drama Archives - Youth Are Awesome https://youthareawesome.com/tag/drama/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 04:21:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 High School Advice https://youthareawesome.com/high-school-advice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=high-school-advice https://youthareawesome.com/high-school-advice/#respond Sun, 29 Jun 2025 19:04:36 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=117317 As part of being a 2025 high school graduate, my 3 years of high school (in Alberta) has come to end. For me, these past 3 years were filled with incredible friends; melodramatic interactions and academic stress; and  heartwarming and heartbreaking memories. Whenever high school is mentioned, one of the most common descriptions about it […]

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]]> https://youthareawesome.com/high-school-advice/feed/ 0 Book Review: Long Way Down https://youthareawesome.com/book-review-long-way-down/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=book-review-long-way-down Mon, 13 May 2024 15:53:14 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=112045                                              Caution: Mentions of gun violence and murder ahead!                                                  Introduction: […]

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]]> Dealing With Drama https://youthareawesome.com/dealing-with-drama/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dealing-with-drama Thu, 28 Apr 2022 04:38:20 +0000 https://youthareawesome.com/?p=108130 We have all experienced drama some time in our lives, whether it be naive childhood disputes or a long-standing grudge. Although drama is most commonly present in friendships, it is not uncommon to find these difficult situations in professional, romantic, or other types of relationships. The term “drama” refers to issues or disagreements arising within […]

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]]> TV Recommendation – House of Cards https://youthareawesome.com/tv-recommendation-house-cards/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tv-recommendation-house-cards Tue, 22 Aug 2017 16:03:10 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=88257 A United States congressman decides to sever all allegiances in his pursuit of power. An impending rise and an inevitable fall.

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]]> My Own High School Musical https://youthareawesome.com/own-high-school-musical/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=own-high-school-musical Thu, 23 Feb 2017 03:28:15 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=85089 When I was younger, I was very shy. It was never in my nature to put myself out there for the world to see. I was content in my solitude and also being around the people I loved most. But in the years that followed, I realized the best thing I could let happen to […]

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]]> HTA Presents: Pippin! https://youthareawesome.com/hta-presents-pippin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hta-presents-pippin Tue, 15 Mar 2016 03:21:22 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=80414 If you immediately assumed this article to be an advertisement, or perhaps just more internet spam, you would not be entirely wrong. I admit this with some degree of shame; generally, I take great lengths to avoid being the person who is constantly popping up on your Facebook page or Twitter feed, the one you see in […]

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]]> 4 Netflix Shows to Entertain You This Summer https://youthareawesome.com/4-netflix-shows-entertain-summer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=4-netflix-shows-entertain-summer Thu, 18 Jun 2015 18:44:04 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=72656 Source Often when I scroll through the available choices on Netflix, I’m at a loss regarding what to choose. I’ve seen everything from The Walking Dead to The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (a very enjoyable movie I must add). As I scroll through my list of movies I’d saved under “watch later”, I can’t bring […]

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]]> Movie Review: The Longest Ride https://youthareawesome.com/longest-ride-movie-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=longest-ride-movie-review Thu, 23 Apr 2015 18:16:32 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=70476 {Source} DIRECTED BY: George Tillman, Jr. STARRING: Britt Robertson as Sophia Danko, Scott Eastwood as Luke Collins, Oona Chaplin as young Ruth Levinson, Jack Huston as young Ira Levinson, and Alan Alda as old Ira Levinson. RELEASE DATE: April 10, 2015 RUNNING TIME: 128 minutes GENRE: American romantic drama Caught between our passion for something and […]

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]]> Real Life Drama Productions https://youthareawesome.com/real-life-drama-productions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=real-life-drama-productions https://youthareawesome.com/real-life-drama-productions/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2015 18:02:18 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=69515 High school itself is one overly exaggerated drama production that no one really ever wants to star in, but there are some highlights to it, like actual drama productions. I myself am a giant drama nerd so I favour this aspect. Being halfway through high school and performed in three productions, it’s a good feeling […]

