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*HALF TERM NEWS*
Young Actors Performance at the Waterside Arts Centre
On Monday February 11th Immerse Young Actors (IYACT)
and the Junior Drama Drop-In group presented their
first main stage performance at the Waterside Arts
Centre. Since IYACT and the Junior Drama Drop-In
groups formed in the summer most have attended every
week. The IYACT sessions are aimed at the 15 to 21 age
group and are a unique opportunity to receive an
intensive, crash course in acting and drama techniques
delivered by experienced professionals. The Saturday
Drama Drop-In, which is facilitated by Tracie Daly and
Deanne Lee, is aimed at the younger ones (10-14) and
is designed to be a little more casual and fun.
However, both groups performed fantastically well in
their respective shows.
IYACT performed their rendition of Ted Hughes'
'Sean, The Fool, The Devil and The Cats', whilst
the Junior Drama Drop-In devised a piece in response
to a brief set by the Southbank Centre in London.
Operation Soapbox is a nationwide project
involving an estimated 10,000 young people across the
country. The brief encourages young people to explore
the issues that matter to them and then to think
creatively about how to share these thoughts. The
Junior Drama Drop-In group decided to create 'A
Midsummer Nights Sleepover' - a magic box taking
them on a Shakespearian journey into a land where
fairies and elves once existed. Tracy described it as;
"A delightful mix of theatrical device all designed to
engage the imagination"; and so it was.
With a wonderful set by Phil Ratcliffe from the
Contact theatre in Manchester and great performances
from some budding young Trafford talent, both
groups provided a wonderful night of youth theatre
having spent little more than five months attending
sessions - a great achievement which all involved
should be proud of. Thanks should also go to Leila Murton and Caroline Gleaves for their work in putting
the show together, and a special thanks should go to
the Stretford Youth Theatre Trust and Waterside Arts
Centre for making the Immerse project possible.
Jeff Caffrey - Immerse Project Manager
NOW RECRUITING FOR NEXT TERM
The Immerse Young Actors group are now recruiting
for the next term. If you are between 15 and 21 and
are interested in joining IYACT then come along and
sign up for the Spring term at the Waterside Arts
Centre on Monday 25th February and Monday 3rd March
at 5.30pm. For those of you who are younger, or
have children aged 10 to 14, then Saturdays junior
Drama Drop-in restarts on the 1st March at 12pm at the
Waterside Arts Centre. Junior Drama Drop-In sessions
are £2 per session, whilst the senior drama group is a
longer commitment and the term fee for spring is £32.
Also...
For those who are interested in dance, we are still
running the Step To The Street sessions in
youth centres around Trafford. The sessions are free
and the centre details and dates are below:
- Gorse Hill Studios, Cavendish Street,
Stretford:
Wednesdays: 16th January - 12th March - 6.30 - 8pm,
Tel: 0161 912 5251
- Old Trafford Youth Centre, St Hilda's
Road, Old Trafford
Thursdays: 3rd April - 22nd May - 6.30 - 8pm,
Tel: 10161 912 4872
- Sale West Youth Centre, Newbury Avenue,
Sale
Wednesdays: 4th June - 23rd July - 6.30 - 8pm
Tel: 0161 962 6585
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Teenage band wanted
Quarantine, an innovative and award
winning theatre company based in the North West is looking
for performers from Greater Manchester for its next
co-commission with Contact and Tramway, Old People,
Children and Animals. The performance is about
responsibility and will be created with and performed by
old people (over 65) who dance or who used to dance, and
young people (under 18) who make music. Old People,
Children and Animals will be rehearsed and performed at
Contact in Manchester in June, followed by performances at
Tramway in Glasgow.
Quarantine creates critically acclaimed performance work
with both trained and untrained performers. All work is
created from the personal experiences and lives of those
taking part. The company is interested in enabling people
from all backgrounds to make excellent work; to blur the
distinction between professional and non-professional
performance. It seeks to make work that pushes the
boundaries of what theatre is and becomes an experience of
value for those taking part. Previous work has been
created with and performed by refugees (EatEat, 2003),
a group of young working-class white men (White Trash,
2004), three generations of a Glasgow family
(Butterfly, 2004) and a dancer and his mum (Susan &
Darren, 2006).
"I've been interested in making this project for several
years. As my own mum has got older – she's 86 this year –
I've gradually realised that the relationship of
responsibility has shifted. Now it's up to us (me and my
brother and sister) to do the looking-after. So, in making
this show, I want to have a look at what we think we're
responsible for - in our immediate lives but also more
widely, in the rest of the world. Like all Quarantine
shows it will be full of both the ordinary and
extraordinary moments of people's experience – as well as
some great dancing and fabulous music..."
Richard Gregory, director, Old People, Children and
Animals
Quarantine is looking for a band whose members are aged
under 18. Quarantine is not looking for people with
experience of acting. All performers need to be available
from April 21st until June 21st 2008. Performers will be
paid. Interested applicants should get in touch via MySpace:
www.myspace.com/qtine
All expressions of interest should be submitted to
Quarantine as soon as possible. Workshops take place week
beginning 18th February 2008.
