Scottish Youth Theatre announces SQA accredited six-week Summer Festival course for participants aged 16-25.

Applications for Summer Festival 2012 – Twisted Shakespeare – close on Wed 29 Feb.

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Scottish Youth Theatre is proud to introduce an exciting new six-week summer course, offering a vocational alternative to school and college qualifications, and focussing on active, practical learning for young people.

The newly SQA accredited Performance and Production Learning Programme will this year run alongside Scottish Youth Theatre’s annual flagship event, Summer Festival, and is open to applicants from all over Scotland and beyond aged 16 – 25.

Successful completion of the course will afford participants a qualification that sits between the Higher/Advance Higher level on the SCQF worth a total of 29 credit points.

The Performance and Production Learning Programme is the first course of its kind in Scotland.

You can watch the short film explaining the opportunity (publicly and through Glow) here.

“The company is delighted to be able to offer this opportunity to achieve an accredited practical qualification to all young people in Scotland especially those who may not have been able to achieve an academic award in a formal set up”, says Mary McCluskey, Scottish Youth Theatre Artistic Director and Chief Executive. “Having the SCQF and SQA seal of approval reflects the intensity and calibre of the course. And the award to be gained on completion of the course gives participants credit points as proof of their dedication to the course”.

Now in its 36th year, Summer Festival offers performance courses for young people from all over Scotland ages 8-25. All courses have a clear progression route leading to the Performance and Production Course.

Former participant Andrew Still, recently cast in Hollyoaks, fully recommends getting involved in Summer Festival to other like minded young people. “I’ve taken part in two Summer Festivals and they really opened my eyes to the world of performing. I think it’s so exciting that participants can now achieve a qualification at the end of the course. It’s satisfying but a lot of hard work. The chance to gain an award that reflects this will appeal to many young performers”.

Scottish Youth Theatre would like to thank Skills Development Scotland for their support in developing this course.

For all information about the Performance and Production Learning Programme, and all other Summer Festival 2012 courses, visit www.scottishyouththeatre.org. For all enquiries email pippad@scottishyouththeatre.org or call Scottish Youth Theatre on 0141 552 3988

The closing date for Summer Festival applications in Wed 29 Feb 2012