Fusion Youth Theatre

Play In A Day!

2010-07-21T11:33:00.001+01:00

Play In A Day! One of the hardest things to do; having a group of young people together for just eight hours to then put on a thirty minute show… the play had to be devised and created in just this short period of time!

So after a little warm up, with the usual games.. ZIP ZAP BOING... we got to work!

The idea I had for the show was to show the audience every aspect of theatre, so having small groups of people to show for example the techies, or the backstage nerves and we even had the divas! They all had one thing in common, they NEEDED the stage manager Dave!

After Dave being the only one not to have shown up but needed for everything... panic broke out.

But The Show Must Go On!

The performance was shown to family and friends of the cast, who were very impressed by slickness of the performance!

I would like to say a MASSIVE well done to everyone! This being my first project I felt so proud, I also want to say a HUGE thank you to Emma and Scott for helping produce and Rory for music and tech and his also debut of acting with FYT! And again for everyone who came to see it, got involved and helped make it a great show!

Charli!

Something you might enjoy...

2010-07-17T18:59:00.001+01:00

Theatrical Structure

Producer:
Leaps Tall Buildings In A Single Bound
Is More Powerful Than A Locomotive
Is Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
Walks On Water
Gives Policy To God

Director:
Leaps Short Buildings In A Single Bound
Is More Powerful Than A Switch Engine
Is Just As Fast As A Speeding Bullet
Walks On Water If The Sea Is Calm
Talks With God

Playwright:
Leaps Short Buildings With A Running Start
Is Almost As Powerful As A Switch Engine
Is Faster Than A Speeding BB
Swims Well
Is Occasionally Addressed By God

Actor:
Makes High Marks On The Wall When Trying To Leap Buildings
Is Run Over By Locomotives
Can Sometimes Handle A Gun Without Inflicting Self-Injury
Dog Paddles
Talks To Animals

Band:
Runs Into Buildings
Recognizes Locomotives Two Out Of Three Times
Is Not Issued Ammunition
Can Stay Afloat With A Life Preserver
Talks To Walls

Chorus:
Falls Over Doorsteps When Trying To Enter Buildings
Says, Look At The Choo-Choo!
Wets Self With A Water Pistol
Plays In Mud Puddles
Mumbles To Self

Stage Manager:
Lifts Buildings And Walks Under Them
Kicks Locomotives Off The Track
Catches Speeding Bullets In Teeth And Eats Them
Freezes Water With A Single Glance
Is GOD

Dance Moves

2010-07-17T08:21:00.001+01:00

Come along for a great evening of entertainment from this group of talented young dancers!

Monday 19th July · 19:30 - 21:30
Franklin College, Grimsby

FYT Dance group has been working all term on a selection of pieces from classical to hip hop, using skills they learnt at the London dance festival Move It which they attended in March under... the direction of Alison Traill.

No Ticket prices - Just donations on the door!

Hope to see you all there, please support our young people!

Festival Trips

2010-07-09T06:17:00.001+01:00

Caistor Group Trip to RYTF
During the final weekend of January 2010, members of our Caistor Drama group travelled to Wellingborough to take part in the Regional Youth Theatre Festival at the Castle Arts Centre. Youth members attended some brilliant workshops led by professional theatre directors including Stage Fighting, classical theatre and improvisation skills. They also watched a number of performances by other regional youth theatre’s which have given them inspiration and confidence in their own work! Glad that everyone had a good time and we hope to go again next year!

‘Move It’ Dance Festival in London
Our young dancers had a brilliant time at the Move It Dance Festival in London in March. They took part in dance workshops in Jazz, Streetdance, Hip Hop and much more and learnt loads of new skills. They met Louis Spence from the Pineapple Dance Studios documentary and watched performances by winners from ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ and ‘Strictly Come Dancing’. The group stayed in a youth hostel near Hyde Park and attended the Olympia Festival for 2 hectic days.

Jan - March 2010

2010-07-08T14:23:00.002+01:00

Play in a Week – Our New World!
This term’s Play in a Week project was hosted kindly by Caistor Yarborough School and took place over just 4 days! The cast worked together to create a brand new show based around the idea of having to leave Earth in search for a new home. The young actors learnt about a variety of techniques from dance and drama to monologue, still image, puppetry, art and much much more.
They created the whole thing from scratch and did a wonderful job of taking the audience on their journey into a world of spaceships, robots and alien characters! The project took place in February half term, 2010.