Old People, children and animals will take place at
Contact, Manchester from 10 - 14 June 2008 and Tramway in
Glasgow from 18 - 21 June.
For more information on Quarantine, please go to
www.qtine.com or call
0161 830 7318.
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Young music entrepreneurs given chance to win GBP3,000
worth of instruments and equipment
 'Make Your Mark in the Music Business' and Arts Council
England's 'Take it away' scheme has launched a competition
to help young people develop a career in the music
industry.
Three prizes of GBP1000 worth of instruments and equipment
are up for grabs. To win this exciting competition,
entrants are being asked to answer the following
questions:
what role does music play in your life?
how would GBP1000 worth of instruments and equipment help
you to make your mark in the music business?
For full details visit
http://www.makeyourmarkinmusic.org The competition
runs for a month, from 18 February - 17 March and is open
to UK residents up to the age of 30.
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Noise Festival 2008 - Showcase
Your Creativity
 Do you work with or know young talented people up to
the age of 25 who deserve recognition?
NOISEfestival.com is a Europe-wide media showcase for
young creative people aged 25 and under. NOISE is a
not-for-profit company which aims to help young people
with talent, to gain opportunities in the Creative
Industries, so it is free to take part!
Submissions are open now so just go to
www.NOISEfestival.com click the registration button,
create a profile and upload work.
Community and arts organisations can use the NOISE
projects to offer your young talent amazing opportunities
in the creative industries. 2006 projects included working
with TATE, BBC, Channel 4, Adobe and Yamaha. Everyone can
get involved by signing up for the NOISE newsletter for
news on NOISE 2008 projects, opportunities and ideas.
NOISEfestival.com exhibits the best creative work across
all disciplines, this includes music, film, fashion,
design, architecture, written word, graphic design, fine
art and illustration. Submissions are open until May 31st
2008. After this time, NOISE Curators, a panel of
acclaimed industry professionals (our 2006 curators
included Wayne Hemingway and Peter Saville), will select
the best work to showcase on the NOISE website and across
the media from October 2008. NOISE media partners include
MTV, BBC, MSN and leading creative magazines that will
provide features, profiles and programmes. NOISE festival
2008 will also stage exclusive events, exhibitions to
profile young artists work to help kickstart their
careers, and secure a credible, far reaching platform to
promote their work.
If you would like to know how you or your organisation
can get involved in NOISE 2008 email
info@noisefestival.com -
www.NOISEfestival.com
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Links To Other Youth Arts
Websites
 Young Peoples Voice North West
Young People's Voice is a new website designed by and for
young people. The website is a guide to opportunities for
young people wishing to engage with the arts in the North
West.
Artistic content for the website was designed by and for
young people. Featured sections include profiles of a
number of projects, contact details for regional Arts
Development Officers, a list of Arts Council regularly
funded organisations that deliver participatory projects
and national initiatives for young people, such as Arts
Award and Creative Partnerships, and information on the
Grants for the Arts funding programme. It also includes a
section for North West young people or youth organisations
wishing to promote projects, and a message board for
advertising opportunities and activities.
For details, visit:
www.youngpeoplesvoice.com
 Gorse Hill Studios
Gorse Hill Studios is a creative space for young
people, offering exciting activities in music and the
arts. If you want to learn new skills in music making,
dance, drama, film-making or photography you have found
the right place. Take a look around our site where your
will find lots of information about our creative
activities, projects and events. Check out the MP3 section
for original music produced by young people in the music
studio.
www.gorsehillstudios.com
Lets Go Global
Lets Go Global is Trafford's ground-breaking internet
TV channel. The team are based at their broadcasting
studio at 3 Malvern Row, Old Trafford and broadcast live
programmes made by the local community on Thursday 7pm.
Catch up with what's going on at the studio by visiting:
www.letsgoglobal.tv
or call 0161 850 5555.
Contact Theatre
 'Contact is a young people’s theatre, where you can grow,
learn and make decisions as a young artist, audience
member, organiser or leader'. The building includes three
theatre spaces and our focus is on young adults (ages
13-30). The majority of our audiences come from this age
group, though we welcome audiences and artists of all
ages. The theatre we produce can be described as lyrical,
visual and passionate. We embrace music and the cultures
surrounding music, a full range of visual media, and
writers who are poetic, experimental and collaborative. We
are constantly exploring new ways to develop, to learn and
to create exciting theatre. We bring together passions,
fashions, moods, moves, sounds, networks, anger,
engagement, words, rhythms, visions and visuals in our
theatre. And we are always ready to add new things to the
mix.
Contact Theatre, Oxford Road, Manchester, M15 6JA
Ticket bookings & information: 0161 274 0600
Email bookings:
bookings@contact-theatre.org
www.contact-theatre.org
Partington Youth Website
 The site has full details of the partnership, its history,
who is involved, links to other agencies, guestbook &
enquiries where young people can let the editors know what
they want to see on the site but most important all the
stories of what has and is going on in the area. The PCYP
has and does organise events such as the Why Don't You
activity days, Screamin Wheels Skate Park Launch,
Partington 5-a-side Football League and much much more. So
what are you waiting for? Get online and check out:
www.ptonyouth.btik.com.
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