December 18, 2020

A Year Like No Other

December 18, 2020/ Zest Theatre

Well, 2020 has been quite a ride! It’s definitely not been the year we’d planned. At times we’ve cried about the projects we’ve lost, whilst at other points we’ve relished the opportunity to experiment and try new things. 2020 may have been the worst, but there is still so much for us to celebrate. So here goes…

October 13, 2020

Zest is back with brand new work made especially for YouTube

October 13, 2020/ Zest Theatre

COVID may have forced us to go quiet for the last 6 months, but Zest is back with brand new work! Today we are excited to announce the forthcoming release of *untitled, made especially for YouTube!

February 04, 2020

As the confetti falls: Youthquake reflections from our young people and professional team

February 04, 2020/ Zest Theatre

As the confetti falls on our 2019/20 national tour of Youthquake, we reflect on the entire process and hear from a selection of the Young People, Cast and Creative team that have made it all happen.

January 15, 2020

Gen-Z and the aftermath of the General Election: what Young People can teach us

January 15, 2020/ Toby Ealden

During the afternoon of the vote for the 2019 General Election, #youthquake was trending in the echo chamber of Twitter, with hundreds of thousands of tweets sharing expectant excitement of the outcome the next generation could bring. Like 2017, we know the rest of the story. The majority of voters aged 18-24 did actually vote for Labour, but were outnumbered by the older generations. So what is the story for those young people?

July 24, 2019

Announcing the Youthquake National Tour 2019/20

July 24, 2019/ Zest Theatre

Part show, part TED Talk and part party, Youthquake by OFFIE-award-winning Zest Theatre gives a powerful insight into the hidden lives and minds of Teen Britain and questions what it actually means to change the world.

July 24, 2019

Youthquake Q&A with Toby Ealden

July 24, 2019/ Zest Theatre

Zest’s Artistic Director, Toby Ealden, has been making theatre for young audiences for over sixteen years, including youth theatres, school tours and national touring. His past work includes working as the youth theatre director for Nacro, the national crime reduction charity, before establishing Zest Theatre in 2007. We chatted to Toby to find out more about Youthquake and how it came to be.

May 13, 2019

5 Tips to Releasing Young Voices

May 13, 2019/ Toby Ealden

Zest Theatre are currently Researching and Developing a brand new show based on the honest voices, thoughts and opinions of young people across the UK. So how do we do this? How do we genuinely unlock young voices to allow them to talk so openly? Read our 5 Tips to find out.

March 12, 2019

We Deserve Better - Letting Young People speak for themselves

March 12, 2019/ Jenny Daniels

Our second week of Youthquake research and development brought us to Hartlepool. The young people in Hartlepool had a strong sense that the system is stacked against them and apathetic to their needs. Within these stories, however, there was a determination that the narrative of deprivation in Hartlepool would not be an endless cycle. Not all young people want to leave their home city for something better – they wanted to solve the problems and change their home for the better.

March 04, 2019

How To Start A Youthquake?

March 04, 2019/ Jenny Daniels

Catch up on our first week of Youthquake Research and Development, as the Zest Creative Team headed to Norwich and Lincoln to delve into the lives and minds of teen Britain. We were excited. We were nervous. There’s nothing quite like starting to write a new show. The possibilities of what you could create are almost endless. At the end of R&D phase, the blank white page you started with is full of stories, all crafted together to make a proper script.

But where do we start?

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