‘Young Talent 2010’Our brand new Talent Comp returned for it’s second year, back by popular demand!
Singers, Dancers, Actors and Musicians took to the stage to impress our judges and the audience!
Sonia Chauhan & Charlotte Adams scooped the trophy for the Audience Choice award while Jessica Allan was awarded the special recognition award after her solo song. The Judges Trophy for first place went to young singer Amy Garnett who performed ‘I’m Telling You’.
We are proud of our youth members for taking part, keeping in the spirit of the competition and focusing on enjoying the chance to perform!
Look out for the chance to enter in next years comp!

‘Bits n Pieces’To celebrate the end of the term, our Cleethorpes drama group hosted an information & social evening at their new venue – Trin Youth Centre, Cleethorpes!
The evening welcomed all FYT members as well as parents, family, friends etc to find out about FYT and what was coming up in the run up to summer! As well as grabbing a drink at the bar, playing pool or air hockey and competing on the Nintendo Wii, the audience were also treated to some short performances, Open Mic style by any youth member who wanted to get up and perform any bits n pieces!
The evening was a great success and also served as a bit of a fundraiser for the youth theatre. No ticket prices were charged, just donations requested during the event.

Dance Hub Showcase
Just a quick shout out to Alison Traill and the dance group at FYT who worked so hard throughout January to put a piece of contemporary dance theatre together for the Youth Dance Hub Showcase at the Grimsby Auditorium on 3rd March. The group were praised in the local paper – ‘No performers were more impressive than the Fusion Youth Theatre Members … with some dramatic poses and spectacular turns.’ Congratulations to all involved!

A busy and successful 2009

2010-07-08T14:16:00.001+01:00

FYT wave goodbye to a busy and successful 2009!

2009 was a very busy and exciting year for members of Fusion Youth Theatre. The group visited Japan for two weeks over the Easter break where they learnt about Noh Theatre & Taiko Drumming, had their very first talent competition – Young Talent 2009 and put on numerous productions through which they learnt about creating performances, the rehearsal process and backstage work. The senior drama group went on tour to Boston, Scunthorpe, Cleethorpes, Spilsby and Doncaster with their production of ‘Chomp – A Zombie Musical’ which was written for them by professional playwright, Andy Evans. They then took Chomp to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that summer and performed as part of the largest arts festival in the world!

That summer the group worked at Franklin College to create a brand new piece of theatre based on the story of the Monkey King, the performance went on to win first place at the Skegness Youth Drama Festival in October!
New drama groups were set up in Cleethorpes & Caistor while the Grimsby Dance & Drama sessions continued to thrive and get stronger. New partnerships were formed with Franklin College and Caistor Yarborough School.
The year ended with a production of The Snow Queen in Cleethorpes.

The Golem

2010-07-08T14:14:00.000+01:00

The Golem – A Report!

The Golem was an additional project run by FYT with 6 senior members of the group, the piece was written by Andy Evans and was based on the Jewish tale of the Golem of Prague, where a Rabbi creates a giant clay man to protect his people from King Rudolf II who has been spreading false information to Christians that the Jews have been kidnapping their children!

Charlotte Parkin, Abbi Smith, Jade Smith, Jasmine Palmer, Aidan Savage and Harry Kelly all worked hard in between regular weekly sessions to put this piece together which required each actor to portray many different characters on stage.

The piece premièred at the Skegness Youth Drama Festival in October and adjudicator Russell Whitley thought the performances were excellent. The piece suffered somewhat technically at the festival with us having a very limited rehearsal time but all 4 actresses were nominated for Best Actress, something that is usually unheard of at the festival! The performers were also described by Mr Whitely as ‘incredibly versatile’ an incredible compliment to any young actor!

When the show came to the Lindsey School in Cleethorpes, it had been polished and re-rehearsed to iron out all the creases we saw at the festival. The cast gave an exceptional performance which was met with a standing ovation at the end, many parents thought it was one of the best productions created by FYT to date! Thanks to all involved! The show was part of the areas Lit.Com Festival.

