A Mind Apart<\/a> theatre company will showcase their creative performance called ‘What About Us?’ for one night only on Wednesday the 26th March at 7:30pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe performance, consisting of students aged between 13 and 72, hopes to cover a range of important themes such as mental health, loneliness, acceptance and safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Creative Manager, Danielle Murphy, 35, said: “They\u2019ve created the show. I started by saying to them what makes you angry, what do you want to change in the world. The passion that came from the students was amazing.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe talked about how sometimes we feel unsafe just walking in our city, sometimes we feel lonely, and it\u2019s a mission to feel accepted, we even talked about climate change and politics. “<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I\u2019ve helped them structure it but it\u2019s been such an organic process and really really amazing to see. \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They hope this performance will urge others to ‘be brave’ and ‘be the change you want to see’ through an amalgamation of self-devised scenes that send a strong message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The twenty students taking part from the adult and teens drama classes are currently finalising performances with a mix of nerves and excitement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms Murphy said: \u201cAll groups have 2 shorter scenes ready to go but because they\u2019ve got so many ideas working on other bits and bobs and making it slick. They\u2019re used to doing comedy and naturalistic performances so I\u2019ve pushed them out their comfort zone to do more physical theatre and performance without words so it was quite challenging at first but they\u2019ve really run with it and had a fantastic time doing it as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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