Live Theatre gives new writers a stage
November 24, 2008
Live Theatre, on the Quayside, Newcastle will be showcasing the next generation of North East writing talen on Wednesday November 28th. Six pupils aged 9 and 10 years old from Bridgewater Primary School , Scotswood, Newcastle upon Tyne , will have their own short plays directed and performed by professionals in the Main Theatre.
Year 6 pupils took part in a series of playwriting workshops during the summer of 2008. Six stories were then short listed by the class and the authors were given the chance to work with professional writers to help develop their story into a 10 minute play.
A line up of local actors including Rob Atkinson (Geoff Dead: Disco For Sale), Philippa Wilson and David Whitaker (The Pitmen Painters) and Helen Embleton (Motherland and nominated for Best Actress at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Stage Awards) will take to the stage as a dagger, a daisy and a subura impretsa as just a few of the imaginative characters created by these talented young writers.
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