Kilkenny Youth Theatre

In April 2012, sixteen members of Kilkenny Youth Theatre brought the dark corridors of Gormenghast to life. A story of family responsibilities vs personal freedom, good vs evil, young against old and how murder, seduction and rebellion can rock traditions held fast for thousands of years to their very core.

In May 2011, Kilkenny Youth Theatre with a cast of sixteen asked us what is our responsibility in taking care of our world? Chris has a headache, a migraine, he’s off form and now he has to work with the ’geeks’ of the school on an ‘Environmental Project’, you just know it’s not going to be his week…or is it?

Performed in April 2010 with a cast of eleven, ‘A Vampire Story’ played to full houses and gave Kilkenny Youth Theatre another successful run. The new girl in school Ella, befriends you and tells you she’s a vampire, is 200 years old and has survived by drinking human blood. Do you believe her?

The story of one boy’s grief and its fantastical and theatrical journey, ‘Burying Your Brother in the Pavement’ ran in The Barn from 22 – 25 April 2009, with a cast of fourteen. With the cast involved in writing an original score, PR and design this production was truly a ‘theatre by young people for young people’.

When KYT restarted after a hiatus The Exam was its first full length production, KYT went on to have an annual production providing ‘theatre for young people, by young people’.