Terms 2021
Tuesdays - Komodo Dragons
Please note some sessions will be on zoom
12th January - 16th February
23rd February - 30th March
20th April - 25th May - LIVE SESSIONS!
8th June - 13th July
Payment is due on the FIRST day of every term by
Cash/Cheque/BACS on request
Fridays - Jungle Runners/Iguanas
15th January - 19th February
26th February - 2nd April
23rd April - 28th May - LIVE SESSIONS
11th June - 16th July
Payment is due on the FIRST day of every term by
Cash/Cheque/BACS on request
'Zoom Youth Theatre open morning'
Saturday 5th September 2020
Friday groups - 10.00am
Tuesday group - 11.00am
This is open to members and parents to drop in and ask any questions about the new term and the new guidance rules and to have a bit of Fun before we start our normal sessions.
We will send a zoom invitation nearer the time.
If anyone doesn't want to use zoom we are happy to chat anything through by phone or email.
EVENTS 2020
Tuesday 31st March
Gekkota Arts - Expectations
Pomegranate Theatre (invited audience)
13th and 14th June (DATE ES TO BE CONFIRMED)
Hidden Strangers by Louise Page
Explores the way those of German, Hungarian and Austrian extraction living in and around Chesterfield were judged, condemned and vilified during the First World War. In Hasland there were riots against local pork butchers. At Buxton the subscription band who had played for the bank holiday makers on August 3rd, became enemies on the declaration of war the next day. This piece explores this area of hidden history and how those who had built their lives in Britain suddenly became the enemy.
Saturday - 7.30pm and Sunday - 3.00pm
4th July
Iguana and Jungle Runners Showcase
Rose Theatre 10.00am
18th July
Open Morning
Come and join us at our fund raising event. If you are interested to join the Pomegranate Youth Theatre, come and find out what it is all about.
Refreshments, Raffle and Cake Stall
9.30am - 11.00am. - FREE
22nd August
Youth Theatre 'Taster'
The Pomegranate Youth Theatre offers weekly drama workshops that are available to all at a low cost. The fun workshops teach all aspects of stagecraft which promote teamwork, creativity and confidence.
Come and give it a try and register for new classes in September.
ages 7 - 18 (Gekkota Arts - 18+)
10.00am - 12.00pm - FREE
24th/25th Aug
'Two Plays, Two days' Summer School
2 days of workshops in which participants will develop a range of performance skills including physicality, script, devising, improvisation and movement. The group will work towards a short devised performance
ages 8 +
9.00am -3.00pm
Price - £20 per day or 2 days for £35
GEKKOTA ARTS
meet every Tuesday at the West Studio
7.00pm - 8.30pm
Gekkota Arts evolved from the Pomegranate Youth Theatre. It was formed with a group of long standing Youth Theatre members who wished to continue their journey and further their skills in every aspect of stagecraft. They produce high quality performances of new and existing works, in the local area and further afield.
All sessions are held on Tuesday Evenings at West Studios.
Sessions are run by highly experienced facilitators, along with visiting playwrights and specialists. Please see website for biographies.
If you are interested in joining Gekkota Arts please contact Carole/Katy on
; 07932603525
NOT WORDS - How Sometimes words fail but art and image speak
The Pomegranate Youth Theatre and Gekkota Arts has received £26,300
from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an exciting project,
made possible by money raised by National Lottery players.
It explores the visual legacy of the suffragettes and how that contributed
to the strong images used by women war artists in WW1
such as local artist Marjorie Hamilton.
It will explore the link between Derbyshire
and surrounding areas and the national suffrage campaign
and how poorly educated women workers developed strong visual symbolism
to promote their cause.
Research will be shared through development of a play with a visual artist providing images.
