In the meantime Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year.

BYT’s 2020 Autumn term witnessed once again the wonderful creative spirit of our members.

September’s safe, socially distanced return to live sessions launched our monologue project
with young people creating original characters and speeches which they shared with the group.

Also, In the autumn term our industry connections led to five members of BYT playing small parts in a feature film made under Covid Safe conditions.

With the end to this second lockdown we were able to return to the base in time for a wonderful final session in which members performed poems, read sections of plays they had written, played drama games and shared home cooked food and Pizza in a Covid safe and socially distanced environment.

So despite everything that’s going on we are looking forward to our new term beginning in January.

We are aiming to launch a brand new strand to Brixton Youth Theatre.

BYT Juniors will be a free weekly workshops for 7 -11 year olds that will be at Brixton Community Base, Talma Road SW2 1AS starting in 2021

Over the past few years Talma Road,  and the surrounding streets, have run an annual street advent leading up to Christmas.  It’s been a neighbourhood led initiative to shine light on the roads leading up to Christmas and has been a fantastic way to develop community spirit.  Each house selects a date in the advent and on their day displays the number in their own individual way.  This year the neighbours wanted to see if they could run the advent, but also raise funds for a local charity and thought the Brixton Youth Theatre project based at the Community Centre, Talma Road was the perfect appeal to align with.

Thanks to Katie and all our neighbours for your support.

To donate follow the link below which takes you to donate to a charity page.
Then type in  1082783  (charity no.) and make donation.

BYT will return after the summer break on the 11th September 2020 either on-line or hopefully, at the community centre.

We are working hard to get back to running our exciting, Friday drama workshops at the centre, but we need to ensure that people will be safe. check back for updates.

Over the past few weeks  of lockdown, BYT has needed to use the power of the internet to run our workshops online. BYT members have created, poems, videos, speeches, etc and we want to give huge congratulations to our two BYT Prize winners for their  imaginative and touching contributions.

We have been so impressed by the positive way members have responded to the challenge of meeting on line. At their request we will continue to meet throughout the lock down,  with no Easter break. Now that online school has broken up we have launched a three minute film competition with members filming and editing on their phones!!!

For a brand new decade of excitement and adventure.

After the excellent performance of our Christmas Show ‘Rag and Riches’ and the exciting screening of our short films from the BYT Film in a Week project, we are now looking forward to kicking off our regular weekly workshops, starting on Friday 10 January 2020 6pm – 8pm. 

As always new members are welcome and the start of a new term is the perfect time to come along and join the fun.

About 

Come along this Friday to watch the Brixton Youth Theatre play, Rags and Riches! We will also be screening the 3 short films made by Brixton Youth Theatre young people in film in a week.

Tickets

Free, no tickets needed

When

Friday 13th December 2019

Mince pies & mulled wine from 7pm

Performance at 7.30pm

Where

Brixton Community Base

Talma Rd, Brixton, London SW2 1AS

We’ve had a great summer of holiday projects and now we are looking forward to kicking off our regular weekly sessions again, starting on Friday 13 September 6pm – 8pm. New members are always welcome and the start of a new term is the perfect time to come along and join the fun.

Aged 13-19?

Discover our exciting week-long series of workshops in acting, devising, scripting, and technical film making activities.

Lead by experienced industry facilitators, this project will give you the opportunity to create a short 3 -5 min film by the end of the week. No experience necessary, but limited spaces available!

Times: 10:00am-4:00pm
Dates: 22 Jul – 26 Jul    
Location: Brixton Community Base, Talma Road, SW2 1AS
£10/day Please bring a packed lunch.

Click here to register

Film in a Week Summer Course

Are you aged 7-12? 

Come along to Brixton Community Base for a series of fun-filled drama workshops, led by professional actors and directors!

The games, improvisation and rehearsals will lead to a performance at the end of the week.  Make new friends, build your confidence, learn acting skills, rehearse a new play and above all have fun.

Times: 10:00am-4:00pm
Dates: 29 Jul – 2 Aug     
Location: Brixton Community Base, Talma Road, SW2 1AS
£12/day
Please bring a packed lunch.

Click here to register

31st May 7pm Brixton Library – Lambeth Readers and Writers Festival

Brixton Youth Theatre have been busy creating ‘Spoken Word’ performance poetry pieces on the theme of ‘Common Ground’, which they will perform alongside Lambeth Elders as part of Lambeth Readers and Writers Festival. Check out the details below if you would like to come and see them in action!

Brixton Community Base with Sixteenfeet Productions invite you to an evening mapping Brixton’s recent past and present through memories, experience and place.

Devised by Lambeth Elders and Brixton Youth Theatre

Please contact info@sixteenfeet.co.uk or 07958 448690 to reserve a ticket. You can find out more from the website, http://www.sixteenfeet.co.uk/