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Cumbernauld Theatre

Part of the Scottish national theatre community

Outreach

Youth Theatres

• Saturday Drama Workshops for children aged 5-10 . Our tutors are all Theatre or Community Arts graduates and they provide stimulating expressive, creative workshop programmes incorporating music, masks, puppets. Parents are regularly invited to enjoy open workshop sessions and participate in a few drama games! This years workshop programme has included a Harry Potter Halloween party, an Aesops Fables Day, and a mask workshop based on the riddle of the sphinx.
• 4 Youth theatre companies, Y1, Y2, Y3 and Seniors for 11 - 21 year olds. The Youth theatre is open to all, we do not hold with auditions for entry, although its popularity sometimes means a long stretch on a waiting list. We try to ensure all members will get an opportunity to perform at least once a year, and there are many opportunities to get involved with backstage work.
• Senior youth theatre. As well as participating in large scale productions, recent productions include Macbeth for the Bard in the Botanics and Sing for Absolution for the NTS Exchange Festival. The seniors regularly enjoy theatre visits, participating in the annual international BIG YOUTH THEATRE FESTIVAL, opportunities annually to write, direct and produce their own work, visits to other youth theatres and local theatres festival and SYT summer festival.

One In A Hundred

One in a Hundred is a unique theatre group that emerged from adult training centres in the early 1990's. The training centres supported adults with special and additional needs and along with Cumbernauld Theatre utilised drama, dance, performance and visual arts as a stimulus for groups in the centre.

Such was the success of the workshops that One in a Hundred participants quickly progressed to appearing as cast in many of our large scale community pays. It was a natural progression then to have the company produce their own shows and they now regularly produce and tour their multi media performances.

As well as working with Cumbernauld Theatre the company have worked with renowned organisations like Sounds of Progress, The Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre, Birds of paradise and Lung Ha's theatre company.

Most recently One in a Hundred appeared at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with their production of "Delivery."

No Mean Company

No Mean Company is the Cumbernauld Theatre's in-house adult amateur drama group and regularly perform two or more productions per year.

Founded in 1986 by Robert Robson (now Artistic Director of Manchester's prestigious Lowry) and Scottish Playwright Tom McGrath they have an impressive back catalogue of productions many of which have now been archived online on their Webstage. The Webstage also has details of company members as well as a mailing list and newsletters to keep you up to date on their latest news and productions.

They operate an open door policy and welcome people of all ages (provided they are over the age of 18), who have an interest in theatre and are willing to work as part of a team. So if you are a budding actor or would like to try a role behind the scenes this is your chance. Membership is £40 per annum and rehearsals are held on Wednedays at 8pm every week in the Cumbernauld Theatre.

For further details visit the Webstage or email nome@ncompany.wanadoo.co.uk

The No Mean Company website can be found here:

www.nomeanco.co.uk

Acoustic Night

Cumbernauld Performers Forum meet alternate Wednesdays from 9pm in the Studio at Cumbernauld Theatre.

You can come along and play or sing, or just have a drink and enjoy the music.

Open to all over 18s.

For more information call 01236 737235, or email acousticnight@hotmail.com

Studio Arts Forum

A regular weekly meeting for adults interested in arts activities and who have leisure time during the day, takes place from noon to 3pm on Tuesdays, in the Studio Theatre (or sometimes the Theatre Bar). Bring your lunch and get a pint or tea and coffee from the bar. Activities include a little light play reading, discussions about poetry, art and music, reviews of plays, talks from visiting companies and trips out. Feel free to contribute your ideas for what the group can do. For more information, call Cumbernauld Theatre on 01236 737235.

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