ST MARY'S YOUTH THEATRE

Thursday, 20 September 2012

Leeds Civic Arts Guild Awards

Best Visual Production, Best Musical, Best Male Performer in a Musical Role- Thomas Martyn, Best Female Support in a Musical Role- Lucie Baterip. Well done cast and production team for Les Mis 2012.

Rehearsals

Would all cast members needed tonight go to Green Lane School, not the Church Hall. Please pass the message round.

Monday, 17 September 2012

Sunday, 9 September 2012

Leeds Civic Arts Guild Awards Night

Best Musical, Best Visual Performance, Best Male Performer in a Musical Role (Thomas Martyn) and Best Female Support in a Musical Role (Lucie Baterip). Well done everyone, so proud of you all.

Thursday, 19 July 2012

In order of appearance:
The Story Teller Olivia Bowden
Newspaper Boy Millie Breakspeare
Mrs Darling Leila Yates
Wendy Emily Rayner
John Callum Thompson-McConnell
Michael Jake Bray
Mr Darling/Hook David Brown
Liza Charlotte Bucklee

Peter Pan Sofia Manfredini

LOST BOYS
Slightly Matilda Leonard
Tootles Eleanor Rogers
Nibs Jessica Northam
Curly Harriet Seedhouse
1st Twin Amy Bilton
2nd Twin Anna Thornton
Jess Kewley
Shelby Thompson
Marie-Anne Gilley
Emma Hewitt
Lillie Dale
Olivia Cockerham
Lauren Kirby
Becky

Captain Hook David Brown

PIRATES
Smee Noel Noblett
Cecco Danny Kewley
Mullins Elliot Matthews
Bill Jukes Mark Atkinson
Cookson Tom Ballinger
Gentleman Starkey Owen Savage
Skylights Josh Bray
Noodler Joe Sherburn
Kate McCleod
Imogen Fisher
Ellen Savory
Ellen Stone
Charlotte Bucklee
Chloe Butcher

Tiger Lily Ruby Bowden

Mermaid Jess Kewley

Well done everyone. Please start learning your lines for when we get back. If you need a script email me at steve.archdale@btinternet.com

Friday, 6 July 2012

Rehearsals

No rehearsal Tuesday, Lost Boys Auditions Thursday at St Mary's Church, everyone needed Friday.

Wednesday, 27 June 2012

Rehearsals

No rehearsal on Thursday 28th. Auditions for Peter,Wendy and Storyteller on Friday 29th. Everyone needed next Tuesday, auditions for Hook, Smee and Pirates on the following Thursday and no rehearsal on the Friday due to Summer Fair at Green Lane.

WHO ARE WE

St. Mary's Youth Theatre was formed in August 1993 by Steve Archdale who was concerned about the increasing problems of alcohol and drug abuse in the teenage community of Garforth. With so little for the youngsters to do, especially in the field of theatre arts and drama, the idea of creating a youth theatre seemed appropriate.

A cast of 60+ with ages ranging from 8 to 22 auditioned for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, all were successful, no one was turned away. The show was rehearsed and performed in 8 weeks to thunderous acclaim in a church hall converted into a Pharaoh's tomb by a local artist. The following week they returned eager to find out what they were doing next. What began as a one-off production became the start of many shows to come.

A disastrous fire in 1995 wrecked their headquarters, destroying costumes, props and sets. This could easily have been the end of SMYT but as a result they have pulled together and grown stronger gradually replacing their losses. As members of the Leeds Civic Arts Guild they perform at the new, Leeds Carriageworks theatre which is in the Millenium Square, mainly musicals (i.e., Les Miserables, Jesus Christ Superstar, Fame, Children of Eden, etc.). The National Theatre Connections scheme gives the group the chance to perform new plays written by the very best writers. In 2002 they were fortunate to perform at the Royal National Theatre itself…what an experience! Their latest productions include Little Shop of Horrors, Honk, 17, Feather Boy,The Musicians,We Will Rock You, Rent, Our House, Les Miserables, Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, The Passion, Our Cousin Flo, Scrooge, Peter Pan, Whistle Down The Wind and Annie.

SMYT are now based, rehearse and perform at Green Lane Academy and St Mary's Church, Garforth, Leeds and charge a yearly subscription fee of £40.