Transition Youth Theatre

The Transition Youth Theatre, led by Encounters, is for 13-18 year olds in the Totnes area, to create performance about the joys and challenges of being alive at this time. This Youth Theatre is a partnership project with Transition Town Totnes.

“I feel that I am gaining a lot of confidence, and also gaining a lot of trust for the people that are involved and it makes you think about things that you wouldn’t usually think about.”

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“I am gaining confidence and awareness of others, their feelings and thoughts. Also the importance of our world and the changes occurring around us.”

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The Youth Theatre began in November and we had a core group of regular participants working together to create a public performance in June.

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This is an opportunity for young people to express through drama, writing, music and movement their inner-most ideas about our world in these times. Experienced theatre Director and Encounters Creative Associate Ben Yeger works weekly with the group and is using a variety of theatre approaches including clowning, physical theatre, improvisation, live art, forum theatre and verbatim theatre to express this.

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“I feel far more comfortable working with others now and feel far more confident acting and improvising as a group.”

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