LIVERPOOL EVERYMAN & PLAYHOUSE THEATRES

Community Outreach

Building bridges to diverse communities in Merseyside, developing relationships and artistic work and encouraging people to see the Theatres as a resource for them.

YOUNG PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES PROGRAMMES
WORKSHOPS FOR ALL
YOUTH THEATRE

INCLUDED Young People and Communities Programmes

Exciting , varied and inspiring , the INCLUDED programme of activities will provide a range of activities for young people and communities to compliment the work on the stages of both the Everyman and the Playhouse. To download the season planner please click the 'Education' link above, the INCLUDED programme can be downloaded from a link at the bottom of that page.

INCLUDED is sponsored by Liverpool ECHO:

For more than 150 years, the Liverpool ECHO has been at the heart of the Merseyside community. And it’s as active in our community today as it’s ever been. That’s why this year through Liverpool ECHO in the Community we are working in partnership with them as they focus on worthwhile initiatives that cover a broad spectrum of activities.

Workshops for All
Workshops for all age groups can be devised to suit your specific requirements. They are available for any group, and can focus on any subject or issue or any aspect of theatre and performing arts. Please call Rachel Littlewood on 0151 706 9109 to discuss your requirements.

Youth Theatre

On 25th November 2006 the Everyman Youth Theatre came back home to the theatres to become the Everyman and Playhouse Youth Theatre. The original Everyman Youth Theatre was founded in the mid-seventies and became one of the most successful youth theatres in the country. It was the starting point in the careers of many successful actors, musicians, writers and theatre practitioners including Ian Hart, David Morrissey and Cathy Tyson.

When the Everyman Theatre closed in 1993 so too did the Youth Theatre. But by the mid-90s a small group of devoted supporters set up and ran the New Everyman Youth Theatre (NEYT) until November 2006.

Everyman and Playhouse Youth Theatre has over thirty young people ages 13-20 yrs from all over Merseyside, who take part in weekly skills sessions covering everything from storytelling to stage combat and gives members the opportunity to act, direct, dance, design, sing, improvise, and work on scripts from Shakespeare to new plays. Last year the group were closely involved in the development of Frank Cottrell-Boyce’s first stage play Proper Clever, a new play for young people, which was produced at the Playhouse in October 08.

Each Autumn the whole Youth Theatre present full scale productions for the Everyman stage. These have included their phenomenal sell-out debut Julius Caesar, in October 2007, and a visually stunning Monkey!, as part of the theatres' Capital of Culture Year programme in 2008. In May 2009, senior members of the Youth Theatre presented their first studio production, The Love of the Nightingale, at the Everyman.

“Powerful theatre” 7/10 Liverpool ECHO on Julius Caesar

“It’s clear the actors are having a blast” 8/10 Liverpool ECHO on Monkey!

For more information about youth theatre please contact Viv O’Callaghan 0151 706 9146.