open evening - the voice of youth! ↓ Leave a comment
The evening opened with the stage being taken over by a group of 2nd year actors from the theatre school- if you sneaked in beforehand you would have seen some improvised Shakespeare, evidence that if you give a group of young actors a free theatre they can create anything! They performed for the young audience two songs from their forthcoming performance of Cider with Rosie opening on the 7th May at the Redgrave Theatre. It was fantastic to see the stage being used and the captivated audience were desperate for them to continue.
Dick opened the meeting with a few words introducing the topic open for discussion- the theatres commitment to young people. This was chosen in light of the recent plan from the Government supporting the creative industries published on 22nd February.
I then chaired what was a highly exhilarating conversation between the young people in the audience. Their ideas were vast and hugely insightful. From the type of plays they would like to see performed to being able to use the front of house in a more sociable way on a daily basis.
A huge thank you to everyone who attended and contributed- your comments and ideas were invaluable.
This discussion cannot stop now please add your comments to this blog, join the facebook group tell us your ideas and most importantly continue to follow what is happening at the theatre- get involved!
Amy Belson
anna farthing says:
Great evening last night, generating ideas for engaging young people with theatre. SOme ideas to follow up (for Amy?) Look at Inspiring Learning for All and the Generic Learning Outcomes that were generated for the heritage sector. Anything that recommends Inspiration and Creativity alongside Knowledge and Skills cannot be all bad. There are lots of resources in there to prompt thinking, ideas and discussion. Take a look at the following link for more information. http://www.inspiringlearningforall.gov.uk/default.aspx?flash=true
March 6th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
zef says:
hi guys last nights session pure genius it was great to have created to brilliant ideas and have developed on them in such a way that it will be hard which one we should choose however i feel the pie pipper is the faviorite in my head currently as it is so interesting and hardly many people completely know the story i was chatting to my friends at school and most of them dont know the story. Two sounds good to but it did not thrill me as much as the pie pipper anyways see you all next week zef xx
October 6th, 2009 at 7:26 pm