Youth Theatre Arts Scotland
@ytartsscot.bsky.social
Put your hands in the air if you're excited for #NFYT2026! Tents at the ready, because the National Festival of Youth Theatre 2026 is now on sale! 🙌
We look forward to celebrating young people's creativity with you in Inverness from Friday 3 - Monday 6 July 2026 🏕️🎭
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We look forward to celebrating young people's creativity with you in Inverness from Friday 3 - Monday 6 July 2026 🏕️🎭
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December 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Put your hands in the air if you're excited for #NFYT2026! Tents at the ready, because the National Festival of Youth Theatre 2026 is now on sale! 🙌
We look forward to celebrating young people's creativity with you in Inverness from Friday 3 - Monday 6 July 2026 🏕️🎭
buff.ly/eGsFGAM
We look forward to celebrating young people's creativity with you in Inverness from Friday 3 - Monday 6 July 2026 🏕️🎭
buff.ly/eGsFGAM
Join us for the #DramaCon2026 on Sat 21 March at the Tron, and help us build the sector's collective aims for the next decade. If you use drama and theatre in your work with young people, we want you in the room. Tickets will be going on sale in January 2026, so save the date, and gather your team 🤩
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Join us for the #DramaCon2026 on Sat 21 March at the Tron, and help us build the sector's collective aims for the next decade. If you use drama and theatre in your work with young people, we want you in the room. Tickets will be going on sale in January 2026, so save the date, and gather your team 🤩
Birds of Paradise are holding a Backstage Day on Sat 15 November 2025 at @ntsonline.bsky.social where disabled, D/deaf and/or neurodivergent people who might be interested in working backstage can meet and talk to a range of industry professionals ytas.org.uk/events/backs...
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Birds of Paradise are holding a Backstage Day on Sat 15 November 2025 at @ntsonline.bsky.social where disabled, D/deaf and/or neurodivergent people who might be interested in working backstage can meet and talk to a range of industry professionals ytas.org.uk/events/backs...
Safeguarding. Wellbeing. Empowerment. Youth work is all this and more! It tackles root causes before problems escalate, creating safe spaces and building trust. This #YWW25 we’re proud to support the Youth Work Manifesto, calling for all young people to have a #RightSpaceFuture: buff.ly/qQmZ09H
November 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Safeguarding. Wellbeing. Empowerment. Youth work is all this and more! It tackles root causes before problems escalate, creating safe spaces and building trust. This #YWW25 we’re proud to support the Youth Work Manifesto, calling for all young people to have a #RightSpaceFuture: buff.ly/qQmZ09H
It's #TrusteesWeek: time to celebrate the nearly one million charity trustees across the UK! We're lucky to have a few of them on our board, which is so weird because they're ALL one in a million?! 🤩 Thank you to our YTAS board members, past and present, for your commitment to the organisation 🙌
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It's #TrusteesWeek: time to celebrate the nearly one million charity trustees across the UK! We're lucky to have a few of them on our board, which is so weird because they're ALL one in a million?! 🤩 Thank you to our YTAS board members, past and present, for your commitment to the organisation 🙌
Every young person deserves the right to youth work. Let’s make it law. We’re proud to stand with the youth work sector in campaigning for a #RightSpaceFuture this #YWW25!
Read the full manifesto here: buff.ly/qQmZ09H
Read the full manifesto here: buff.ly/qQmZ09H
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Every young person deserves the right to youth work. Let’s make it law. We’re proud to stand with the youth work sector in campaigning for a #RightSpaceFuture this #YWW25!
