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NAYD’s New Director
NAYD is delighted to welcome Michelle Carew as the organisation’s new Director.
Originally from Thurles in Co. Tipperary, Michelle Carew comes to NAYD
with ten years of experience in the cultural sector in the areas of
youth theatre, film production and cultural festivals. Most recently
she was manager and producer of Kinsale Arts Week, and her film credits
include production roles on five feature films including Ken Loach’s The Wind That Shakes the Barley.
Michelle’s involvement with theatre and young people stretches back to
the early 2000’s where she spent her early career in youth drama
facilitation firstly at the Haymarket Theatre in Basingstoke, England
before moving to Cork to work with Boomerang Theatre Company. At
Boomerang she worked on local, cross-border and international projects
as a youth theatre facilitator and project manager and delivered the
company’s education programme to schools, youth groups and Boomerang
Youth Theatre. Her most recent work with young people was as tour
manager for the Irish and European tour of FML - a
co-production between Cork Midsummer Festival and CAMPO Theatre, Gent
with a cast and crew of 18 young people. Michelle holds a BA in Devised
Performance from the University of Leeds and an MA in Cultural Policy
and Arts Management from University College Dublin. Her primary
research interest has been on the topic of European cultural funding
and the performing arts.
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NYT 2011: Final Curtain
NYT is over for another year. The first devised show in many years It Only Ever Happens In The Movies
was a huge success with tickets selling out and a great response from
the audience at each performance. A massive thank you and
congratulations to all the cast and the artistic team, headed by
director Mikel Murfi.
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Young Critics 2011
The
Young Critics Panel will take place on Sunday 9th October at 1pm in the
Project Cube as part of the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival. Youth
Theatre members from ten youth theatres are participating on the
programme this year.
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New Community Drama Officer
NAYD
is delighted to welcome Colin Thornton as Community Drama Officer.
Colin will begin work with the organisation in early September. A
founder member of Droichead Youth Theatre, Colin works as a writer and
director in theatre and film and has worked as a drama facilitator for
a number of years in a range of settings.
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Leading On... Funding Seminar
Want
to know where you can find funding for that special project you're
planning? Searching for funding to help you run your core youth theatre
programme each year? NAYD is running a funding seminar for leaders to
find out more about a variety of funding strands/schemes that youth
theatres can apply for.
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Garda Vetting Deadline
NAYD
operates a garda vetting service for youth theatres who sign up to its
garda vetting consortium. The next closing date for submission of Garda
Vetting Application Forms is 15th October. For more information or to
become a member of the garda vetting consortium, contact Katie on
01-8781301 or email.
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Latest from the Blog
County Limerick and Finnish Young People Forge Deep Connections
Co.
Limerick Youth Theatre report back on their exchange with Loimaa Youth
Theatre from Finland. This exchange happened as a result of links
formed during NAYD’s Making Connections Training Course last year.
Exciting, transformative, great fun with life long friendships being
forged is how the young members of County Limerick Youth Theatre
described their recent exchange with Loimaa Youth Theatre from Finland.
This great adventure that happened over 10 days had the members of Co.
Limerick Youth Theatre and Loimaa Youth Theatre meeting up at the
holiday village of Carne, Wexford. More
Funding
Arts Council Artist in the Community Scheme Bursary Award
This
is a bursary provided by the Arts Council as part of the Artist in the
Community Scheme, which is managed by Create, the national development
agency for collaborative arts.
The €10,000 bursary provides
artist(s) with time and resources to reflect, research and reconsider
arts practice realised in community development contexts.
For full details on the application process see here.
Completed application forms should be sent to Create, 10/11 Earl Street South, Dublin 8.
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International
EU Culture Programme 2007 - 2013
This programme will build upon the achievements of the Culture 2000
programme. Financial support is available to promote a common cultural
area, characterised by both cultural diversity and a common cultural
heritage, for European cultural co-operation projects in all artistic
and cultural sectors.
New call for proposals under the Culture Programme 2007-2013 for several strands.
Full information from here.
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