Manchester Youth Theatre
Appearance
The Manchester Youth Theatre was a youth theatre which operated in Manchester from 1966 until 2003.
Mike Leigh, then a lecturer at the Catholic women teachers training college Sedgley Park, devised and directed two big-cast projects for the Manchester Youth Theatre- Big Basil and Glum Victoria and the Lad with Specs .[1]
Sam Boardman-Jacobs won acclaim[2] for his work on Holocaust and Yiddish drama with the Manchester Youth Theatre.[3]
Alumni
- Dominic Monaghan
- Aiden Shaw
- Steven Pinder
- Kevin Kennedy
- David Threlfall
- Lee Oakes
- David Bamber
- Lesley Sharp
References
- ^ Coveney, p.80
- ^ Sam Boardman-Jacobs, Theatre in Wales. Retrieved on April 18, 2007
- ^ 2002 Grant Recipients, European Association for Jewish Culture. Retrieved on April 18, 2007