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NYT:
Another Great Year
It Only Ever Happens In
The Movies, this year's NYT production, was a big success.
Audiences loved it and the run was sold out.
The
cast of sixteen young people from youth theatres all over Ireland
devised the production with director Mikel Murfi. The resulting show
was a great testament to their creativity, commitment and
ability. One of the cast members, David Atkinson sums up the
experience in the latest blog entry.
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Funding
Day for Youth Theatres
Despite
the financial difficulties currently being experienced, there are still
funding opportunities for youth theatres. NAYD has organised a
funding day on October 15 to
explore various sources of funding. A number of funding organisations
will be represented.
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New
Insurance Scheme
NAYD
has teamed up with JLT Insurances to launch a brand new Insurance
scheme
that has been specifically tailored to meet the needs of member youth
theatres. In addition to Public Liability Insurance, the scheme also
offers a basic level of Employer Liability Insurance and Charity
Trustee Insurance. All this for a premium of 150 Euro!
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Young
Critics Panel
The
Young Critics panel will take place on Sunday
9 October. The public panel discussion has become a staple of
the Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival with youth theatre members
airing their views on productions they have attended.
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Call
for Playshare Plays
We
are now accepting submissions of original scripts that have been
performed by young people for inclusion on the
Playshare scheme. Closing date is 30 September.
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Community Drama Officer
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We
delighed to welcome Colin Thornton to NAYD as the new Community Drama
Officer.
The role will involve the development and delivery of a
training programme to a number of different communities in various
locations and settings.
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Youth Theatre - Members One
Act Festival
31
Aug - 3 September
The
second week of DYT's MOAF takes place from 23 August - 3 September. The
plays are Tricycle of Horrible Notions (written by Joseph Ryan and
directed by Ian Lawless), September 4th (written by Jemma Curran and
directed by Alice Murphy). The venue is Dublin Youth Theatre, 23 Upper
Gardiner Street, Dublin 1.
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Youth Theatre - Snap'd
10-11
September
After
a successful staging in May, Monaghan Youth Theatre are once again
presenting Snap'd by Jim Daly at the Garage Theatre. The play deals
with the difficult subject of teenage suicide and is one of the plays
on NAYD's New Stage programme.
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Latest from the Blog
Skills
Sharing Network
The
Skills Sharing Network is an independent collective of drama
facilitators. They had a day of workshops in Monaghan in August. NAYD's
Youth Theatre Officer Alan King was there. More
Funding
www.youtharts.ie
Applications
are now open for the second round of the 2011 Artist In Youth Work
Scheme. There are two strands to the Scheme: the Youth Arts Development
Award and the Artist in Residency Award. The award is offered by NYCI's
Youth Arts Programme and funded by the Arts Coucil and the Department
of Children.
The
maximum award is 5000 Euro. Closing date for receipt of applications is
29th September. For more information contact
Fiona in NYCI
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Child Protection Update
www.dcya.gov.ie
Children
First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children
was launched by the Minister for Children Frances Fitzgearld TD in
July. The guidance will be put on a legislative basis in the near
future.
NAYD has developed Welfare and Child
Protection Guidelines for Youth Theatres based on the new
guidance and a template to aid youth theatres in developing and
updating their own policies. Contact us for more information.
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