Each year the National Theatre
commissions ten new plays for young people to perform, bringing together some
of the UK's most exciting writers with the theatre-makers of tomorrow.
300 youth theatre companies and
over 6000 young people from every corner of the UK are producing a Connections
play this year, including our very own Young People’s Theatre with Chris Bush’s
lyrical drama THE CHANGING ROOM.
Set in and around a swimming
pool, the play follows
a group of teens full of excitement, impatience and uncertainty, each with
their own secret worries and desires for what comes next. It's about bodies in
flux and perspectives shifting; knowing change is coming but not what that
change will look like.
This will be the Young People’s
Theatre’s fourth time taking part in the National Theatre Connections Festival.
The cast of ten are made up of young performers aged 14-16.
Director Pam comments "It has
been fabulous working with our talented young people. I am amazed every
rehearsal with how much hard work and commitment they put in to making their
performances a success. The play has been a challenge for all involved, a lot
of dedication has gone into making this show."
Recent Young People’s Theatre
productions include last year’s The Witches, 2016’s Eclipse and
the 2017 collaboration with the adult theatre More Light. THE CHANGING ROOM is the first time they have taken
on a play with songs and three of the performers will be providing live music
on the guitar, piano and violin!
Our Young People’s Theatre is for
11 to 17 year olds. The group meets weekly to improvise, rehearse, play theatre
games and discover more about all aspects of theatre. Thousands of young people
have taken part in the YPT since its foundation more than 50 years ago and some
have gone on to find success in the arts and entertainment worlds including
comedian Ross Noble, actors Andrea Riseborough and Tom Goodman-Hill and Pet
Shop Boy Neil Tennant.
THE CHANGING ROOM by Chris Bush runs from Thursday
20th to Saturday 22nd February at 7.30pm in our Studio
Theatre. Tickets are £10 (£7 conc), available from the People’s Theatre Box
Office on 0191 265 5020 and online at peoplestheatre.co.uk
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