Introducing Youth Theatre Ireland’s Young Critics 2020
The response to Youth Theatre Ireland’s call out for Young Critics this year was phenomenal. We received 45 applications from youth theatres all across the country. The standard of application was exceptionally high and we were lucky to be able to select 16 young people with a broad range of youth theatre experiences.
We are delighted to announce our cohort of Young Critics for 2020.
They are:
Sinead Barry, Lightbulb Youth Theatre, Mallow, Co. Cork.
Cathal Brace, Griese Youth Theatre, Co. Kildare.
Marc Cheevers, Explore Youth Theatre, Co. Kildare.
Sarah Cooney McCann, M.A.D. Youth Theatre, Dundalk, Co. Louth.
Emma Corrigan, Monaghan Youth Theatre.
Harry Eaves, Mr. Sands Youth Theatre, Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Dylan Gallagher, Leitrim Youth Theatre Company Carrick On Shannon.
Heather Jones, Giant Wolf Youth Theatre, Tallaght, Dublin.
Katie Lacey- Curtis, Making Waves Youth Theatre, Greystones, Co. Wicklow
Caitlyn Morrissey, Co. Wexford Youth Theatre.
Ellie O’Connell, Activate Youth Theatre, Cork.
Lórcan O’Shea, Kildare Youth Theatre.
Ruairí Phelan, Dublin Youth Theatre.
Mairead Phelan, Free Radicals Youth Theatre, Tralee, Co. Kerry.
Killian Reid, Backstage Youth Theatre, Longford
Kai Ryan, Griese Youth Theatre, Co. Kildare.
We’re especially delighted to welcome members from three of our most recently affiliated youth theatres; Mr. Sands, Giant Wolf and Making Waves Youth Theatres, who will have members participating on Young Critics for the very first time.
In light of the current health emergency with COVID19, we’ve had to suspend our annual first meet up of the Young Critics in April. We hope to bring the group together later in the summer and then back again for the Young Critics Panel in October as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival.
We’d like to thank all the young people who applied, and all the youth theatres who supported their applications.
In the meantime, we will be introducing you to our young critics and publishing a selection of the critical responses across the Young Critics blog.
First up we have Heather Jones from Giant Wolf Youth Theatre based at the Civic Theatre in Tallaght. You can read her very insightful review of Howie The Rookie here on the Young Critics Blog.
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