Play in a Week – MY STORY!

2010-07-08T14:10:00.001+01:00

MY STORY!This production was very successful in many aspects, firstly a lot, if not most, of the children involved have never met each other or us before that week, and it was great to see them all working together to produce a good piece of theatre in just a short space of time. From FYT’s viewpoint it was great to work with some new children from around the local area & with the Arts Development team on such an important project like the Lit.Com festival.

The show, based on stories by Jacqueline Wilson, looked amazing with the bright neon pieces of costume set against the black of the stage and the black clothes the kids wore. We all enjoyed working with the participants, and we had a really good time. A special mention must be said to the older members of our youth theatre that took time out from their holiday to come and help with the production - thank you Charli and Jasmine! The feedback from the show was fantastic, ‘very impressive’, ‘one of the best things we have seen by young people’, ‘incredibly professional looking’. Another special thank you must be said to the staff of the Lindsey School, for helping us through the week. And lastly a big thank you to all the participants involved in the week, for giving their full commitment to the project every day. - Scott Middleton

The Monkey King

2010-07-08T14:07:00.001+01:00

FYT win 1st PLACE at the Skegness Youth Drama Festival!

For 2 weeks in August, local young people created a brand new piece of theatre based on the famous Chinese story of The Monkey King! Reviewed as ‘Visually Stunning’ by the Grimsby Evening Telegraph, the play was revived and toured to the Skegness Youth Drama Festival in October 2009. We competed against 10 other youth theatres that weekend, adjudicator Russell Whitely described our piece as ‘Outstanding’ and ‘Head & shoulders above the rest!’. Lo and behold, FYT were announced the winners of the festival, with special mentions for Abbi Smith who played Monkey and Sancha King who played Master Subhodi. He was also impressed by the teamwork and discipline of the whole cast! Congratulations to all involved!

“the cast of The Monkey King sat in the audience and watched the first show after that we had to go get ready for our play because we were on third, so we waited backstage and did warm-ups, then it was finally time for us to perform and it went AMAZING everyone was so professional and it was obvious that the judge was excited.” Gracie Mason.

Funded by Grassroots Grant, VANEL.

An Overview of ‘CHOMP’

2010-07-08T14:03:00.000+01:00

The Disease Spread All Over the UK!

An Overview of ‘CHOMP’ on tour By Charlotte Parkin

After a gruelling, and groaning, six months of rehearsals for Chomp! A Zombie Musical written by Andy Evans, it was time to hit the ground for a week tour around the local area. With a kick start off at Lindsey School in Cleethorpes, scaring and singing along to the addictive songs the cast left the audience amazed at the choreography of the dances, the level of acting shown and the enjoyment of the actors!

For me I love performing to the home crowd, it’s the people you have to impress most, show your mum what her driving to rehearsals every week has helped towards, what it’s ended up being! Some of the comments from the audience pushed everyone’s spirits up to high, and reared everyone for a week of tiring, some might even say deadly, performances, but nevertheless I don’t think anyone would have changed it for anything!

Jade Smith, 16, dancing zombie, even claimed it ‘The best experience EVER!’ The favoured show was at Doncaster Little Theatre, even though realising, as we arrived, there would have to be a few major changes to our rehearsed show because of different staging, everyone took it in their stride making it the strongest performance of the week! With performances also taking part in Spilsby, Boston and Scunthorpe; it really was a hectic!

There were 25 kids on stage, but they weren’t the only ones to contribute and also enjoy it! Back stage and the ‘techies’ helped make each show. Tim Peacock, 18, sound technician: ‘Awesome fun and a great experience. It was good to be involved in a new piece of writing in such a way.’

After tying up the tour in Scunthorpe, you could see the anxiety in peoples’ faces; we were off to Edinburgh to perform in the Fringe, the largest arts festival in the WORLD! We all knew what it meant, what sort of opportunity this was for us, aged between 13 and 18! So we worked our socks of in the next few rehearsals cutting and modifying the musical to being the best we all could make it!

So a week later, we gather our tents sleeping bags and many a bag of food too! Jumped on a minibus for a long drive, the good end of six hours! When we arrived the sun was shining, we set up at camp, then got ready to tackle The Royal Mile. All pulling together the team acted scenes out in the middle of crowds of people; trying to chase, and munch upon fellow citizens, just the way to promote a Zombie Musical wouldn’t you say?