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]]> https://youthareawesome.com/real-life-drama-productions/feed/ 1 Why you should try to be in the school play https://youthareawesome.com/audition-school-play/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=audition-school-play Wed, 17 Sep 2014 14:28:36 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=62607 Grade 10 is scary. You’re thrown into a brand new building, often with over a thousand other hormonal teenagers, and often on your own, with friends going to a different school or maybe hanging out with a different crowd. Like, honestly, who came up with this whole “high school” concept? Who decided that putting kids into […]

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]]> Youth Week: Can you have a successful future in the arts? https://youthareawesome.com/youth-week-can-you-have-a-successful-future-in-the-arts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=youth-week-can-you-have-a-successful-future-in-the-arts Wed, 30 Apr 2014 14:45:44 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=57429 On April 24th, I had the pleasure of going to Future in the Arts: A Panel Discussion for Youth Week Calgary 2014. It featured Jennifer Johnson, the Director of Programming and Arts Learning for the EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts, Vicki Stroich, the Executive Director of Alberta Theatre Projects, Jodi Lucas, Programming Associate for […]

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]]> Top five scenes from the Vampire Academy movie https://youthareawesome.com/thevampireacademy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thevampireacademy Tue, 18 Mar 2014 15:09:46 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=55062 Over the last couple of weeks I have had the opportunity to watch the movie The Vampire Academy. Personally I loved the movie, everything about it was really well presented and very enjoyable. The romantic aspect of the film is what really caught my attention, along with all the sass. The dialogue between the characters […]

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]]> The Great Gatsby https://youthareawesome.com/the-great-gatsby/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-great-gatsby Tue, 12 Nov 2013 14:00:21 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=51802     Last Thursday, my school and I went to Theatre Calgary to watch The Great Gatsby. It was a great performance and was fascinating as it was intriguing. When I watched the play, I could really connect to director Kim Collier through the quotes she chose to use. However, the way she presented the […]

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]]> Four reasons why Glee isn’t going to last another season https://youthareawesome.com/four-reasons-why-glee-isnt-going-to-last-another-season/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=four-reasons-why-glee-isnt-going-to-last-another-season https://youthareawesome.com/four-reasons-why-glee-isnt-going-to-last-another-season/#comments Thu, 03 Oct 2013 16:25:53 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=50106 Glee has been a huge success within its last four seasons to many teenage girls and boys alike. You can relate to it no matter who you are, popular, music nerd, outcast, really anyone. They have also successfully covered many topics such as texting and driving, teen marriages and pregnancies and school shootings, in a […]

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]]> https://youthareawesome.com/four-reasons-why-glee-isnt-going-to-last-another-season/feed/ 2 Ask.fEMergency! https://youthareawesome.com/ask-femergency/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ask-femergency Mon, 12 Aug 2013 21:04:03 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=47522 Ask.fm is a fairly new social media website (launched in 2010) and has made its way into the lives and browser history of people all around the world. I believe that the major demographic that uses this site are youth, for us kids are often genuinely interested in the lives of our peers, and we […]

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]]> It’s Shakespeare in the Park! https://youthareawesome.com/its-shakespeare-in-the-park/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-shakespeare-in-the-park Fri, 26 Jul 2013 16:48:37 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=47297   The beloved and timeless story of star-crossed lovers, adventure and passion in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is playing again at Mount Royal University. If you are like me, Shakespeare in the Park is a summer tradition. To lay out a blanket or lawn chair, enjoy an ice cream cone with a couple of friends […]

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]]> Come see the High School Theatresports tournament, YOUR Youth Week improv supremacy https://youthareawesome.com/theatresports-tournament/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=theatresports-tournament Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:38:51 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=42058 Improv, or rather improvisational theatre, is neat if you are the audience seeing it unfold. For the performers, though, it’s in a different league of its’ own compared with scripted productions. As part of Youth Week (of course), the Loose Moose Theatre Company (if you’ve ever heard Youth Central’s Andrew Phung do some public speaking, you know where […]

