SDC Youth Theatre

Youth Theatre future shows and workshops

Our next production will be ‘Songs for Southport’, a reflective mix of musical favourites from popular shows.  This replaces the planned Sweeney Todd performances – as the show reached its final rehearsal stages, the horrific attack at the Taylor Swift party happened, resulting in the tragic loss of three young girls, Alice, Bebe and Elsie, who had been doing what they loved, dancing and singing. 

Meeting the night after the tragedy, the cast of the show made it very clear that they felt that performing ‘Sweeney Todd’ at this time would be disrespectful and inappropriate. Yet there was a real sense among the group that they wanted to honour the memory of the girls and offer some light in the darkness. That evening, they came up with the idea of a concert of songs that they felt would encapsulate the town’s feelings but that would also reflect the determination of the community to find a way out of that darkness.

The programme of songs ranges across contemporary musicals such as ‘Groundhog Day’ and ‘Standing At The Sky’s Edge’ to the more classic ‘West Side Story’.  To be performed 22-24 August 2024.

Following on from the August production, there will be a play in March 2025 which will be ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. 

As well as stage productions, we also run regular performance-based workshops, sometimes with professional actors, always with experienced workshop facilitators.

Youth Theatre and The Pantomime

The SDC pantomime provides an opportunity for Youth Theatre members to work alongside experienced musicians, directors and choreographers.

This year’s panto – Snow White – will be cast during September so there will be opportunities for you to be part of this production. Please contact us for more information and how to apply.

Youth Theatre Spring Productions

Each spring we usually do a non-musical play to give acting opportunities to members who prefer not to sing and dance. Previous shows have included, Blood Brothers, Skellig, Frankenstein,The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and most recently DNA and It Snows.

Youth Theatre Safeguarding

We take the safeguarding of our members very seriously. Each rehearsal/ performance/workshop is attended by a chaperone, we have an experienced safeguarding officer to ensure all safeguarding procedures are in place, and our safeguarding policy is available on request.

Youth Theatre Contact

We use a number of ways to keep in touch with Youth Theatre members to let them know show dates and other important information. There is an SDC Youth Theatre Facebook page, a regular SDC newsletter is emailed to all members (hard copies also available), and we email all Youth Theatre members with audition, performance and workshop information.

Thanks for reading this far. If you have any other queries please don’t hesitate to get in touch If you’d like to have a chat and a tour of the theatre please let me know and we can fix a date.