After pulling in a large audience, nearly sold out on both nights, we all piled backstage to prepare with 5 minutes to get in and set up and 5 minutes to get out after the show. I looked around in the dressing room, seeing all these familiar faces, and before we even went on stage, I was so proud. We’d made it here and we were going to give it our best. And that’s what we did! The performances didn’t run as smoothly as hoped, but the recoveries from the cast made it barely noticeable, singing a Capella in front of 150 people, really does show your professionalism and gained us a standing ovation! So with our two performances over, we had time to enjoy the Fringe.

Taylor Thow, 18, realised after watching shows at the festival ‘As long as you are involved in cutting edge, interesting and different drama that's all that matters.’

As a whole I think I can claim, ‘Chomp!’ really was the highlight to 2009 for everyone involved. A big thank you for all that helped towards the show, including, workshop leaders, backstage, technicians, cast and the people that came to see it!

Chomp – A Zombie Musical was written by Andy Evans, with original music by Jack Pudsey and funded by the Clore Duffield Performing Arts Award.

Japan – A Cultural Experience with FYT

2010-07-08T13:34:00.002+01:00

When they said ‘Japan will seem like a world away,’ they were not wrong. It’s a place full of culture and art, but a culture and art so far removed from my own that I felt honoured to be allowed even the tiniest glimpse of it on my recent trip with Fusion Youth Theatre.

The first thing that struck me about Japan was how immediately at home I felt, very strange considering it felt a world away from everything I am accustomed to, but the people there welcomed us with open arms. They are very proud to be Japanese and have every right to be. From their castles, to their parks, to the food and the art, everything seemed so rich and vibrant. But what is most striking about this culture is its ability to coexist with all that is modern. It was not uncommon to see two friends, one in jeans the other in a full traditional kimono, walking side by side down a busy shopping street. Or people playing drums for their own amusement in the park. Or a glorious castle set against the back drop of a city skyscraper. Traditional buildings and markets are found nestled amongst everything high tech and futuristic we have come to expect of Japanese society today.

Our group travelled to many places and experienced many things. A highlight for me was the Taiko drumming workshop. The drums, which are akin to a barrel with skins on either end, were used in feudal Japan to motivate troops, but for us it felt more like a full, hard work out. There was a discipline to be learned too and we soon learned that playing the Taiko drums was more like taking part in a martial arts class. It was incredibly fulfilling though, hearing the deafening thump of the drum in time with your team mates was a wonderful sound and something we would not get to experience easily at home.

I think the most poignant and memorable part of our trip for a lot of the younger members of the group was our visit to Hiroshima. What happened there all those years ago is a distant memory for most, and not even a conscious thought for others. But I believe the peace memorial park, in its remembrance of all that died that day, is a far better way of honouring the dead than moving on and forgetting. Our day in Hiroshima taught the group more in a few hours than any school course ever could, and I believe the youngsters felt that too, reflecting it in their performances during our later workshops. I believe they took memories of that day, and most probably the entire trip, home with them and I can only hope it did one simple thing; Made them think. Made them think about the future, about their actions and about their consequences. Made them think about who they are, where they are and where they are going. Quite a lot from one trip to Japan, but it was a trip so rich in experience I think it impossible to have come home without at least a pull on the heart.
http://fytjapan.blogspot.com/

By Gemma Quickfall.

A Catch Up

2009-06-02T19:06:00.001+01:00

So it's the first of June, meaning summer is officially here!
and also that my birthdays in a few days;)
I thought I'd give an update of whats happening at Fusion at the mo, for the ones who don't live nearby!

Dancing,
The Cabaret piece by the younger ones is looking great to the soundtrack of Girls Aloud, classic! There's been weeks of hard work, and the piece is looking slick and fresh, definately one to come see. Also the dance team are still working on and perfecting on their piece for Cabaret, which was performed at Vision earlier on in the year. There's a bit of tweaking to be done but by the show it will be perfect!
Chomp dance rehersal are going well too, with a set of routines ready to be entwined into the musical, including the shoe shuffle, which is a great choreography with added sound effects, urghhhhh. There are pieces work on as a whoole group and alos duets and solos. Giving a wide rage of styles! But come on, we have to love the finale! It's so much fun and very energetic!