Read the full manifesto here: buff.ly/qQmZ09H
Read the full manifesto here: buff.ly/qQmZ09H
📢 Stirling practitioners! 📢
Join YTAS and Creative Stirling tomorrow for a regional, in-person Knowledge Exchange session to discuss local opportunities for your participants to develop the professional skills they’ll need for a career. Read more and sign up here > buff.ly/UDeOoz2
Join YTAS and Creative Stirling tomorrow for a regional, in-person Knowledge Exchange session to discuss local opportunities for your participants to develop the professional skills they’ll need for a career. Read more and sign up here > buff.ly/UDeOoz2
November 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
📢 Stirling practitioners! 📢
Join YTAS and Creative Stirling tomorrow for a regional, in-person Knowledge Exchange session to discuss local opportunities for your participants to develop the professional skills they’ll need for a career. Read more and sign up here > buff.ly/UDeOoz2
Join YTAS and Creative Stirling tomorrow for a regional, in-person Knowledge Exchange session to discuss local opportunities for your participants to develop the professional skills they’ll need for a career. Read more and sign up here > buff.ly/UDeOoz2
What does a safe space mean? Youth work helps to create them every day. YTAS believes youth theatre is a specialist youth work practice, and we're proud to be members of @YouthLinkScot supporting their #RightSpaceFuture vision. Read the manifesto at buff.ly/qQmZ09H #YWW25
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
What does a safe space mean? Youth work helps to create them every day. YTAS believes youth theatre is a specialist youth work practice, and we're proud to be members of @YouthLinkScot supporting their #RightSpaceFuture vision. Read the manifesto at buff.ly/qQmZ09H #YWW25
📢 Stirling practitioners! 📢
Join YTAS and Creative Stirling on Friday for a regional, in-person Knowledge Exchange session to discuss local opportunities for your participants to develop the professional skills they’ll need for a career. Read more and sign up here > buff.ly/UDeOoz2
Join YTAS and Creative Stirling on Friday for a regional, in-person Knowledge Exchange session to discuss local opportunities for your participants to develop the professional skills they’ll need for a career. Read more and sign up here > buff.ly/UDeOoz2
November 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📢 Stirling practitioners! 📢
Join YTAS and Creative Stirling on Friday for a regional, in-person Knowledge Exchange session to discuss local opportunities for your participants to develop the professional skills they’ll need for a career. Read more and sign up here > buff.ly/UDeOoz2
Join YTAS and Creative Stirling on Friday for a regional, in-person Knowledge Exchange session to discuss local opportunities for your participants to develop the professional skills they’ll need for a career. Read more and sign up here > buff.ly/UDeOoz2
We had a fantastic time at our first Regional Hub in Fife last weekend! Huge thanks to our partners at OnFife, Stellar Quines and Byre Youth and Community Arts for a great event, and to everyone who came along and participated. We'll have resources to follow, so keep an eye out 🎉
October 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We had a fantastic time at our first Regional Hub in Fife last weekend! Huge thanks to our partners at OnFife, Stellar Quines and Byre Youth and Community Arts for a great event, and to everyone who came along and participated. We'll have resources to follow, so keep an eye out 🎉
Cracking second day at our Regional Hub in Fife with lots of smiles at the Games Exchange and lots of questions answered in the Audition Ready session with Sarah Miele. Big thanks to everyone who came along and to our hosts OnFife 👏
October 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Cracking second day at our Regional Hub in Fife with lots of smiles at the Games Exchange and lots of questions answered in the Audition Ready session with Sarah Miele. Big thanks to everyone who came along and to our hosts OnFife 👏
Our very first Regional Hub in Fife is underway at the beautiful Adam Smith Theatre in Kirkcaldy!
October 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Our very first Regional Hub in Fife is underway at the beautiful Adam Smith Theatre in Kirkcaldy!
🥁 Drumroll... 🥁 We're delighted to announce that the National Festival of Youth Theatre #NFYT2026 will take place from Fri 3 - Mon 6 July 2026. Mark your calendars and look out for the bookings opening in December.
We’re also moving the festival, so we’re looking forward to welcoming everyone to…
We’re also moving the festival, so we’re looking forward to welcoming everyone to…
October 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🥁 Drumroll... 🥁 We're delighted to announce that the National Festival of Youth Theatre #NFYT2026 will take place from Fri 3 - Mon 6 July 2026. Mark your calendars and look out for the bookings opening in December.
We’re also moving the festival, so we’re looking forward to welcoming everyone to…
We’re also moving the festival, so we’re looking forward to welcoming everyone to…
🥁 Drumroll... 🥁 We're delighted to announce that the National Festival of Youth Theatre #NFYT2026 will take place from Fri 3 - Mon 6 July 2026. Mark your calendars and look out for the bookings opening in December.
We’re also moving the festival, so we’re looking forward to welcoming everyone to…
We’re also moving the festival, so we’re looking forward to welcoming everyone to…
October 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🥁 Drumroll... 🥁 We're delighted to announce that the National Festival of Youth Theatre #NFYT2026 will take place from Fri 3 - Mon 6 July 2026. Mark your calendars and look out for the bookings opening in December.
We’re also moving the festival, so we’re looking forward to welcoming everyone to…
We’re also moving the festival, so we’re looking forward to welcoming everyone to…
Heading across the campsite after lights out to the #NFYT2026 loos because you had too many cuppas before bedtime...
Exciting news coming in October's newsletter 😜
Exciting news coming in October's newsletter 😜
October 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Heading across the campsite after lights out to the #NFYT2026 loos because you had too many cuppas before bedtime...
