(UK, 1071443) Browse eventsKidz R Us is a registered charity providing opportunities in the performing arts for young people, aged 7 – 20 in West Cornwall. It was founded in 1994 and is now based in its own 320 seat theatre (a partly-converted Wesleyan chapel) in St Ives in Cornwall. Kidz R Us have a well deserved reputation for producing work of the highest standards and as well as performing in their own theatre they have performed in the West End at the London Palladium, Royal Albert Hall and the Criterion Theatre as well as at the world renowned Minack Theatre in Cornwall. Increasing numbers of graduates from Kidz R Us are now entering professional training for music and drama. Kidz R Us currently produces at least three large-scale shows a year, and a small number of concerts. These involve over 100 young people (including a healthy proportion of boys) in singing, dance and drama. There are a large number of young people who are on the company’s waiting list. Over the last seven years Kidz R Us has paid off the money borrowed to purchase the St Ives Theatre and is now operating as a debt free organisation. Young people come to Kidz R Us from all over West Cornwall and from Truro to St Just. Cornwall is one of the poorest areas in Great Britain (as recognised by Europe with Convergence Status) and eight out of the ten poorest wards in Cornwall are in West Cornwall. The young people who attend Kidz R Us are broadly representative of the socio-economic make-up of the area. Kidz R Us is run mainly by over 100 volunteers under the artistic directorship of Phil Barnett and with the support of a General Manager. Having just completed 20 highly successful years Kidz R Us has paid off the mortgage on the Theatre (using mainly earned income) and are now seeking to move into a new, more sustainable era. The success of Kidz R Us has meant that it has outgrown its current structures and is now looking to further support the work of its talented and dedicated members and volunteers with paid staff.
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