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KYDS Youth Drama Society

4 days 8 hours ago

🎭✨ A FEW KYDS REMINDERS… ✨🎭

We’ve got lots happening over the next few months, so here are a few dates for your diary!

🎶 KYDS IN CONCERT
📅 Friday 16th October
⏰ 7.30pm
📍 St Luke’s Church Hall

Join KYDS, KYDS Voices and Big KYDS for an evening of songs from across the decades and some of our favourite musical theatre numbers.

We’re celebrating the 170th Anniversary of St Luke’s Church and raising money for both KYDS and Friends of St Luke’s.

🎟️ Tickets are available now — come and support our first ever KYDS concert!

🎄 KYDS WINTER FAYRE
📅 Saturday 7th November
⏰ 10am – 3pm
📍 St Luke’s Church Hall, Tiptree

Christmas shopping, local makers and sellers, festive treats, a raffle and plenty more!

🎁 FREE ENTRY 🎁

We’d love you to come along, support our local sellers and help us raise money for KYDS.

🚗 Remember, there is no parking on site, so please use the local car parks and walk to the fayre.

📩 Interested in having a stall? Contact events@kyds.org.uk

🧞‍♂️ AND THEN… THERE’S THE PANTO! 👀

We’re not saying too much just yet…

But our November pantomime is coming together and we are VERY excited about what we’ve got planned.

Think magic… mayhem… a little bit of mischief… and a whole lot of KYDS! ✨

More details coming VERY soon… 👀🎭

Keep following us so you don't miss it! 💛

KYDS Youth Drama Society

1 week 1 day ago

🎄✨ KYDS WINTER FAYRE IS COMING! ✨🎄

Get your Christmas shopping started, support local businesses AND help raise money for KYDS Youth Drama Society!

📅 Saturday 7th November
⏰ 10am – 3pm
📍 St Luke’s Church Hall, Tiptree

Come along for a lovely festive day with plenty to see, buy and enjoy!

🎁 Local craft stalls & small businesses
🍫 Gifts & treats
🎨 Handmade goodies
🎄 Christmas shopping
☕ Festive refreshments
🎟️ Raffle
…and plenty more!

We’ve already got some fantastic local sellers joining us, including wax melts, paper flower decorations and Tropic skincare, and we’re still looking for more lovely local businesses to come and join us.

And of course, every penny raised helps KYDS continue giving young people opportunities to perform, learn new skills and be part of live theatre. 🎭💛

So bring your friends, bring the family, grab a coffee and come and support a brilliant local youth charity while getting a head start on your Christmas shopping!

🎄 FREE ENTRY 🎄

Want to have a stall?

We’d love to hear from local makers, crafters, artists, gift sellers and small businesses.

📩 Get in touch via events@kyds.org.uk or message us here.

Save the date — we’ll see you there! 🎅🎄✨

🚗 Please note: There is no parking available on site. Please use the local car parks and walk to the fayre. Thank you for helping us keep access clear for everyone.

KYDS Youth Drama Society

2 weeks 4 days ago

Great night at the NETG Awards last night!

Congratulations to everyone who was nominated and won last night! A special congratulations to everyone at KYDS who was nominated.

Thanks to the NETG for making it all happen! 💜

KYDS Youth Drama Society

3 weeks 5 days ago

🎄✨ CRAFT STALLS & LOCAL SELLERS — WE WANT YOU! ✨🎄

We’re looking for some more fantastic local makers, crafters and small businesses to join us at the KYDS Winter Fayre

📅 Saturday 7th November
⏰ 10am – 3pm
📍Tiptree

We’ve already got some lovely sellers joining us, including wax melts, paper flower decorations and Tropic skincare… but we’d LOVE to add even more variety! 🎁

Could you bring something like…
🍫 Chocolate & sweet treats
✏️ Stationery, pens, pencils & notebooks
🧶 Sewn or crocheted gifts
📚 Books & bookish gifts
🎨 Handmade crafts & artwork
💍 Jewellery & accessories
🐱Pet themed gifts and accessories
🎁 Unique Christmas gifts
✨ Or something completely different!

