Independent Youth Theatre is a platform for youth performance in Ireland. Based in Dublin and established in 2003, the Independent Youth Theatre (or IYT) produces new Irish works - both directed and written by young people. It accepts members between the ages of 14 to 24 and is the only youth theatre in Ireland to be run by a democratically elected committee of youths. The company performs in variety of theatres throughout Dublin, with many of its members continuing to work in drama and the performing arts. The group is a member of the National Association of Youth Drama (NAYD). The company has also taken part in the Dublin Fringe, and was a regular at the Everyman Palace Theatre's New Connections Festival, until its relocation to the Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge. The Independent Youth Theatre continues to work closely with Kildare Youth Theatre, participating in the Wyett Festival of Human Rights in 2008.
The group rehearses in The Basement Studio on Clarendon Street and performs at different venues in Dublin, with previous productions having been staged in the Back Loft, The Helix, The Everyman Palace Theatre, The Ark and The Mill Theatre. Previously they were based in Muckross School in Ranelagh and the College of Further Education in Rathmines. Much of its work consists of new writing and devised pieces, which it has toured to other Youth Theatre venues around Ireland. In addition, IYT hosts two youth theatre festivals each year, in December and May, providing other Youth Theatres without local performance spaces an opportunity to perform in Dublin.
The youth theatre is run by an elected committee. The committee includes a treasurer and a welfare officer, as well as two member representatives from the company.
2011 - "Shot" by Sarah Bradley
2011 - "Love & Money" by Dennis Kelly directed by Barry Morgan
2011 - "Out of Your Mind" devised by cast under Christina Matthews (with help from Dean Rodgers)
2011 - "This is A Play" directed by Ali Brady
2010 - "Upward, Outward, Anchored" by Richard Earley and Richard Pritzel
2010 - "Demigods" by Nora Kelly-Lester
2010 - "Secret Project 7" devised by the cast under Christina Matthews and Barry Morgan
2010 - "In Your Dreams" an improvised piece under Brianne Fitzpatrick
2009 - "All The Superheroes; Put Your Hands Up" devised by the cast under Liana O'Cleirigh and Shaun Dunne
2009 - "The Life & Times of Britney Spears the Musical" devised by the cast under Karl Watson, Kellie Reynolds and Roisin Watson
2009 - "Cooped Up" by Brigit McCone
2009 - "This Is An Installation Art Piece" by Shaun Dunne
2009 - "Bang Shoot Blast" by Karl Watson
2009 - "Other People's Stuff" by Kellie Reynolds
2008 - "Never Swim Alone" by Daniel MacIvor
2008 - "Killed by Curriculum" by Shaun Dunne
2008 - "The Terrace" by David Parnell
2008 - "Sonnets for an Old Century" by José Rivera
2008 - "Life is Play" commissioned by Barnardos and devised by the cast under Liana O'Cleirigh and Joey Kavenagh
2008 - "Future Pope Now!" devised by the cast under Kellie Reynolds
2008 - "Clifftina" by Karl Watson
2008 - "Pterodactyls" by Nicky Silver
2008 - "Scenes From Family Life" by Mark Ravenhill
2007 - "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
2007 - "Feeding the Moonfish" by Barbara Wiechmann
2007 - "Fluorescent Adolescent" by Karl Watson
2007 - "You don't know Harry" by Karl Watson
2007 - "Deoxyribonucleic Acid" by Dennis Kelly
2007 - "The Birdhouse" devised by the cast under Kellie Reynolds
2007 - "Product" by Mark Ravenhill
2007 - "Karamazoo" by Philip Ridley
2006 - "Brokenville" by Philip Ridley
2006 - "School Journey to the Centre of the Earth" by Daisy Campbell
2006 - "You don't know Jack" by Karl Watson
2006 - "The Spidermen" by Ursula Rani Sarma
2006 - "Like a Virgin" by Gordon Steel
2005 - "Loaded" devised by the cast under Orla Dunne and Graham Main
2005 - "Citizenship" by Mark Ravenhill
2005 - "Chatroom" by Enda Walsh
2004 - "Headstrong" by April De Angelis
2004 - "The Musicians" by Patrick Marber