Wednesday's Drama
The Cabaret acting is first thing on a Wednesday, and there is many little plays and scenarios that will have you in fits of giggles to leaving you on the edge of your seat! Including some fantastic accents from Sonia, a dramatic piece by Jordana and Levi and also, a piano playing Gracie! At the minute though, they in groups from 2 to about 5/6 they are doing scripted plays. Somes plays that older youth members will you remember!
Chomp acting, is so much fun, but a whole lot of noise from the amount of people in The Space! But with the scenes looking fantastic, including some great solos and group munching, the musical is coming together so well. It's going to be a great tour this summer! We even have our own back stage crew;) Including Makeup artist Sophie Grant and technician Tim Peacock. Not forgetting Jade whose helping with just about everything aswell as dancing!

Thursday's Drama
What a crazy lot at Lindsey! They're great!
The younger group are so dedicated and have so many new fresh ideas! Working with sponge puppets would be one of my favourtie lessons, watching them interact with each other! Then the older ones, at the mo are working on doing there version of Cinderella! it's looking great ca't wait to see it in the show!

Well that's a summery of the things I see at Fusion, but there's plenty more going on!
There's new classes at Caistor Yarborough on a Tuesday starting too!
Well seen as I'm meant to be revising for my exam tomorrow, I'll end it here.
Hope everyone's enjoying the sun!

Charli xxx

an apology!

2009-03-28T22:30:00.002Z

for not writing last week,
even with a letter from the younger group, when I wasnt there.
i still didnt manage a blog, so i apologise!

but lets talk about this week.

Sponge fun!
give a kid a cut sponge;to balance and squidge and make shapes, the imgaination you result with is awesome!
it was fantastic, with great team work too!
there were buildings made and balancing acts too!

in the second group, a short story was made from objects emma had bought in,
a comb, photo graph, pen, torch and teddy.
and we got a lovesick teenage boy, wanting to tell two girls his true feelings?!
with some fanastic short scenes made in twos,
we really got to see what this boy was like!

CHARLI
xxx

FYT - T Shirts & Hoodies!

2009-03-20T13:05:00.005Z

Hey guys! Our Fusion Youth Theatre T Shirts and Hoodies have arrived!

If you want to buy them we currently have sizes S, M, L & XL

They will be available at youth theatre workshops, events and performances.

T Shirts - £10

Hoodies - £15

We are currently looking into providing these in children's sizes from age 4+ as well. Please let us know if you would like to order a childs size as this will have to be more specific and go in as a seperate order :-)

Pulling the trick out of the bag!

2009-03-17T21:20:00.002Z

So were on our third Thursday, everyones getting comfortable, and everyones coming out their shells!
with lots of new people too, with the young class doubling in size, and a few new faces in the older group.

The younger group were pulling props out of a bag and making characters around them!
It seemed to be all scary, including witches and masked monsters! I don't know about them, but I certainly had nightmares:P

The second group had some fun! with acting games building up ideas and confidences! We also did a scene were an action had to be repeated over and over, but someone else had to come in the scene. Completely improvised, it showed how well everyone worked together and off other people's ideas!

I enjoyed this week, everyone seems so into it giving a 100%. it's a shame i cant make this Thursday, but with the dance group performing, it's impossible!
but i'll update the week after!

Charli ..xx

THIS WEEK!

2009-03-17T11:51:00.003Z

Lots to get involved in this week!

VISION
Thursday 19th March, 7.30pm @ Grimsby Auditorium
Our dance team are premiering their new piece at this spectacular vairety show at Grimsby's biggest theatre venue. Tickets are available from the Auditorium!

BAG PACKING!
Saturday 21st March, 10am-4pm @ Morrisons
FYT members, friends and family are all getting involved to raise cash for FYT & Japan, so come along and help out or make sure you do your shopping at Morrisons on Saturday for some great bag packing service for a simple tip!

Hope to see you all there!

Its How We Roll !

