Youth Theatre Debut With A Classic Play At Blackpool’s Grand Theatre
The Grand Youth Theatre Company is set to grace the Grand Theatre, Blackpool’s main stage for the very first time with Lee Hall’s revised working of the hilarious 18th century commedia A Servant to Two Masters on Thursday 15th July.
Confusion abounds in Carlo Goldoni’s comedy of disguise, deception, love and longing as servant Truffaldino who, in trying to fill both his wallet and his stomach, attempts to hold down two jobs and please all. Truffaldino says: ‘I get double the pay, and two suppers. Streamlined efficiency, a sort of downsizing of the service economy. If they’d thought it up, it’d be called innovation.’
Lee Hall, well known for his original play Spoonface Steinberg and his adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s Mr Puntilla and his Man Mutti, has expertly brought up to date A Servant To Two Masters with which Goldoni broke with commedia dell’arte tradition and wrote down the script for his comedians.
The GYTC will serve up an evening of fun and frolics in Lee’s translation of this classic of farces now set in the 1960s. Grand Youth Theatre Company Director, Colin Snell, said: “The GYTC’s first production is a piece full of energy and vitality which will suit the group admirably. By way of preparation the company has already had a workshop on commedia dell’arte and will be applying their knowledge and skills to the piece. It is very much a challenging production, requiring a physicality and pace which their youthfulness will give it.”
The Grand Youth Theatre Company will premiere at Blackpool’s Grand Theatre on Thursday 15th July with an hilarious adaptation of Carlo Goldini’s classic farce A Servant To Two Masters at 7pm. All seats £8.50.
Call the Grand Theatre Box Office on 01253 290190, click on www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk or visit the Grand Theatre information sales point in the Houndshill Shopping Centre for bookings and further information.
New Term – New Members
A new term begins for the Grand Youth Theatre Company on Wednesday 21st April.
Start times are as follows
6.00pm for 11 – 14year olds
8.00pm for 15 – 19year olds
GYTC dates for the new terms are:
Summer Term: April 21st and 28th, May 5th , 12th , 19th and 26th May.
Half Term: June 9th , 16th , 23rd and 30th June
Potential new members are invited to contact Colin Snell regarding membership of the GYTC youththeatre@blackpoolgrand.co.uk
The Grand Theatre is delighted to be working with GYTC Director Colin Snell to deliver exciting opportunities for young people to engage with a wide range of theatre arts through the new Youth Theatre Company.
Sessions run weekly in three terms through the school year, and are arranged into two aged bands – 11 to 14 year olds and 15 to 19s.
Like A Virgin – Grand Theatre, Blackpool
This powerful play with music is a romp through the bubble-gum years of teenage life. Angela and Maxine, both sixteen, attack life with laughter and excitement.
Besotted with Madonna they truant from school, form a band, attempt to write songs – and live out their adolescent dreams of becoming famous.
Meanwhile Angela’s mother Viv is distraught after her husband leaves her for another woman. She struggles to come to terms with herself and her daughter. A volatile but loving relationship develops as the two grow to appreciate each other’s different needs: hope, sex, ambition, despair and most of all love.
Presented by In Yer Space
The Grand Theatre, Blackpool
Wed 31Mar to Fri 2Apr
Box Office 01253 290190 or book online www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk
Welcome to the new GYTC website!
This new website (gytc.co.uk) is a collaboration between the Grand Theatre, Blackpool and the GYTC. Managed and edited by the GYTC members with the assistance of the Grand Theatre’s eCommerce and Design Manager. The gytc.co.uk website will deliver updates on special events, ongoing projects, announcements, plans for the future, Grand Theatre productions and exclusive interviews with stars from stage, screen and back stage.
The Grand Theatre is delighted to be working with GYTC Director Colin Snell to deliver exciting opportunities for young people to engage with a wide range of theatre arts through the new Youth Theatre Company.
Sessions run weekly in three terms through the school year, and are arranged into two aged bands – 11 to 14 year olds and 15 to 19s.
Top new shows at Blackpool’s Grand Theatre
Blackpool’s Grand Theatre announces sensational new shows for 2010 including Dirk Benedict as super sleuth Lt Columbo and the return of opera with La Bohème and The Marriage of Figaro
Visit Blackpool’s beautiful Grand Theatre and you will experience everything from opera, plays, comedies, musicals, murder mysteries and contemporary drama to fun children’s shows and of course pantomime!
Just announced! Lieutenant Columbo is back on the case at Blackpool’s Grand from Tuesday 11th May to Saturday 15th May! Dirk Benedict (The A Team, Battlestar Galactica) stars as the iconic shambling sleuth alongside Patrick Ryecart in Prescription: Murder – the first case ever written for Columbo and the original stage play which became the pilot episode for the legendary TV series. Psychiatrist Roy Fleming is celebrating his wedding anniversary when he is called away with a female patient. On returning he has to soothe his angry wife with a vacation, but Fleming’s wife is soon found dead and Lt Columbo is called in to investigate. It isn’t long before the seeds of doubt are planted in his mind. Just one more thing…
Grand Youth Theatre Company – Get In On The Act
Blackpool’s Grand Theatre is launching an exciting new theatre company for young people this September – Do you want to be a part of it?
Are you aged 11 to 19 and interested in acting, set design, technical theatre, sound, theatre marketing, writing, costume or make up? Then the Grand Youth Theatre Company is for you!
The GYTC is a vibrant new opportunity for 11 to 19 year olds at Blackpool’s Grand Theatre. Sign up now for your chance to take part in the arts!
The GYTC will be led by Colin Snell of Arnold School and Blackpool’s renowned In Yer Space theatre group. Membership of the GYTC will be strictly via audition and places for auditions are limited.
Grand Youth Theatre Company launches at Blackpool’s Grand with some local Star students
Blackpool’s Grand Theatre launched an exciting new theatre company for young people on Wednesday 23rd September with some famous faces joining the class…
TV stars and past local theatre company members William Ash (Waterloo Road, Conviction, Burn It, Where the Heart Is) and Jenna-Louise Coleman (Waterloo Road, Emmerdale) called into the first session of the exciting new Grand Youth Theatre Company at Blackpool’s Grand Theatre on Wednesday 23rd September to offer their support to the crop of new talent.
The Grand Youth Theatre Company is a vibrant new opportunity for 11 to 19 year olds to take part in the arts at Blackpool’s Grand Theatre. Are you interested in acting, set design, technical theatre, sound, theatre marketing, writing, costume or make up? Then the GYTC is for you!
The GYTC will be led by Colin Snell of Arnold School and Blackpool’s renowned In Yer Space theatre group. The first session kicked off in style with two of Colin’s famous past students popping in to show their support for the new kids in class.