The Land of Lost Things - Creating a Show With Young People
Last week was taken up with mainly working on 'The Land of Lost Things' with the Beacon Youth Theatre. This is a devised musical created by myself, Marianne and Megan Yeomans in conjunction with all the young people. It's a pretty big undertaking with around 110 performers, aged from 4 up to 21 all taking part. Some of the cast from The Land of Lost Things One thing that I have been adamant about since I started running youth theatres over ten years ago (gulp) is that a youth theatre is not a stage school. It's not about auditioning, it's not about whipping out the same old shows to sell more tickets to the general public and it's not about who is 'talented' and who isn't. That's a different thing and there are various groups around Scotland who do it very well, but what I hope to do is create an environment where all participants can have fun through being creative . Of course if a student shows a great aptitude towards one thing or ...