Each November, Youth Theatre Ireland holds a youth theatre practice symposium in partnership with third-level institutions.
Finding Your Authentic Voice – A Youth Theatre Practice Symposium
Delivered in partnership with TU Dublin School of Media, and TU Dublin Conservatoire, this year’s event will return focus to performance and creative skills including voice, text, and radio.
Supported by the The Arts Council and Department of Education and Youth.
Focus on Performance and Creative Skills
Delivered in partnership with TU Dublin School of Media, and TU Dublin Conservatoire, this year’s event will return focus to performance and creative skills including voice, text, and radio.
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What Is An Authentic Voice?
In a world of increasingly artificially generated ways of expressing ourselves, how do we hold onto and celebrate what is authentic and real? How can we creatively express that authentic voice? The symposium will consider the idea of the “voice” from a wide range of angles: languages, dialects, and accents; writing from and about real experiences; the spoken word; skills of singing, speaking and listening; and many more.
Finding Your Authentic Voice
This is an essential ingredient of becoming an artist, person, and citizen. Youth Theatre fosters the artistic, social, personal and development of young people.This journey of creative discovery is embedded in youth theatre practice. Through this holistic approach we grow as artists and begin to find our own authentic voices; and with academic rigor and practice we hone our voices to reach wider audiences as we share our stories and our experiences through theatre and drama.
Join Us
As we bring together some of this country’s most original and authentic voices from the worlds of Irish theatre, youth theatre, film, T.V and radio we will once again provide an exciting symposium focusing on performance and creation.
Over two days we will share stories and experiences through workshops, panels, presentations and conversations. With so many opportunities to connect and network, you will have time and space to gather resources, reflect and engage your our own authentic voices and hear the voices of those around you.This symposium is aimed at those already engaged in youth theatre practice, artists, theatre makers, arts and community workers with an interest in youth theatre, theatre, education, youth work and community sectors. This event is strictly 18+
Supported by the Department of Education and Youth and The Arts Council.Main Image: National Festival of Youth Theatres 2022. Photo Credit Alan King
Past symposia events include:
Developing Sustainable Practices in Youth Theatre - A Youth Theatre Practice Symposium (2024)
Building an International Stage - A Youth Theatre Ireland Symposium (2023)
Supporting Inclusion In Youth Theatre- A Youth Theatre Practice Symposium (2022)
Back in the Room - A Youth Theatre Practice Symposium (2021)
Youth Theatre @ 40 : A Youth Theatre Practice Symposium (2020)
Which way from here? Youth Theatre Symposium (2019)
Outside the Box... Youth Theatre Practice Symposium (2018)
In the Making... Youth Theatre Practice Symposium (2017)
Changemakers: Youth Theatre Practice Symposium (2016)
Symposia partners have included the Department of Theatre, University College Cork, and the Department of Drama and Theatre Studies, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick.
Register your Interest
If you would like to be included on the Symposium mailing list please register your interest by emailing Alan King
