The
first ten years
Barrow Youth Theatre began working in 1991,
and the productions have always steered away from expected
ideas of youth drama. The shows have varied from pieces of
choreography, to original devised pieces, to adaptations,
to completely improvised performances. Two pieces were written
specifically for the group by emerging young writers. The
company has also performed on the streets of Barrow with street
theatre and carnival performance
Plays
Street
A piece of movement set to music about a day in the life of
a street.
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A devised piece about a group of bored people leaving their
home planet for the joys of earth
Erik
the Viking
An adaptation of the Terry Jones book following the adventures
of Erik and his men as Erik tries to prove the world is round,
like an orange.
Phill’s
Flat
An improvised show performed over two nights, a structure
of scenes and games performed by different cast members each
night.
A
Night on the Box
The adventures of a gang of lads who want to see the bright
lights of Ulverston
Ten
People Talking
By Phill Gregg
Ten short Monologues written, performed, designed and directed
by members of the Youth Theatre.
The
Snow Queen
An adaptation of Hans Andersen's story, with narrating ravens.
Little
Nippers
A tetanus jab sends a weekend Dad mad. He abandons his children
and goes off with a crab. The kids thwart an ice cream van
theft and find their own way home before the social workers
come round.
When
We Were Queens
By Peter Straughan
As part of New Writing North’s Future Tense festival,
Barrow Youth Theatre performed the first production of a play
about the boys who played the female parts in Shakespearian
times.
The
20th Century (abridged)
To mark the year 2000 a potted history of the last century
devised by the company and sticking (mostly) to the facts,
unless there was a very good gag to use!
Clockwork
An adaptation of Philip Pullman's novel about the mysterious
Prince Otto and his pact with the strange Dr Kalmenius.
Wonderland
By C Byrnes
Part of the New Writing North Northern Lines Festival 2000
Follow Adam down the rabbit hole into a world of ecstasy.
A world where the mundane world seems bearable, where Romeo
and Juliet trips off the tongue and Brad Pitt has BO
The
Tale of Troy
Homers 'The Iliad' performed from a toy box and a set of bunk
beds . . .
Carnival
Performance
Sheep
A herd of sheep take over the streets of Barrow whilst farmers
scream “GET OFF MOY LAAAAND!!!”
Marauding
Vikings
The cast of Erik the Viking take to the streets and are generally
much more polite than the average Viking should be!
Street Theatre
George and the dragon
Barrow's famous 'mummers' play
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