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Harleston Players Youth Theatre Company
Harleston Players Youth Drama project was set up in
September 2004 by:
David Cumming (Harleston Players Chairman) and
Meryl Keeble (Director/Course leader).
The aim of the group is to reach out to children aged between the ages of 10 to 18 years old.
The project welcomes children from all backgrounds and does not exclude any child from participating.
Harleston Players Youth Theatre Company is approaching their eighth year. In the past we have had excellent productions of Cinderella, The Snow Queen and The Jungle Book to name a few and many of our members have gone on to participate in the adult productions as well as the Januray shows and have even joined other local companies.
They have just enjoyed their latest success with their Autumn production of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. There was such a range of talent and fun was had by all.
The next production is to be a lovely adaptation of Winnie the Pooh and the group will be performing in March.
Of course we are also looking for new members, so if you would like to be involved as a performer or on the backstage crew, do come along to the next Youth Theatre session.
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears - October 2011
A short improvisation of the well-known story by the Youth Theatre. Goldilocks is a girl who stumbles across an empty house that belongs to a family of bears who have just stepped out for a walk.
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Animal Farm - April/May 2011
An adaptation of the George Orwell classic about a group of farm animals who overthrow their owner and try to run the farm themselves, led by Napoleon and Snowball and the rest of the pigs.
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Othello Reworked - October 2010
Directed by Meryl Keeble
The Company were given a list of the key points of Shakespeare's Othello and adapted it into a production that was modern, explored the play's main themes and made it more accessible.
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Fantastic Mr Fox - April/May 2010
Directed by Meryl Keeble
Book by Roald Dahl
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The Princess and the Goblin - March 2009
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The Three Little Pigs - October 2008
Directed by Meryl Keeble
Devised by the Youth Theatre Members using a series of key points provided to them by Meryl Keeble.
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The Jungle Book - April 2008
Adapted by Stuart Paterson
Directed by Meryl Keeble
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The Zoo - October 2007
Directed by Meryl Keeble
The group have embarked on a challenging task to create ‘The Harleston Zoo’. Members visited Banham Zoo where they studied animal characteristics and produced a ‘Work in Progress’. We endeavour to utilise our developed skills in a forthcoming production of The Jungle Book in April 2008.
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The Snow Queen - March 2007
Directed by Meryl Keeble
The Snow Queen by Stuart Paterson is based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen, this is possibly the finest new children's play of the last decade, now increasingly popular as a Christmas show everywhere.
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Romeo and Juliet - October 2006
The Youth Group's next production was based upon Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Meryl, the Director, picked out the key points of the text, which the youngsters dramatised in their own words - modern text, using a variation of techniques to convey the plot.
The process focused on their ideas of how to improvise each of the storylines within the play.
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This Is Where We Came In and A Fishy Business - May 2006
Rehearsals began in February 2006 for their next production, two short plays. The first being a section from Alan Ayckbourn's This Is Where We Came In and the second is a one act play called A Fishy Business by Margaret Wood.
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Ellie's Incredible Illucinations - October 2005
A one act play was performed, Ellie's Incredible Illucinations (Ernie's Incredible Illucinations by Alan Ayckbourn).
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Cinderella - February 2005
By the time the next production Cinderella began rehearsals, the group had more than doubled in size, incorporating youngsters from a range of local schools and colleges.
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Twelfth Night - September 2004
The organisation began its first venture in an interpretation of
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
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