| 6th December, 1976 |
Working Party establishes the new Scottish Youth Theatre. The company was founded by Gareth Wardell, 1st Artistic Director. |
| July 1977 |
1st Annual Summer Festival - bringing together 40 young people to work with theatre professionals to produce and perform 'Just A Joust' and 'Oh! What A Lovely Peace' in theatres in Edinburgh. |
| 1979 |
Young Playwrights' Festival established |
| 1980 |
National Workshop Programme established |
| 1983 |
Robin Peoples appointed as Artistic Director |
| 1989 |
Scottish Youth Theatre moves headquarters to Glasgow and purchases the Old Athenaeum |
| 1989 |
Skint Knees Theatre for Children established |
| 1989 |
Royal National Theatre in London as part of the Lloyd's Bank Theatre Challenge |
| 1989-90 |
Old Athenaeum is refurbished |
| May 1990 |
Old Athenaeum opens with a production of 'The Alchemist' |
| March 1992 |
Mary McCluskey is appointed as Artistic Director |
| May 1992 |
SYT Productions established |
| September 1992 |
Weekly Classes established in Glasgow |
| November 1992 |
SYT Productions perform 'The Grave Of Every Hope' at The Other Place in Stratford-on-Avon as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Antigones Project |
| September 1993 |
SYT Productions performs 'Medea' in Antwerp as part of the European Capital of Culture 'Greek Theatre' Festival |
| 1997 |
Foundation Course Introduced to Summer Festival |
| 1998 |
Old Athenaeum sold - company moves to offices in Miller Lane. SYT Productions close the theatre with a production of 'Hamlet' |
| 1999 |
Weekly Classes established in Edinburgh at the Gateway Theatre |
| 2000 |
SYT Productions produce their 1st National Tour with 'Macbeth' |
| 2001 |
Edinburgh Classes move to Festival Theatre |
| 2002 |
SYT Productions travels to St Petersburg to perform ‘Born Bad’ at the Rainbow Festival. |
| 2002 |
company moves to offices in Union Street |
| 2004 |
Members of Scottish Youth Theatre meet Her Majesty the Queen when they perform at the Opening Ceremony of the new Houses of Parliament at Holyrood. SYT Productions embarks on a tour of new play Dying For It. |
| August 2005 |
Scottish Youth Theatre moves into their new, purpose-built home at The Old Sheriff Court in Glasgow’s Merchant City. In the same month SYT Productions embarks on a National and International Tour of Dying For It. |
| October 2005 |
Scottish Youth Theatre is officially opened by HRH The Earl of Wessex and launched in the same month by The Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sport, Patricia Ferguson |
| March 2006 |
SYT Productions perform at the launch of the Scottish Village in New York and at the event Alan Cumming agrees to become the eleventh patron of the company |
| April 2006 |
SYT productions performs in New York City at the Tartan Week celebrations |
| September 2006 |
Premiere patron Brian Cox opens the Brian Cox Studio |
| June 2007 |
Scottish Youth Theatre hosts a fundraising event to mark its 30th Birthday. |
| October 2007 |
SYT Productions tours a new Scottish play – When a Star Falls. |
| April 2008 |
SYT Productions takes When a Star Falls to New York |
