RYT Seniors - Connections 2025
Schedule
Mon Sep 09 2024 at 06:30 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Riverside Theatre, Ulster University, Co. Londonderry, BT52 1SA Coleraine, United Kingdom | Coleraine, NI
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For secondary school children aged 12 - 18 years old.Mondays 6.30pm - 8.30pm.
TERM 1 - 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th September/ 4th, 14th October/ 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th November 2024
TERM 2 - 13th, 20th, 27th January/ 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th February/ 3rd, 10th, 24th March 2025.
The project requires commitment for two terms of 10 weeks rehearsals and two public performance dates TBC.
The group will take part in a series of workshops and rehearsals to take part of a series of performances in different NI locations for the National Theatre of London's Connections Festival 2025.
In 2024 - 25 we are excited to welcome two new tutors to takeover the RYT Seniors group -
Leanne McNally studied Drama at Loreto College, Coleraine and is an avid attendee of the Riverside Theatre. Completed a BA Drama and Theatre Studies in 2016 at Aberystwyth University. Here, she specialised in Performance Writing, Shakespeare in Performance and Site- Specific Theatre. In 2017, she received QTS in PGCE Drama, from Aberystwyth University. Since then, has been working as a Head of Drama in Wales and Northern Ireland. Focused on inspiring young people in performance.
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Claire Connor-Boyd
Who trained at the Samuel Beckett Centre in Trinity College Dublin . After graduating she worked as an actress for over 20 years .A number of years ago Claire decided she would change direction and in 2018 set up her own Mindset and high performance coaching business called Thrive .Since then ,as a by-product of being her own boss she now directs theatre and is very passionate about collaboration within the arts .She is thrilled to be heading up the RYT connections project on so many levels. Not just as a director of the show but also as a facilitator to hold space for teenagers to be brave ,confidant and enjoy the creative space of a rehearsal room.
There are free bursary places available to this group for anyone who meets the following criteria:
Applicants must meet at leastone of the following criteria
• Be currently in receipt of free school meals (FSM) and/or Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA)
• Be the main carer for a family member or dependant
• Be care experienced
• Be in receipt of disability living allowance/personal independence payments.
• Permanently reside in an area of high deprivation/low participation.
• Be refugee status (optional)
• Be Traveler or Roma community (optional)
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Where is it happening?
Riverside Theatre, Ulster University, Co. Londonderry, BT52 1SA Coleraine, United Kingdom, 2 University Court, Coleraine, BT52 1, United Kingdom,Coleraine, Coleraine, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