2009-03-16T22:20:00.015Z

Dance.
Live,Love,Passion

where do i start with dance! well each and every dancer at fusion has every inch of passion when working with all the pieces that we perform,within are team we have 7 hardworking skillful dancer's,Vicky,Abbi,Jade,Charli,Beth,Jess&Paige.

our upcoming show is at the Grimsby auditorium on Thursday 19th march,we'll be performing on the huge stage which we are all BUZZING about.

The whole group had been rehearsing since January to make up, rehearse and learn 2 newcomers a 10 minute dance piece including 4 songs this has been very hard work but worth it in the end rehearsals have been stressful and times but really really FUN,within are rehearsals we have learnt how to trust each other,help each other and just really work as a TEAM to make everyone feel as comfortable as possible which has been so much easier making the dance,everyone in our group is friendly and confident and welcomes any newcomer's along the way:).

well thats it from me for now but im sure ill keep you updated on all new show's and upcoming events and your welcome to ask me any questions about dance or fusion or just general chatter all my love from fusion thearte vicky <3.

VICKY.

BETH.

CHARLI.

ABBI.

PAIGE.
JADE.

Fusion

Let's go to Japan.

2009-03-15T20:14:00.004Z

It is 21 days, 7 hours, 22 minutes and 57 seconds
until FYT leave for Japan :)

There was a small meeting for participants of the trip last night at the central hall to discuss, well anything anyone had any queries about. Everyone needs to check (if you plan on taking one) that their mobiles phones work in Japan because apparently alot don't :\ Also Emma is taking her laptop and if anyone else is thinking of taking theirs you need to let her know, because there is no point in everyone taking one :) If anyone was wondering about plugs, ask gracie, because I cannot remember what she said. A few sheets were given out with other various details which you've either already got or will be given sometime in the near future. Can everyone let us know if they can go to Universal Studies sometime soon aswell because only four people have given there slips back D: Thank youu.
Another fundraiser was held last night, THE QUIZ NIGHT.
so firstly well done to Taylors for being the overall winners.
There was a lot of controversy over one particular question, the one about what non mechanical sport reaches the highest speeds (or words to that effect)? That will be a forever argued answer 8-) someone find out :)
well done to people who won the raffles aswell,
bouncy castle at the loveshack anyone?
I think overall it was a fun night. EVERYONE remember: morrisons bag packing this saturday, recruit as many people as possible because we need all the help we can get :)
Also,me and Jasmine are doing the triathlon on sunday, does anyone else want to join in it's proper not too late and get sponsored.
anyone send me any pictures from saturday?

Beth
xx

Quiz Night!

2009-03-10T09:25:00.004Z

Hi all!

Don't forget that this Saturday is QUIZ NIGHT!!

7pm-9pm at the Grimsby Central Hall, win some fab prizes :-) There will also be treats and refreshments, raffle and other games to get involved in.

A great social night out! Bring as many people as possible, entry is JUST £1 each and there is a maximum of 5 members to any quiz team. Brilliant fundraiser for Japan and FYT!

(there will be a drop in session from 6pm-7pm for those going to Japan to pick up final bits of info and ask any questions)

Talent Competition Night!

2009-03-08T21:30:00.004Z

On Friday 6th March people travelled far and wide to Lindsey School in order to watch a Talent Show competition to raise funds for Fusion Youth Theatre’s trip to Japan. Prizes and trophies were given to competitors by guest judges and by the audience’s vote. Guest judges included Actor/Writer/Director/Mastermind Andy Evans, ex-FYT member and current Drama Uni student Tim Henton and Dance Coach Kerry Ward. Raffle and refreshments were gorged upon and entertainment was enjoyed by all, not only from the competitors themselves but also by compere Gracie Mason who did a splendid job at introducing all of the acts.
The audience and judges must have had a hard time grading a whole host of different acts, from Global Twirlers to Dramatic Monologues but by the end of the night there were two much deserved winning acts: Holly Hockaday, who won the judges’ vote with her rendition of the song ‘The Blower’s Daughter’ (originally by Damien Rice) as well as Sonia Chauhan and Rachel Twomey who performed a dance piece to Lily Allen’s ‘Fear’. Holly had a lovely voice with good resonance and emotion, whilst Sonia and Rachel did a wonderful dance which was perfectly in time, complete with quirky props and moves.
There can only be one winner… Okay two in this case, but shush! However other acts do deserve a mention, who could forget Charlotte Adams’ rendition of ‘Part of that world’ from the awesome Disney film ‘The Little Mermaid’ or Charlotte Parkins’ wonderful interpretation of a dramatic monologue written by Gracie, the compere herself, which had an unexpected ending being revealed by a very flustered and hyperventilating lady. Fun and laughter was had by all and it was overall a very good night, even if Charlotte Adams seemed to have all the luck and managed to win most of the raffle prizes! Thanks must go to a wonderful audience and some wonderful talent!
Over and out,
Taylor ~

Chomp gets a kick!

