Ten Years from Now
T285220604
One year after BNP leader Nick Griffin used a stage in Thurrock, one of the organisation's "very best areas", as a launch pad for the party's European and local election campaign, the young people of the town take the same stage to imagine an alternative vision of the future for Thurrock Two years after Emma Colgate was elected BNP councillor with nearly 40% of the Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park vote, with the 2010 general election looming this culturally diverse young company of teenage Thurrock residents strive to celebrate the pride they take in building a better future for their community. The young company have asked themselves and their peers what would the future of Thurrock be Ten Years From Now? What part would they play in creating that future? Indeed do they see a future for themselves in the Thames Gateway, one of Europe's fastest regenerating regions? Made in collaboration with artists from THEATRE IS... and Throwdown UK, employing hip hop art forms, spoken word, break dancing and body popping, their response is captured in a new piece of theatre with ideas and language formed from a series of conversations and interviews with a number of young Thurrock residents. The production is the result of an ongoing collaboration between THEATRE IS... and international hip hop artists from Throwdown UK, with support from Thurrock Borough Council and the Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation. This began in September 2009 when the artists took their road show to schools across Thurrock, sharing their skills with over 1,900 young people. 150 were selected to take part in workshops in October, with 55 going on to perform at a slam night on 29th October at the Thameside Theatre. 20 of the most talented were then auditioned to work together as an events team to learn how to create and produce their own work. The process has begun to introduce the company to the creative and entrepreneurial skills required to make their own hip hop theatre, and to share their knowledge with their peers through future self orchestrated workshops and performances.
Archive :: production:T285220604, play:S845363911, venue:V39
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