Exciting news coming in October's newsletter 😜
Exciting news coming in October's newsletter 😜
Youth theatres foster creativity, often inspiring young people to follow their passion into professional work. Join YTAS in your area for our Knowledge Exchange sessions focusing on mapping local opportunities for your participants to develop professional skills. Read more and book > buff.ly/jeNVs2d
October 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Youth theatres foster creativity, often inspiring young people to follow their passion into professional work. Join YTAS in your area for our Knowledge Exchange sessions focusing on mapping local opportunities for your participants to develop professional skills. Read more and book > buff.ly/jeNVs2d
It's now officially October, so you know what that means... yes, it's time to start pumpkin-spicing everything! 🍁🎃🍂 Oh, and our first ever Regional Hub in Fife is now THIS MONTH!
Join us in Kirkcaldy to jump right into a programme of workshops, networking, and lively discussions > buff.ly/YVIUjrC
Join us in Kirkcaldy to jump right into a programme of workshops, networking, and lively discussions > buff.ly/YVIUjrC
October 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
It's now officially October, so you know what that means... yes, it's time to start pumpkin-spicing everything! 🍁🎃🍂 Oh, and our first ever Regional Hub in Fife is now THIS MONTH!
Join us in Kirkcaldy to jump right into a programme of workshops, networking, and lively discussions > buff.ly/YVIUjrC
Join us in Kirkcaldy to jump right into a programme of workshops, networking, and lively discussions > buff.ly/YVIUjrC
Deadline is looming if you want to apply for @strangetownco.bsky.social Strange Town’s stage management work experience programme for ages 14-18 to learn new skills and assist with the staging of the company’s season of new plays buff.ly/Nc5l4FF (deadline - 3 Oct 2025)
October 1, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Deadline is looming if you want to apply for @strangetownco.bsky.social Strange Town’s stage management work experience programme for ages 14-18 to learn new skills and assist with the staging of the company’s season of new plays buff.ly/Nc5l4FF (deadline - 3 Oct 2025)
We're delighted to announce the appointment of Jo Walmsley to the position of Chief Executive Officer at YTAS! Currently Executive Producer at Barrowland Ballet, Jo brings over 20 years’ experience in delivering ambitious cultural projects to the CEO role. Visit buff.ly/U26pvTv to read more 🎉
September 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
We're delighted to announce the appointment of Jo Walmsley to the position of Chief Executive Officer at YTAS! Currently Executive Producer at Barrowland Ballet, Jo brings over 20 years’ experience in delivering ambitious cultural projects to the CEO role. Visit buff.ly/U26pvTv to read more 🎉
Guild of Players Youth Theatre in Dumfries are recruiting for a Youth Theatre Trainee Producer buff.ly/yK9uu8H (deadline - 19 Sep 2025)
September 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Guild of Players Youth Theatre in Dumfries are recruiting for a Youth Theatre Trainee Producer buff.ly/yK9uu8H (deadline - 19 Sep 2025)
EP Spaces is a network of meanwhile spaces for creative people across Scotland with new low cost spaces available now in Kilmarnock buff.ly/YnHFRAW (deadline - 30 Sep 2025)
September 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
EP Spaces is a network of meanwhile spaces for creative people across Scotland with new low cost spaces available now in Kilmarnock buff.ly/YnHFRAW (deadline - 30 Sep 2025)
Applications are open for the 2026 IASH @iashedinburgh.bsky.social / Traverse @traversetheatre.bsky.social Creative Fellow residency, a unique opportunity for writers and theatre-makers to develop bold new work at the intersection of research and storytelling (deadline - 29 Sep 2025)
September 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Applications are open for the 2026 IASH @iashedinburgh.bsky.social / Traverse @traversetheatre.bsky.social Creative Fellow residency, a unique opportunity for writers and theatre-makers to develop bold new work at the intersection of research and storytelling (deadline - 29 Sep 2025)
Findhorn Bay Arts @findhornbayarts.bsky.social are holding The Space Between, a Creative Learning Exchange, on Fri 26 September 2025 to celebrate the quiet, reflective moments in the creative process buff.ly/d09OXIu
September 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Findhorn Bay Arts @findhornbayarts.bsky.social are holding The Space Between, a Creative Learning Exchange, on Fri 26 September 2025 to celebrate the quiet, reflective moments in the creative process buff.ly/d09OXIu
Guild of Players Youth Theatre in Dumfries are recruiting for a Youth Theatre Trainee Producer buff.ly/yK9uu8H (deadline - 19 Sep 2025)
September 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Guild of Players Youth Theatre in Dumfries are recruiting for a Youth Theatre Trainee Producer buff.ly/yK9uu8H (deadline - 19 Sep 2025)
The next round of The William Syson Foundation's Small Grants Fund is open which offer grants up to £5k and welcome applications from arts charities working in any art form buff.ly/fvv124Z (deadline - 12 Sep 2025)
September 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The next round of The William Syson Foundation's Small Grants Fund is open which offer grants up to £5k and welcome applications from arts charities working in any art form buff.ly/fvv124Z (deadline - 12 Sep 2025)