2009-03-08T21:03:00.003Z

Well, Wednesday night was an action packed night wasn‘t it guys, we had a William Ilkley come in and show us stage combat for the evening, those who missed it, not to name any, (Kristian) missed out on a great opportunity. We got taught NINJA moves! Well I suppose that is a little exaggerated, but William still showed us some great fight moves to use on stage.

He taught us how to use the stage and in what positions to stand to make the moves look real, he showed us how to react to the blows we took, ( we didn’t really but don’t let the audience know) and he also showed us how to make the actions look real without hurting anyone. He taught us how to punch, slap, kick, pull hair, and for all you bullies, how to slam heads on tables, sounds pretty ninja to me. The night was extremely fun to everybody, unfortunately if you missed out, better luck next time, hopefully he will come down again, using his own time, just for us, very generous, ( it’s because we are so good). Can’t wait to fit it into our fight scenes in Chomp, the audience will be blown away!

Aidan Savage

Reflections

2009-03-07T22:40:00.005Z

Reflections

The film reflections is pretty much finished all we have left to film are a couple of scenes with Kasey and Charli. Today we filmed the scenes in the youth club and we also filmed the scenes with Beth and Kasey at Steph’s house, we also filmed scenes with Charli, Aidan and Kasey, it was all good fun and we got a lot done and it didn’t take much time either which was good.

I can’t wait for the whole film to be finished so we can see what the final thing looks like. Everyone has gotten stuck in and its been such a laugh.

Rousiee X

Settlin' in.

2009-03-05T21:29:00.003Z

ooh, another hectic thursday!
With two new younger ones joining this week!
Emma took them down the 'black box' only to tell them, if had turned into a spaceship!?
With our space suits on, and Jay as the spaceship driver, we set off to find life on mars!
We saw shootings stars, scarey aliens, big planets and monkey scientists!
After seeing all these fantastic new things, we thought that maybe it was time to go home, so we landed the ship, and in came the older group.
After, as someone put it, 'homework' was set last week, this week was to share ideas they had come up with for a short piece in the cabaret show.
The main idea being thrown around was fantasy and NYMPHS! as Sam kept repeating she wanted to do!
Half way through the telegraph came and took photo, so look out for that, in the up coming week!
With a game of alphabet word assoiciation to end the night, it was time to go home, and prepare for the antics and delights of the talent show tomorrow

Charli x

Dates for Your Diary!

2009-03-04T07:29:00.003Z

Come and help us raise money for Japan by joining in our exciting events and activities! We are note just asking you to give us cash, we are providing lots of great things to be involved in in return for your cash! ;-)

Wed 4th March - CAKE SALE - 7.30pm, Gy Central Hall
Fri 6th March - YOUNG TALENT 09 - Lindsey School, 7.30,£4
Sun 8th March - CAR BOOT SALE - Hemswell Market, 6.30-3pm
Sat 14th March - 10 MILE BIKE RIDE - Sponsor Charli!
Sat 14th March - QUIZ & SOCIAL NIGHT - 7pm, Gy Central Hall, £1,
Sat 21st March - BAG PACKING - 10-4, Morrisons, come & help!
Sun 22nd March - TRIATHLON - Sponsor Beth!

Hope to see you all there!

Thirty Three Days...

2009-03-03T21:33:00.005Z

... OR
33days 13hours 25mins and 7secs
at the time of press.