If you’re a local seller or small business and would like to get your products in front of a lovely local audience, we’d love to have you!

It’s a great opportunity to get your products seen, meet local customers and be part of a brilliant community event — while supporting KYDS Youth Drama Society at the same time. ❤️

🎄 Stall prices are the same as last year!

👉 Want to join us? Apply for a stall here: forms.gle/UKXM9oZAAptxaJXdA

Know a local maker or seller who should be here? Tag them below! 👇

Let’s make this year’s Winter Fayre FULL of brilliant local gifts, goodies and Christmas shopping! 🎅🎁✨

KYDS Youth Drama Society

3 weeks 5 days ago

🎭 Find your people

The people you rehearse with.
The people you perform with.
The people who understand why you’re still singing the same song three weeks after the show has finished. 😂

KYDS is about making theatre, but it’s also about finding your people and being part of a team.

Come along. Get involved. Make friends. Have fun.

You might just find your place. 💛

Open to those aged 11 (and at secondary school) – 18 and leaving college. We rehearse Thursday evenings, and Sunday afternoons.

📩 hello@kyds.org.uk or visit our website www.kyds.org.uk

KYDS Youth Drama Society

1 month 5 days ago

KYDS are looking for stall holders for our newly announced KYDS Winter Fayre on Saturday 7th November.

The KYDS Winter Fayre is a fantastic community event, bringing together local businesses, crafters, makers and stall holders for a festive day of shopping, entertainment and fun — all while raising money to support KYDS Youth Drama Society.

Whether you sell handmade gifts, festive treats, unique products, crafts, clothing, homeware or something a little different, we’d love to hear from you!

Stall prices have been held at the same rate as last year, and all applications are considered to help us create a varied and exciting selection of stalls for our visitors.

If you’d like to apply for a stall, please complete our application form: forms.gle/D3WXCstn1y3eKdhH8

As a small team organising the event, we ask everyone interested in taking part to complete the form in the first instance. We’ll then review applications and get back to successful stall holders with details of how to confirm their place.

KYDS Youth Drama Society

1 month 2 weeks ago

Have you heard of KYDS Voices?

Our newly formed singing group, available for performances at local events. We've already got a few dates in our diary in the lead up to Christmas, but if you've got a community event and you'd like some entertainment, then please do get in touch with us.

KYDS Youth Drama Society

2 months 3 days ago

We are SO proud to announce we received the following nominations from the North Essex Theatre Guild for our 2025 Pantomime Sleeping Beauty, and our 2026 Summer Production The Wizard of Oz.

THE KING COSTUME AWARD (can include hair, make-up, accessories etc)
for The Wizard of Oz

THE PETER JONES AWARD for TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT (can include lighting, sound, projections, video animation, special effects) for the Lighting in Sleeping Beauty!

THE DAVE ROSS ADJUDICATORS’ AWARD - the team playing & interaction of Olivia Thackeray as Lion, Liam O’Brien as Tinman & James Hale as Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz

THE DAVID WENDEN AWARD for BEST YOUNG ACTOR - James Hale as Archie in Sleeping Beauty
Also congratulations to Benji who was in The Wizard of Oz but has been nominated in this category with another drama group

BEST YOUNG ACTRESS - Olivia Thackeray as Carabosse in Sleeping Beauty

THE ERIC DYSTER MEMORIAL CUP for BEST PRODUCTION - PANTOMIME/CHILDREN’S PLAY - Sleeping Beauty directed by Olly Smith and Millie Sheldrick

THE TERRY SADLER MEMORIAL CUP for FRONT OF HOUSE (can include hospitality, displays, programme design, use of social media etc) - The Wizard of Oz

Congratulations to everyone who has been nominated and we look forward to seeing lots of friendly faces, to celebrate all things amateur theatre in Essex at the awards in September! Thank you NETG for all your work 🧡🎭🧡