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Dateline: 30th January, 2005

Youth Theatre Workshop Weekend

National Association of Youth Theatres @ York Theatre Royal Workshop Weekend (11th - 13th March) is NAYT's annual national training, networking and development event. Workshop Weekend 2005 is your opportunity to meet fellow professionals in a highly supportive environment, gain a whole range of new skills and share some of yours, learn new approaches and reinvigorate your thinking and practice. WW2005 brings together an astonishing mix of youth theatre practitioners, visiting artists, education officers, youth workers
and senior youth theatre members from right across the country. Workshops and skills sharing sessions are delivered across a diversity of areas and a range of levels, so no matter who you are, your experience or specialism, there will be many things you can be part of and much to take away with you.

Workshop Weekend is for anyone who wants to experience what youth theatre can do for young people, what youth theatre can do for you, and what it can do for the wider creative industries and beyond. WW2005 will be a particularly special event as it marks the first Workshop Weekend for NAYT as it moves into its new role as the principle development agency for youth theatre practice in England. Please join with us to launch our new manifesto and to collectively plan for what we hope will be a very happy future.

Friday 11 March
5.00pm-6.00pm
Registration and refreshments
6.00pm-6.45pm
Welcome from NAYT Director Ben Ayrton: State of the Sector and launch of NAYT manifesto
6.45pm-7.45pm
Buffet
7.45pm-11.00pm
The Big Workshop! followed by your chance to party gently @ York Theatre Royal!

Saturday 12 March
10.00am-12.30pm
Workshop sessions
12.30pm-1.30pm
Break
1.30pm-3.30pm
Workshop sessions
Group/individual surgeries
3.30pm-4.00pm
Break
4.00pm-5.00pm
NAYT consultation session: The Big Ask!
5.00pm-6.00pm
Break
6.00pm-7.00pm
A gastronomic delight
from 7.30pm
Performance: William Shakespeare's Macbeth followed by further gentle partying @ York Theatre Royal!

Sunday 13 March
10.30am-1.00pm
Workshop session
Group/individual surgeries
1.00pm-2.00pm
Buffet
Review of the weekend: The Big End!
Close and goodbyes

Based on dialogue with the sector and feedback from last year's event, NAYT will offer a range of practical workshops using techniques that are transferable to a youth theatre/work environment. A full list of workshop choices and additional advice surgeries will be mailed prior to the event.

Details will be posted at http://www.nayt.org.uk/workshopweekend/2005. Cost £85.00 which includes attendance at workshops and presentations, buffet on Friday night, food on Saturday night, performance ticket price and buffet on Sunday.

Founded in 1982, the National Association of Youth Theatres is the development organisation for youth theatres in England. NAYT supports the development of the sector through programmes of training & networking, sharing, celebratory & aspirational events, advocacy, participation, information services, publications and research. NAYT is open to any group or individual who uses theatre in their work with young people, outside formal education. NAYT aims to develop and deliver high quality, accessible training that will impact on youth theatre practice. NAYT gratefully acknowledges financial assistance from Arts Council England and Department for Education and Skills.

For further information and a booking form visit our website at http://www.nayt.org.uk or contact NAYT: National Association of Youth Theatres (NAYT), Arts Centre, Vane Terrace, DARLINGTON DL3 7AX
Tel: 01325 363330
Fax: 01325 363313
Email: nayt@btconnect.com

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