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Creative Youth’s partners, The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames have announced an exciting opportunity for choirs and singers of all ages as part of the town’s Olympiad Celebrations. The Big Sing will take place on Sunday 24 June, 1pm to 5pm in Kingston Town Centre & Market Place. The Big Sing is a huge [...]

Welcome to the world of ANIMATE 2012 where your Winter is about to be turned upside down. This season will see the streets of Kingston brought to life with a new festival commissioned by Creative Youth. ANIMATE 2012’s aim is to bring vibrancy and creativity to the centre of town at a time when it [...]

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011 is this year host to numerous theatre productions showcased at Kingston’s International Youth Arts Festival 2011. Shows such as Street Dreams by The Little Cauliflower Theatre Company, ROAR by Dumbshow, One Fine Day by South Hill Park, A Hero of our Time by Kudas and  Ovid’s Metamorphoses by Pants On [...]

Make sure you don’t miss out!  We have extended the deadline for applications to be part of IYAF 2012 – you now have 2 more weeks to get involved!  See  http://www.iyafestival.org.uk/participate/ for details on how to apply. The International Youth Arts Festival (IYAF) is rapidly becoming one of the largest and most diverse youth events in [...]

Watch ‘River Adventure’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hQDw-hT2_c, a short film that documents the experience and achievements by young people designing and making artworks to sail down the Hogsmill River. ‘River Adventure’ was made possible with the support and expert skills of artist Steve Nice and a collaboration between Stanley Picker Gallery,  Anstee Bridge Programme and Creative Youth.

 I am sure that you will be as pleased as we were by HRH The Earl of Wessex’s reaction to last night’s Gala evening and show. The Prince thoroughly enjoyed the performance of Spring Awakening and spent a great deal of time with the cast afterwards. Importantly he was delighted to see the growth in [...]

Last night the latest arrival on the film festival scene, The Birdies Film Festival, captivated the audience at its sold out award ceremony at Odeon cinema in Kingston upon Thames.  The festival, organised by five students from Kingston University and part of this year’s International Youth Arts Festival, showed nine short films by young filmmakers [...]

Thanks to everyone who came together for the maddest and most brilliant carnival parade yet! The streets were filled with music, laughter, enormous puppets, giant costumes and a few meerkats for good luck! A special thanks to Kinetika, Smoking Apples, Emergency Exit Arts, Tankus the Henge and all the IYAF volunteers!

Creative Youth, organisers of the International Youth Arts Festival staged one of the most imaginative events yet seen at the Rose Theatre on Tuesday 12 January. Sponsored by John Lewis Kingston, the Royal Borough of Kingston and Lidl, a specially invited audience comprising the Mayor, local councillors, sponsors, businesses and Creative Youth’s President, HRH The Earl of Wessex KG KCVO, were treated to an exceptional showcase of work from young people that drew a standing ovation in response to a specially devised performance entitled ‘From Amazon’ featuring students from Southborough and Coombe Boys’ Schools.

The promo video for the International Youth Arts Festival is now complete and gives an amazing flavour of the incredible success of the 2010 Festival.  Our enormous thanks goes to Kingston University Web and Media team in making this video. Watch it here! Over 130 performing groups and artists over 2500 participants over 10,000 audience [...]