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]]> Nuit Blanche – Late Night Culture Sensation https://youthareawesome.com/nuit-blanche-late-night-culture-sensation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nuit-blanche-late-night-culture-sensation Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:53:09 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=35927 Let’s start with some cultural literacy.  What is Nuit blanche?  First of all, it is French for ‘All-Nighter’ and is a cultural takeover in the given city in which it takes place.  The ‘White Night’ has spread to countless major cities around the world including Canada’s own Montreal and Toronto as well as Europe’s Rome […]

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]]> Top emotional soundtracks https://youthareawesome.com/picks-top-emotional-soundtracks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=picks-top-emotional-soundtracks Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:29:09 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=28545 I’m not into music with lyrics, so I usually go YouTube a bunch of instrumentals (like soundtracks or classical music). It’s different take on music for a lot of people, but I laaave it. Music without words is my favorite. Now, onto the top ten real deal. Oh, let’s make this a countdown, I’ve always […]

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]]> Preview of The Last Dog of War: Behind a script with Amy Lynn Strilchuk https://youthareawesome.com/preview-of-the-last-dog-of-war-behind-a-script-with-amy-lynn-strilchuk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=preview-of-the-last-dog-of-war-behind-a-script-with-amy-lynn-strilchuk Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:55:22 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=10438 What is it like to be the daughter of a war veteran? Playwright Linda Griffith’s narrates her personal tale of the trip she takes with her father to his last RAF bomber squad reunion. A unique one woman show narrates the war of the then and now: of one between the Allies and Nazis and […]

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]]> Arts Around Calgary: The Penelopiad https://youthareawesome.com/arts-around-calgary-the-penelopiad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=arts-around-calgary-the-penelopiad https://youthareawesome.com/arts-around-calgary-the-penelopiad/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:43:36 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=10310 Everyone is familiar with the story of the Odyssey, of the heroic adventures of Odysseus that took him ten years to return home to Ithaca after the fall of Troy, but what about the women’s version of the story? Based on a novella by Margaret Atwood, the Penelopiad (performed by Alberta Theatre Projects)  explores what […]

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]]> https://youthareawesome.com/arts-around-calgary-the-penelopiad/feed/ 1 Meet Desiree Dang, Hopeful Dreamer https://youthareawesome.com/meet-desiree-dang-hopeful-dreamer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=meet-desiree-dang-hopeful-dreamer Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:34:34 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=8841 Desiree Dang is a hopeful dreamer. Why? She faithfully believes in the good of others and brings out their best. This amazing actress lives life in the moment and shares that it’s not only okay to channel your childhood, but we must also embrace the youth that often escapes the heart, like the simple happiness milk […]

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]]> Meet Erica Ho, Unstoppable Believer- Part 2 https://youthareawesome.com/meet-erica-ho-unstoppable-believer-part-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=meet-erica-ho-unstoppable-believer-part-2 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:51:56 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=8739 This is Part 2 of the Awesome Youth in Profile: Erica Ho, Unstoppable Believer. Part 1 can be read here. YAA: Provide some advice, about life in general or about high school or about discovery of one’s self. Erica: One of the most regretful experiences of my life so far was not doing something. So my advice […]

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]]> Meet Erica Ho, Unstoppable Believer- Part 1 https://youthareawesome.com/meet-erica-ho-unstoppable-believer-part-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=meet-erica-ho-unstoppable-believer-part-1 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:00:43 +0000 https://www.youthareawesome.com/?p=8378 This incredible triple threat performer allows the creative genius of art, music and life to influence and guide her wholehearted passions for the fine arts to incredible heights. However, this doesn’t prevent this realistic dreamer from compulsively volunteering her time to many things, be it animals, people (young and old) or the environment. I’m extremely proud […]

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