A ROSS youth theatre group belatedly celebrated more than 10 years of performances this week with a celebration event.

The Drama Company Performers hosted a surprise party for owner Sarah O’Neill and the group members past and present this week, as they celebrated over 10 years of running as a successful youth theatre group!

Sarah started the group in 2011 and over the past 10 years or more the group have produced almost 20 shows for young people to perform in amongst our local community. The party was planned for last year but they decided to wait until covid restrictions were lifted before going ahead.

Sarah and her brilliant team (Julie, Mel and Zoe) have seen hundreds of young people through their theatrical journey as part of their youth group experience and are all very proud of what they have achieved over so many years. This has been particularly challenging over the past two years and has been a struggle to keep going.

The youth group allows children and young adults to join and perform in their regular yearly shows at The Larruperz Centre and on Monday (March 14) over 50 people attended the party celebrations, both young and old to celebrate this special day.

Sarah said: “It was so heart warming to see some of our old members returning who are now fully grown adults and spending time with my newest members who are aged from as young as 6 to 18 years. Sharing their knowledge and bringing so many members together was so touching and it was a wonderland reunion”.

The group is completely non profit making and relies solely on self funding and fundraising events to remain up and running. Sarah and her team are all volunteers and work tirelessly to ensure their members are given the best possible and positive experience whilst in their care!

You can see the group perform their next show in November (11-13) at The Larruperz. Entitled “Arriverderci Walsley” it is a bespoke play that has been written solely for the group by Julie Church, a devoted volunteer who has worked alongside Sarah for over eight years in the group.

If you are interested in finding out more about local Ross based youth theatre, then check out our website www.dramacompany.co.uk or call Sarah on 07814624417.