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We’re a youth theatre in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, run entirely by volunteers. And we’ve been doing it since 2001.

Around 50 members aged 11–18 put on three shows a year: a showcase in February, a play in the spring and a musical in the summer.

30/10/2026

Over the last few weeks we've been building an archive of every show SIYT has ever put on, dating back to Smike in 2001.

We can account for 49 of them, but these two have beaten us.

Oliver! was at the Burgess Hall in November. But November of what? Oh What a Lovely War was at the Burgess Hall too, and that is everything we know.

So we're asking. Were you in either of them? Did you watch one? Is there a programme in a drawer somewhere, or a photo with a date on the back?

Drop a year in the comments. Even a rough one gets us closer.

Thank you 🙏

27/10/2026

51 shows over 25 years. Somewhere on this list is the first one you ever saw, but which one?

Maybe you were in it. Maybe you came to watch someone you knew. Or maybe you can still hum something from it or remember a funny or captivating scene.

Which was your first? And what do you remember about it? The small things count too.

25/10/2026

We asked for three words and, because you're all amazing, you gave us about sixty 🎭

Honestly, thank you. Every one of these came from someone who’s been part of St Ives Youth Theatre, or watched it, or raised someone who was. They’re going on the new website, because they describe us far better than we describe ourselves.

If you've got your own three word description of us, please keep adding them to the comments. 👇

22/10/2026

To round off a week of NODA celebrations, here are the official photos from the awards evening. 📸

What a year it’s been for St Ives Youth Theatre:

🌟 Best Musical Performance – Becca, as Tiffany Houston
🌟 Rising Star – Josh, Ollie, Olivia and Orla
🌟 Best Choreographer(s) – all ten of our choreographers, for Back To The 80’s
🌟 Nominated for Best Set – Cluedo, built entirely from recycled materials

Thank you to NODA East District 2 for recognising our members, and to everyone at SIYT who made these shows happen: cast, crew, builders, parents and volunteers.

Now, back to rehearsals 💛

21/10/2026

One more from the NODA East District 2 Awards... where we won Best Choreographer! (or Choreographers, in our case.) 🌟

Becca, Bella, Chloe, Florence, Grace, Jas, Liv, Orla, Sophie and Tegan all worked together to create and teach the dance routines that heped to make Back To The 80's such a memorable show.

Congratulations to all ten of you 💛

21/10/2026

We're building a brand new website for St Ives Youth Theatre. The hardest bit is describing ourselves, so we thought we'd stop trying.

Three words. That's it. How would you describe us?

Members, parents, people who left in 2012, anyone who's ever sat in the audience... all of it counts 👇

20/10/2026

We didn’t take home Best Set at the NODA East District 2 Awards, but being nominated at all made us very proud. 🌟

Our Cluedo set was one of 13 nominated across the district, and ours was built entirely from recycled materials. Andy Davis, Brett Golding, Will Golding and Tom Stewart turned a bare stage in a church hall into a wood-panelled country house (complete with paintings, a hat stand, a built in safe, and a dining table...all set for murder).

It gave the cast a proper world to play in, and the audience loved it.

Huge thanks to Andy, Brett, Will and Tom for all the hours you put in. It's proof you don’t need a big budget to build something brilliant 💛

19/10/2026

Here's another from yesterday's NODA East District 2 Awards, and it’s a big one. 🌟

Becca has won Best Musical Performance for her performance as Tiffany Houston in Back To The 80’s.

She was one of six nominees from societies right across the district, most of them adult companies. She came out on top, and anyone who saw her as Tiffany won’t be surprised.

We will have more to celebrate tomorrow 💛

Huge congratulations, Becca. So proud of you 💛

18/10/2026

We’ve got four Rising Stars! 🌟 (Well, we’ve got a whole youth theatre full of them, but four have just made it official.)

Josh, Ollie, Olivia and Orla have all won the Rising Star Award at this year’s NODA East - District 2 Awards. Josh for Wadsworth in Cluedo, and Ollie, Olivia and Orla for Feargal, Cindy and Ms Brannigan in Back To The 80’s.

At the awards, NODA talked about these young performers being the future of amateur theatre. They’re right. Every society in the area, ours included, needs people who love being on stage and will hopefully keep doing it for years.

Huge well done to all of them, and thank you to everyone behind the scenes who helped make those shows happen. So proud of you all 💛

Address

Chapel House, Chapel Lane
St Ives
PE275DX

Opening Hours

7pm - 9pm

Website

http://www.siyt.co.uk/

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