ST IVES YOUTH THEATRE
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About us

Our Aim

Our aim is to provide young people who are currently in secondary education with opportunities to develop their performance skills through a variety of communication methods. Through working in all areas of stage craft - including the support of performances through stage-management, technical support, marketing, costumes and make-up - young people are encouraged to develop the self-confidence and personal qualities that will sustain them through life. Team-working, self-respect and respect for others are key to our ethos.

Membership

St Ives Youth Theatre is a company of up to 60 teenagers, SIYT is open to anyone in secondary education in Huntingdonshire and membership is achieved through auditions held each September. - (JOIN SIYT FORM)
There is a membership fee of £25 per month which is payable by standing order each month.  The fees we collect from members are used to cover the costs of running the theatre company and its productions, such as leasing of rehearsal spaces, costumes, venues and equipment. We do not pay salaries or fees to any of the people who routinely run the Thursday evening sessions or help to organise the theatre company - they are all unpaid volunteers. There are additional fees for external activities, such as attending the Edinburgh Fringe and theatre visits. A limited number of bursaries are available in exceptional circumstances - contact us by email if this is something you would like to discuss.
SIYT meets each Thursday evenings (between 7 and 9pm), during school term time at Thorndown Primary School, St Ives. When preparing for productions, rehearsals are during weekday evenings and at weekends as the performance gets closer. Rehearsals are critical to the success of our performance whether they are 6 weeks or 6 days before our first night. Members are expected to arrive on-time, being prepared and to be focussed throughout the rehearsal. Members are responsible for arranging their own transport to and from rehearsals.
Do I have to show up? Yes! Only by attending weekly meetings and committing to rehearsals do we make sure that everyone does the best job they possibly can and gets as much from the experience. Even if you think you know your part well, other people may in the cast have no idea what you’re doing unless they rehearse with you – no matter how good you may think you are!

As well as a rehearsal programme, the company may also make trips to help understand the background behind the pieces in production. In preparation for previous productions, we have visited an Orphanage in Warsaw, the Concentration Camps at Auschwitz and Treblinka, the trading floor of the London Metal Exchange, had tea at Harrods by Mohammed al Fayed, visited Dartmoor Prison, Lourdes, the plague village of Eyam and Dr. Barnardo's first poor school in the East End of London.

Organisation

SIYT is a non-profit making organisation and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all adults involved with the company to share this commitment. 
An Annual General Meeting is held each year and nominations are invited for the Officers of SIYT. Officers are elected by the members of SIYT. The Management of SIYT is the responsibility of a committee who take responsibility for maintaining the reputation of the Youth Theatre. SIYT is not affiliated to any political or religious group, We are a secular and apolitical organisation open to all people in secondary education in Huntingdonshire regardless of beliefs, creed or social status.
St. Ives Youth Theatre is a registered charity (No. 1109377) and a registered corporation limited by guarantee (company registration No. 5402388) and complies with the Companies Act 1973 with it's Registered Office at Chapel House, Chapel Lane, St. Ives, Cambridgeshire PE27 5DX. 
Contrary to popular belief, we receive no regular funding from local councils or government bodies. We receive no money or support from local schools. SIYT survives entirely on money generated by ticket and programme sales from productions and member subscriptions. We welcome any grant or donation that help our cause. How can I help? We are always in need of time, funding and enthusiasm - If you would like to be a show sponsor or can offer educational or theatrical tuition, please contact us. ​
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