So with just over a month to go before we all head off to JAPAN
everyone seems to be trying to get in there last minute fundraising, that last £200,
or for some, the full whack :\
There's been lots going on, and it hasn't been all fun and games to raise the amount of money we need to get there,
Actually, it really has :)
Many a night has been spent playing bingo, swapping clothes, playing stack a cups, and having a good time,
and many a day persuading the locals to sponsor you, carbooting, packing bags in morrisons and riding horses around fields :)
The travel arrangements have been made, so all that’s left to do for most is to buy new holiday clothes [which, in my opinion, is the best part of preparing], get their money in and turn up on the day!

Remember the various fundraisers going on in the next few weeks,
Talent show, quiz night, mini triathlon, bike ride, cake selling on Wednesday night.
And the meeting on the 14th, be there.

Beth
xx
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Thursday Nights at Lindsey School

2009-03-03T19:34:00.006Z

Last Thursday, me and Emma started the Thursday classes at Lindsey School.
From 4.30 till 5.30 the younger group and 6 till 7.30 was the older lot!
A walk down the hallway and a point to the sign, one of them shouts out 'the black box?' the room we'd be working in.
With the regular Bethany and two new younger ones we had the theme 'animals' and played lots of games. They seem to like Grandma's footsteps pretending to be bones, and fountains of water. After a hectic hour of running about and acting as an alligator, they went home, with tired eyes I might add.
With half an hour to spare, a good pasta salad, and some of those new walkers crisps were in order.

And the next group arrived, to me, they were all new and fresh faces!
We had a go at the eye contact game across the circle, and all of a sudden everyone took to it. With loads of silly faces and walks, also arms flying eveywhere, it was great to see how confident these people were.
After that we worked on freeze frames with all different titles, from cinderella to a robbery.
To end the night Scott played the chair game, and everyone seemed to be cheating! haha, but it seemed like they all enjoyed themselves.
I can't wait for this Thursday to see what happens.

Charli:)

2009....so far!

2009-03-03T17:47:00.002Z

WELL! There has been a lot going on and it's only March!

Here are a few summary updates:

JAPAN

Flights are booked, hotel is booked, just organising activities and other events for the trip. Have decided to focus on creating a piece of theatre together based on the Japanese culture and also a photography exhibition to bring back home. We will be setting off from Grimsby on 6th April and returning on the 21st. There are 18 of us travelling including junior, senior and associate members of FYT! Fundraising has been pretty successful, with recent car boots sales, quiz nights coming up and cake sales everywhere.

CABARET

The Cabaret pieces are looking VERY promising, the show includes mime, dance, scripted work, devised comedy and loads more! It will be a fantastic show. We also have two new members recently, Lois and Levi who have got stuck in and seem to be enjoying themselves!

CHOMP

We had our SFX make up workshop with Danny last week, it was great fun. The group learned about applying different types of make up to get different zombie effects. Meanwhile, Jack is on with the music and we have pretty much got Act 1 sorted now - just lines to be learned! Bill Ilkley is working with us tomorrow night to teach some professional stage combat techniques for the fight scenes. The costumes are well ahead of schedule and our Design team are amazing! The set will be fab. The tour is pretty much sorted now, just waiting for Edinburgh to get back to us about a venue - fingers crossed.

CLEETHORPES - LINDSEY SCHOOL

Our new group started at Lindsey School on Thursday! It went really well and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. We still have places left though - so get phoning in and booking onto the workshops! The group will be joining our Grimsby teams for the Cabaret show in June.

WELCOME!

2009-03-03T16:40:00.004Z

Hello! This is the FIRST post of our new ongoing Blog all about Fusion Youth Theatre!

This blog will see different posts by different members of FYT as well as a regular summary (with pics!) from youth leaders.

Fusion Youth Theatre run weekly workshops:

Mon Dance - 6pm-7.30pm for ages 8+ & 7.30pm-9pm for ages 13+

Wed Drama - 6pm-7.30pm for ages 8+ & 7.30pm-9pm for ages 13+

Thur Drama - 4.30pm-5.30pm for ages 3-7 & 6pm-7.30pm for ages 8+

Contact Details are - Tel: 01472 352006 or EMail: fusionyt@gmail.com

Our official website is http://www.fusionyouththeatre.co.uk/

We also go on international trips as well as visits to London and lots of theatre festivals, we host regular parties and social events and run an annual summer school every August!

Please follow our blog, keep reading to find out what we have been up to!

Emma.