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Youth Workshops 2025

This page provides information about the SCDA Youth Weekend Workshops 2025.
This year you can choose a specialism to focus on. The options are Sound and Lighting; Drama & Movement or Song Lyrics and Singing. 
Whatever we make will be woven together for an informal sharing at the end of Day 2.

The workshops are open for young people aged 10 – 18.  You don’t need to be a member of an SCDA club to attend!  We welcome applications from anyone with enthusiasm who wants to join in.

If you wish to book a place you need to click on ‘Fill in application form’ The total cost is £10 in for the 2 days. Even if you are coming along with your club, you will still need to complete an application form.

If there are financial barriers to your attendance, please let us know in the box at the end of the form as we may be able to sponsor some places.

Dates and venues

  • The Dibble Tree Theatre, Carnoustie: 28th & 29th June.

  • The Mill Theatre, Thurso: 6th & 7th September.

  • Dunfermline High School: 27th & 28th September.

  • The Kirkwall Theatre, Orkney: 1st & 2nd November.

Here you can find some information about the tutors who will deliver the workshops.

Name – Neal Clark

Title – Tutor Sound & Lighting

Biog – Neal is a Sound Engineer and creative collaborator from Thurso, He is a graduate of the Production, Technology and Management course from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Neal has been involved in many different projects since graduating, involving sound design, production and sound engineering. The most notable are working as a Production Sound Engineer on GlasGlow, The Edinburgh international festivals and National Theatre of Scotland.

 SCDA & Me – Neal’s first experience with SCDA was with Thurso Players and taking part in the SCDA northern final in Plockton. This is where he was bitten by the theatre bug, and it helped him understand the importance of technical skills in an SCDA setting. The SCDA and the Thurso Players were responsible for him pursuing a professional career in technical theatre.
  

Join Neal as you explore how to creatively tell stories with sound and lighting.

 

Name – Sharon Mackay

Title – Tutor Drama & Movement

Biog – Sharon is an actor and Intimacy coordinator who studied acting at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and is originally from Thurso in the far north of Scotland.

SCDA and me – Sharon’s passion for theatre began when she joined the Thurso players at eight years old. She took part in the SCDA one act play festival most years when she was growing up and is extremely grateful for all the wonderful experience it gave her.

Bring your comfy clothes and explore creative ways of telling stories using your body.

 

Name– Carole Williams

Title – National Drama Advisor

Biog – Carole is the National Drama Advisor for SCDA. You can find out more about her – here.

SCDA and me – Carole has a passion for community drama and loves nothing better than to work with SCDA members to solve problems or introduce new skills and ideas to clubs which she describes as her dream job.  She has been the National Drama Advisor since 2011 and as well as working with all ages locally across Scotland, she has designed a series of Guides to help clubs. These can be found on the SCDA website.

We have the music but where are the words?  Carole will work with you on creating song lyrics and text for performance

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