith the ENGAGEFife Schools project,whichsees a brand newpiece oftheatremade by Fife Schoolsparticipants and Fife YouthTheatre,with the generoussupport ofSHELL.

NFYT is produced by PromoteYT, the national developmentorganisation for youth theatre arts in Scotland.

NFYTwarmly welcomes public audiences and allperformances are British Sign Language Interpreted.

Please note: all performances are recommended for audiences aged 14+

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Birkdale Trustfor Hearing Impaired

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