In 2019, we celebrated 25 remarkable years of the Youth Theatre.
We are delighted that so many Youth Theatre members (past and present) have got in touch with their memories and birthday wishes which are included here. Thanks to them all, and here’s to the next 25 years!
Alana Armstrong
2000 – 2010 My favourite memory of First Bite is ‘Ellie’s Incredible Illucinations’ It was my first show, I was 7, and insisted I didn’t…
Ally Smith
2003 – 2011 I first joined First Bite as a shy 9-year-old in 2003. Drama provided a fun, relaxed and friendly atmosphere every Thursday evening…
Catherine Henry (Somerville)
1998 – 2006 I am so happy that First Bite is still going strong! Can’t believe it’s been so long! My overwhelming memory is just…
Catriona Chowings
2012 – 2019 What does First Bite mean to me? The world. For the past however many years… it’s been my Thursday afternoons, my social…
Clara Ross
2011 – 2012 My first memory of First Bite is nothing but terror. I’d been convinced to come along to the Summer Drama Project by…
Dan Williams
2014 -> I can’t remember much about being 10, if I’m honest. It all seems to be a colourful blur of friends, family and the…
Eleanor Horton
2017 -> I only joined this group in 2017, and well…all I can say after the last two years is I wish I’d known about…
Euan Jackson
2003 – 2015 Though you’d forgive me for not noticing at the time, First Bite was a part of my life long before I was…
Freya Hyslop
2016 -> Happy Birthday First Bite! I hope you are still here in another 25 years so I can send my children!
Hamish Alexander
2009 – 2017 My favourite moment on stage was the seance scene in Amore Complicato. The scene itself lives on with that one fabulous photograph…
Imogen Ross
2001 – 2011 I have so many fond memories of First Bite Youth Theatre. It was such a large part of my childhood and adolescent…
Jack Capener
2006 – 2015 First Bite really meant the world to me. The Thursday ritual of rehearsal, games, activities, and line learning was a major part…
Jake Lawrence
2009 – 2019 One of my earliest memories of First Bite was in one of my first ever sessions with Junior Youth Theatre. I’d done…
Jamie Fullerton
2007 – 2014 Edinburgh’s First Bite Youth Theatre is a warm community that enables young individuals to develop their confidence, sociability and linguistics in a…
Jordan Burton
2000 – 2011 The first show I remember doing was a summer school with you and Colin at St George’s West when I was 7.…
Kate Walmsley
2005 – 2010 My time with First Bite was a truly formative experience. What makes the groups so special is the sense of collectivity Rebecca…
Katya Bacica
2010 – 2015 Trying to describe my time at First Bite is about as hard as stuffing nearly five years of lovely memories into a…
Keava McMillan
1995 – 2003 First Bite still means the world to me. I met some of my favourite people in the group and my happiest memories…
Kieran Noel-Paton
1995 – 2001 So I attended First Bite from 1995 to 2000 as a participant, but continued to support with the junior group until 2001…
Kirsty Geddes
2008 – 2013 I joined First Bite aged 12. I had just moved to Edinburgh from Essex, and Rebecca was kind enough to let me…
Laura Murdoch
2004 – 2011 First Bite was definitely my favourite time of the week and I would look forward to every Thursday from when I started…
Linus West
2012 – 2019 It’s hard to describe First Bite Senior Youth Theatre, but the closest most people ever get is ‘family’. It never really feels…
Lizzie Brotherston
2002 – 2007 I was part of First Bite for about 4 years, from around the age of 14 to my final year in high…
Lucy Kennedy
2012 -> I’ve been putting this off for a while because I knew how hard I’d find it to put into words how much First…
Lucy Warlow
2015 -> First Bite has been one of my favourite, if not the favourite, clubs I have ever and will ever be in. It has…
Marc Dixon
1994 – 2001 It is hard to pick just one memory…..but if pushed then it would have to be a memory from my 9 year…
Matthew Dryden
2008 – 2013 For the five years I was part of FBYT, Thursdays were my favourite day of the week by far. I loved the…
Maya Dhillon
2003 – 2009 / 2011-12 I joined First Bite when I was 7 and didn’t leave until I was 17! Those were great years of…
Neena Dhillon
2001 – 2006 First Bite memories…The excitement of a new play! Finding out which character you were. * Gave light to long mundane high school…
Niamh Orla Ferguson
2008 – 2011 / 2013 My first memory of First Bite would be how shy I was… so DEFINITELY a looooong time ago! But it…
Robbie de Santos
1999 – 2003 The first thing that jumps to mind is the realisation of fluffing scenes on stage, panics about how little progress I’d made…
Ruth Yates
1995 – 2006 My overwhelming memory of being a member of First Bite Youth Theatre is of a safe space where imagination and fun were…
Sara Lally
2001 – 2011 It’s hard to know where to begin talking about First Bite Youth Theatre – as a member for 10 years, you can…
Sophie Mackaness
2008 – 2016 One of my earliest memories of First Bite way playing the role of Monique-la-Sleek – I donned a pink beret and tried…
Will Roach
2007 – 2015 The big two-five. Wow. That is a big number. To think that Thursday rehearsals have been a thing…