National Youth Theatre - Cast Announced

“I have never been so excited for a possible end to humanity in all my life.”
Cast member Sean McManus, 19 from Dublin Youth Theatre.

The cast of NYT who will rehearse in Dublin throughout August come from all over Ireland with cast members from Carlow, Cork, Dublin Kildare, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Monaghan and Roscommon taking part.

National Youth Theatre - Early Bird Tickets!

Make sure you don’t miss out on early bird tickets for this year’s NYT Production R.U.R. - Rossum’s Universal Robots, directed by Cáitriona McLaughlin. They are now on sale and will be available until 10 July.

Festival Youth Theatres Announced

Summer has arrived so we are turning our attention to the biggest gathering of the youth theatre community in Ireland; the National Festival of Youth Theatres. We are delighted to reveal the youth theatres who will be joining us.

Booking Closing on May 29th for Leading On…  Cracking Shakespeare with Liam Halligan

Places are really filling up Leading On … Limited availability for Residential and Non Residential places.
For our incredible thirteenth year of Leading On…  we welcome Liam Halligan to work on ‘Cracking Shakespeare’ with our participants over three days in NUI Maynooth in Co. Kildare.
The Leading On… weekend is always a high point in the youth theatre calendar, offering leaders the chance to recharge their batteries, develop your practice and meet like-minded people.

Introducing Louise Holian - Child Protection and Welfare Officer at Youth Theatre Ireland

We are delighted to introduce the newest member of staff at Youth Theatre Ireland. Louise Holian has taken up her post as Child Protection and Welfare Officer on a part-time basis.

Jen Coppinger Elected as Chairperson of Youth Theatre Ireland

At the meeting of the board of directors on Sunday 23rd April, theatre producer Jen Coppinger was elected as Chairperson. A vastly experienced and committed theatre practitioner, Jen has been an ordinary member of the board since 2012.