Borders Youth Theatre is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation SC022282
Please note that the phone number at the top of the page is no longer valid.
To contact Borders Youth Theatre, please call 07392 824301
Borders Youth Theatre (BYT) is committed to providing high quality drama classes and opportunities for public performances, for young people aged 8 to 25, in the Scottish Borders. At present, BYT runs junior and senior weekly workshops in seven towns across the Borders, during school term times. BYT also runs intensive production weeks for juniors and seniors in the October half term holiday and Easter holiday, and a variety of summer holiday projects.
 
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Update at 3 October 2018
There have been some changes to workshop dates and times.
Almost time for October 2018 projects.
Seniors have a week-long project based at MacArts in Galashiels starting Saturday 6 October 2018
and for Juniors a Play in Three Days at Abbey Row, Kelso
Monday 8th - Wednesday 10th October with Oli Bisset and Katie Forbes ....
Still time to get involved.
For more information, go to Productions page.
Lewis T 's Bake Sale at BGH on
Friday 21st September raised £466.05 for BYT funds. Great effort. Thanks to everyone who baked and took time to staff the staff
Plan ahead and check out the workshops schedule for the rest of Autumn 2018
Do you want to try your hand at writing for the stage? 
Here's your chance at a monthly writing group. First meeting was very productive. Just contact for details if you'd like to join in.
National Theatre Connections 2019
We will be performing CHAOS by Laura Lomas. Oli will be directing and he will head off to London soon to meet the author. Rehearsals start after Christmas.
You can get details here.
If you would like a copy of the play, send an e-mail address to Bisset at [email protected] or by message on Facebook
2018 Summer Project
A Tale of Beatrix Potter.
Great show - well done everyone.
Borders Youth Theatre has a reputation for high quality work and this year was no exception.
Great performances at three of the Border's most beautiful Historic estates, Paxton House, Traquair and The Haining in Slekirk, with Borders Youth Theatre revisiting 4 of the classic tales by Beatrix Potter, in A Tale of Beatrix Potter.
The talented company of 42 young theatre makers were directed by founder member of BYT and well know youth theatre director, John Haswell,who also wrote the play, ably assisted by home grown performer, director and drama leader Oli Bisset.
Rehearsals were held Langlee Community Centre in Galashiels, and we were hugely grateful to the wonderful staff there who made us so welcome - a great place.
Did you know that you might be able to get help with fees. We try to make our activities available to everyone and will help if we can. Just click this link to find out more.
Bank Details
If you pay fees by bank order please can you write to your bank giving them the new bank details for BYT as follows….
a/c name Border Youth Theatre
a/c number 00173586
sort code 83-23-18 RBS Kelso Branch
FUNDING
BYT has been delivering great work for 28 years - amazing.
In that time, we have had to raise over ONE MILLION POUNDS!!!!
Some of that, 30 - 40%, has come from fees but the rest has to be found from trusts, funding bodies and local fund-raising - coffee mornings, bake sales etc. Funding is becoming harder and harder to find.
Volunteer Trustees try very hard but they can't do it alone - we need everyone, including YOU, to lend a hand by helping raise funds.
It doesn't have to be cash - you could help with printing or storage or transport - or, better still, become a Trustee.
To find out more, just call 0777 3977 567 or mail [email protected]
Fund-raising news
FUND-RAISING FOR BYT
BYT works hard to try to find funding from all sorts of sources. The local fund-raising which you do can help a great deal. Thank you to all of you who make the effort to give something back.
The recent Quiz Night (thanks Quins of Galashiels) raised £245.
We are also hugely grateful to Kelso Art Group who nominated us as their chosen charity at their recent exhibition. From donations and 20% of sales, we received £376.
With some quiz sales and donations, the total added to fund is around £650.
Well done everyone, especially those in and around Kelso.
(Anyone fancy organising some fund-raising in other areas?)
if anyone wants to raise money or make donations to BYT please, please, do. Eula can bank any money you raise or you can pay it in at any RBS using the account details available on your current enrolment form - just make sure you let us know, so we know where the money is from on our bank statement. Or send in a bank transfer using the same bank details, just add your name and mark as a donation, again so we know where it's come from. Thank you. Happy fundraising. XXX
Remember, you can also raise money for BYT every time you buy things on-line - just click here -
You can buy whatever you want as usual but BYT gets money everytime you shop.
You donate without paying a penny!
Borders Youth Theatre is a member of Youth Borders and Youth Theatre Arts Scotland
Borders Youth Theatre is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation SC022282
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