Theatre for Young Audiences

50 years development of new approaches to drama and theatre

Brian Way 1923 -2006

Theatre Centre, London 1953

Shows toured to school halls performed in the round

Theatre at the Centre

Opportunities for artists from minority communities

Development Through Drama

Teachers are key mediators

Travelling Light Theatre

225 independent companies

40 receive regular funding

Shows appropriate to age and experience

Child at the Centre

Inclusion, access and excellence

Our agendas ahead of Governments

Patrick Lynch

200 individual entrepreneurs respond to market needs

Artists at the Centre

Sustainable small companies

Vulnerable to market pressure

No Government regulation

Tees Valley Dance ↑↓Flying Gorillas

6 Companies

Dance less popular than theatre

Dance receives more Government support

Craft at the Centre

Health agenda

High art profile protects

1000 Youth Theatres

Professional TYA Companies and voluntary bodies lead young people in creating shows

Creativity at the Centre

Government prefers targeted schemes

Current Agendas

1.Inclusion

2.Access

3.Excellence

4.Participation

5.Internationalism

Unicorn Theatre – Red Fortress

Unicorn Theatre – Cat Who Ran

Dragon Breath Theatre

Tutti Frutti – If Only the Lonely by Finegan Kruckemayer

Plutot la Vie - Scotland

Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England

Different models of arts development and education

UK is multicultural

International networks

Diversity is celebrated

Cultural agendas change

Theatre for Young Audiences

50 years development of new approaches to drama and theatre