1066 Youth Theatre

'The Dragon' Day four is finished and we NOW have a show together! We have completed the main structure of the piece - now just to rehearse smaller things like transitions. The way it’s been devised this week: incorporating everyone’s strengths, bringing acting, movement and music in, is incredible. It’s been so full on, using every minute of the day, creating and trying new things.  Completely and utterly exhausted but so extremely excited for the performance. Can’t wait for an audience to see our hard work!  This has been my first year doing YT and such an amazing experience. I've loved working with brilliant directors and having the chance to meet and work with such a talented cast!  Bring on the show x Ellie x

Cast photo Today was the second day of our week-long project, and for the first couple of hours we warmed up with some activities before we really got into the piece. Working together, we devised our own monologues that were personal, and came from a place that we all related to and understood, all to do with being our age, and living in our town.  With the play there is a choreographed dance that some people are doing, me included. The dance is all about resilience, and overcoming anxieties, so throughout the dance we did small naturalist movements, playing with our hair, pulling clothes, and fiddling with our hands, whilst others danced. The way that the acting and the dance came together showed how multi-talented all of the cast is. Dancing can communicate emotions and combining dance with naturalist acting can really express a message. As well as dance, some of the cast are preparing songs, and playing instruments, and each are gently mixed with drama and acting.

Poster for 'Hollow' Today was the first day of our new Youth Theatre project, 'Hollow'. This piece is mainly a devised drama piece, meaning we create the scenes ourselves rather than use scripts. Before we started the hard work of creating the beginning, we played some drama games to allow the cast to become familiar with each other and build our bond ready for Friday's performance. In the morning we were given some lines to learn and we had to create actions to go with the lines. It was challenging because we weren't allowed to do obvious actions; we had to be open-minded! In the afternoon, some of us started our dance piece that will be part of the show. It was very fun creating a different style of dance that not many people are used to. This is my third year of participating in 1066 Youth Theatre and I can honestly say it's the highlight of my summer every year. The cast are like one big family and Niall and Barb (the directors) are always the