St. Ives Youth Theatre - News Release
	Date:	10th June 2009
	Subject	Youth Theatre have a Vision for Edinburgh
	Contacts	For press enquiries about St. Ives Youth Theatre, please contact Ian Lloyd on 07803 088185. More information about the St Ives Youth Theatre is available on www.siyt.co.uk

Cambridgeshire based Youth Theatre SIYT announce their return to the Edinburgh Fringe this year with the electrifying musical, VISION.

VISION tells the story of Bernadette of Lourdes like you've never heard it before. On a quiet road in southern France, two teenage hitchhikers are attempting, unsuccessfully, to hitch a ride to the coast. Instead, they stumble on the town of Lourdes and are forced to spend a night there. They are stunned by the buzz of the place.

Set in a Lourdes Bar, the dramatic and tragic life of Bernadette is played out in front of the hitchhikers through 17 rock/pop songs, taking the audience on an exciting journey that incorporates ballads and jazz, comedy and pathos.  

VISION premiered in March 2002, followed by a CD launch at Drury Lane in London, sponsored by Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group. SIYT made it’s Edinburgh debut in 2005 with the musical Korczak, being nominated for an award by Amnesty International and described by the Scotsman as “polished youth theatre”.

"Having already thrilled audiences in the East and North West of England,” said SIYT Artistic Director Jonathan Salt, “we’re really excited at the prospect of performing in Edinburgh with the support of an excellent venue at Sweet Grand”. Writer Jonathan Smith added, “their performances have been inspired, professional companies would be proud of this quality”.  

Established in 2001, based in the picturesque riverside market town of St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, SIYT is made up of around 60 students aged 11-17, (30 boys & 30 girls) with the aim of giving people in secondary education with the opportunity to develop performance skills and to gain experience of all aspects of stage craft. The current company includes members of both the National Youth Theatre and National Youth Musical Theatre.

Photographs can be made available.

For press enquiries for St. Ives Youth Theatre, please contact Ian Lloyd on 078 03 08 81 85
More information about the St Ives Youth Theatre is available on www.siyt.co.uk
More information about the Sweet Entertainment is available on www.sweet-uk.net

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