Experimenting and Exploring

So we are over half way and getting into the final pages of the text. This part is difficult and needs a great deal of care and attention. There is so much in the news at the moment about the mental well being of young people and with the announcement today of a terrifying statistic […]
The Chaos of Youth

So, we have hit Day Three with a bit of an exhausted glow…we are doing well but it’s full on and these girls are working hard. In response we have spent the day in more discussion about the ever evoling nature of the piece and the ultimate question of what we want to leave our […]
Rewrites, Rehearsal and Radio

So, end of Day Two and the cast have been fantastic. Here’s one of them to tell you about it……over to Hannah Greig! “We had an amazing start to our day with a run of all the blocking we did on day one; in which there was clear progress on learning the lines that we […]
Day One – Discussion, Development & Drawing

It’s been a fascinating start to our week long project, with four talented and engaging young women on board to begin the development of our chosen text ‘Gorgeous’ by Anna Furse. Over the course of the week we will be delving deep into the current situation for young women, how it feels to be living […]
New Cast, New Discoveries

So as we approach a new academic year, both school tours are getting a fresh cast and some new development time. It’s always super exciting to see what new actors will bring to the text and today was our first opportunity to get to grips with the epic final scene from That Face by Polly […]