In 1973 a young leader of the 1st Salisbury Group, David Ryder, had ambitions to take his scout to the snow fields for a winter camp. David came up with a unique fund raising venture, a Group Gang Show. Armed with an abundance of Ralph Reader material, a rent free Scout Hall and a group of eager would be performers Scout Shouts was born.

The first performance was in the 1st Salisbury Scout Hall and was directed by the now legendary Mike Linscott. His support crew included his wife Carole, Barry Plush, Ken Sandford, Alan Thompson and of course Dave Ryder. All this was carefully watched over by the then Group Leader Tug Wilson, who made sure that the show maintained the Scouting First ethos.

Our shows first few years didn't really have a venue to call home for performances., Having performed at the Levels and Salisbury institute, in 1981 the decision was made to perform at the Parks Community Centre in a "theatre in the round" format and finally we had found our home. 23 years on we are still performing at this venue. Our first show was performed in the then newly built 1st Salisbury Scout Hall, we crammed 180 people a night in that no so big hall. Our show ran for a whole two nights.

The current format of the show has evolved from the Ralph Reader Style of stage show to the now infamous theartre in the round offered by the Parks Theatre Complex. This type of stage brings the cast to the very feet and often in the lap of the audience creating a very special and intimate show.

By 1996, Scout Shouts left behind the Gang Show tag and officially become Scout Shouts Youth Theatre. Our success is the direct result the collaboration of Joeys, Cubs, Scouts, Venturers, Rovers and of course Guides working together to create a very creative theatrical performance. With the average age of our cast being 12yrs we have been offering a truly unique show for over 30yrs.

How did the name Scout Shouts come into existence? Two reasons, firstly it rhymes and secondly Scouts have a series of shouts or rounds that they yell out while sitting around a campfire, thus our name was born.