Teatru Manoel Youth Theatre Programme
(TMYTP)
The overarching goal of TMYTP is to nurture the talent of young artists through training and performance opportunities. Participating in the training gives budding performers access to a professional environment that helps them develop their performance skills, as well as important life skills through teamwork and creativity.
TMYTP hosts world-class visiting tutors who lead specialist learning workshops and give participants the expert guidance they need. Members even get the exciting opportunity to perform on the main stage of Teatru Manoel. The programme offers a full season of technical training for each discipline, alongside collaboration on devising new works, which culminates in a showcase performance in the spring term. Conceived by former Arts Education Consultant Rosetta Debattista, the initiative was launched in 2011. Ever since, TMYTP has produced work of the highest quality, some of which went on to receive international recognition.
The critically acclaimed CLUB, a production created and directed by Denise Mulholland for the ŻiguŻajg 2013 Festival, was staged in Scotland as part of the Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme and the 2016 Chrysalis Festival at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh. The award-winning HUSH, an original musical written and directed by Denise Mulholland with music and lyrics by Luke Saydon, won the Production of the Year Award and the award for Best Work for Young Audiences at the second edition of Premju Għall-Arti, hosted by Arts Council Malta.
Teatru Manoel Youth Theatre (TMYT)
The Youth Theatre programme offers a first-class training and performance experience for young people aged 16-25. During intensive three-hour sessions held weekly, members work alongside professional directors, learning how to artfully devise and enact a professional performance. Once a year, they also enjoy the unique experience of putting up a production on the main stage.
Several worthy performances have been produced since the programme’s inception in February 2012, including Lord of the Flies, Rubbish, Speak No Evil, NOW and Pjazza Pastizzi. The many genres that have been staged range from Shakespeare to physical theatre and mime, to commedia dell’arte and musical theatre.
Teatru Manoel Youth Dance (TMYD)
This programme welcomes dancers with previous performance experience who are comfortable on stage. That said, anyone from a different background who shows dance potential is also encouraged to apply.
The main training programme, which runs from October to April, is free for successful applicants to attend, in line with the theatre’s commitment to the development of artists and the creation of new artistic work.
Teatru Manoel Youth Opera (TMYO)
TMYO sessions cover acting for singers in opera, operetta and musical scenes, but also allow students to join forces with professional artists and dive into the creative process of co-creating engaging new work.
Reflecting the realities of 21st Century singing, students are encouraged to explore various musical genres and practise singing in French, German, English, Italian and Russian with visiting tutors, who include local and international composers.
TMYO students also have the opportunity to attend masterclasses with visiting vocal répétiteurs from across Europe, who have all coached at one or more of Europe’s leading opera houses.
TOI TOI Collective (TTC)
The theatre’s training alumni, all of whom have participated in our training programmes, make up this small company of players, under the wing of the theatre’s support and expertise.
There are plenty of learning and performance opportunities in drama, music and dance, encouraging young talent to grow. Led by industry experts, young artists can write, direct, co-produce, compose, conduct, and participate in their own work – Youth-For-Youth at the heart of the programme.