After a couple of weeks pack full of BYT Summer activity we are on our summer break and will be back with our regular workshops from Friday 8th September:
BYT Youngers (7-11) every Friday 4.15pm – 6.45pm
BYT 13+ every Friday 6pm – 8pm
BYT –Holiday and Food Projectat the Wheatsheaf Hall.
HAF visit to see 16 Feet Theatre Company’sAlice In Wonderland at Kew Gardens.
BYT members enjoyed trip to see the final week of the NT connections festival – for some of our newer members it was the first time they had ever been to the theatre. They found seeing other young performers, the same age as themselves, greatly inspiring.
This summer, Brixton Youth Theatre will be running two weeks of amazing summer fun, with our Holiday and Food drama/performing arts project, for children and young people based in Brixton.
Dates and times:
11am – 3pm
Week 1 for 7-11 year olds – Monday 24th July to Friday 28th
On Thursday 27th being there will be super summer outing to see Alice In Wonderland at Kew Gardens
Week 2 for 11 – 16 year olds – Monday 31st July to Friday 4th August
The project.
We will have our usual popular mix of fantastic fun filled drama and performing arts activities, including; acting, improvisation, devising theatre, film, Tai Chi, script work, music, dancing, and drawing/crafts.
Young people will also be provided with a fantastic nutritious and healthy lunch that will enable them to explore their health and well-being in a safe and fun supportive environment.
Through the project we aim to get children and young people to:
Eat more healthily and be more active over the school summer holidays.
Develop resilience, character and wellbeing by engaging in enriching activities.
Be safe and not to be socially isolated, make new friends and develop positive relationships
Gain greater awareness of health and nutrition.
To register contact:
Caroline 07958 448690 or email: brixtoncommunitybase@gmail.com
The project will take place at The Wheatsheaf Community Hall (off SouthLambeth Road) SW8 2UP
This April Brixton Youth Theatre will be running our amazing drama and performing arts project for children and young people based in Brixton.
11am – 3pm
Monday 3rd-Thursday 6th April Tuesday 11th-Friday 14th April
Jungle Book Cast with the young people from the HAF project
The project will have our usual fun mix of fantastic fun filled drama and performing arts activities, including; theatre devising, film acting, Tai Chi, improvisation, music, dancing, and drawing/crafts and more
Young people will also be provided with a fantastic nutritious and healthy lunch which will help them explore their health and well-being in a safe and fun supportive environment
For more information contact:
Caroline 07958 448690 or email: brixtoncommunitybase@gmail.com
To register download a form and return it to the above email address.
Wheatsheaf Lane (off South Lambeth Road) Vauxhall, Lambeth SW8 2UP
These will run every Monday until 27th March and then throughout the school year.
The hall will be open from 4pm. Parents are welcome to come and see what the classes are about, we would need them all to fill in a registration form when they bring their children for the first time. We can help with that. Everyone is welcome from these groups, and we hope to run this more
BYT starts back again on Friday 6th January. Join us for a fantastic new term of exciting drama workshops and performing arts activities, including free theatre trips, master classes and many other great opportunities.
BYT (13+) 6pm – 8pmEvery Friday – from 6th January
Brixton Youth Theatre will be running a drama and performing arts project for 7-11 year olds during the Christmas Holidays.
BYT WINTER of FOOD AND PROTECT
From Monday 19th to Thursday 22nd December and on the 29th and 30th December 11am – 3pm. Come along and take part in an exciting range of drama activities which includes: theatre making, drama games, Tai Chi, improvisation, script work, music, dancing, and drawing/crafts.
As it’s Christmas, we will be having lots of fun exploring the themes of PANTO and Christmas Stories – If that’s not enough young people will be provided with a hot and healthy, tasty lunch everyday Mmmm…
We’ve had an amazing summer jam packed full of activities, which included our two HAF projects, that ended in a trip to KEW Gardens, to see Jungle Book. Participants and their families then spent the rest of the day exploring the KEW Gardens and all its features.
Now we are back for our new term of regular workshops which begin on Friday September 9th4.15 – 5.45pm
The workshops use drama as a fun and exciting tool to:
Build confidence, communication, interpersonal and creative skills;
Develop literacy skills, and support the school curriculum;
Build acting and performance skills and give young people access to the profession.
Young people will engage in fun, creative activities providing a positive outlet for their energy and an alternative to more negative activities and behaviour.
New members welcome so contact us if you would like to join.
Every Friday 4.15 – 5.45pm
BYT 7-11 provides a perfect ladder of opportunity for participants, allowing them to progress from the younger group to our well established older BYT group, (13 – 19)
New members welcome.
If you are interested joining click below to download an application form.