PROGRAMME OF THEATRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

CHOICES: A new approach to gun and knife crime

The Choices Programme is a half-day event consisting of two workshops which can be brought into schools across London. Each half day is delivered for up to four classes. The Choices programme is designed for years 8 and 9.

The day is made up of two sets of workshops sessions lasting 90 minutes. These take place simultaneously with 2 classes watching each workshop (4 classes in total). After a break the groups swap over and watch the other presentation.

This first session is a workshop with CO19, (Specialist Firearms Command of the Metropolitan Police Service) with a presentation by Families United (a collection of families all closely affected by youth violence). The second session is a performance and workshop led by Greenwich and Lewisham Young People’s Theatre.  

During March 2010, GLYPT showcased "Brothers" by Tunde Euba, a short new short play, along with a presentation from Operation Make Peace (CO19), to secondary schools in ten boroughs across London. Crime prevention units and other local authority agencies attended these performances.   Extremely positive feedback was received from all audiences and we are now able to offer the Choices Programme across the summer and autumn Terms 2010, to schools and local authorities across London.

The Choices programme includes:

Brothers By Tunde Euba

In the play 'Brothers' we meet a pair of 2nd generation Nigerian twins growing up in the streets of London. Ken, with his traditional ideas and values, is becoming increasingly alienated from Tai, who lives by the ethics of the street.  It's a complex and potentially dangerous sibling rivalry where anger, violence and membership of a polarised street culture clash with family loyalty.

Operation Make Peace, presentation by C019
(Specialist Firearms Command – Metropolitan Police Service) and Families United workshop discussion

This award winning presentation is designed for young people aged between 11-19 yrs, in order to highlight the issues surrounding gun/knife crime and gang culture/affiliation.  The content includes real life footage of armed officers dealing with situations involving youngsters in possession of weapons. In addition there is film of first aid being administered and a funeral scene, and is therefore not suitable for younger children (under the age of 11). The aim of the presentation is to deter young people from carrying guns & knives and belonging to gangs.

Families United is a collective of families all personally affected by violent crime; in this programme they will be represented by family members representing the Rob Knox Foundation and the Jimmy Mizen Foundation.

To book performances in the Summer or Autumn terms 2010 for your school or local authority please email catherine@glypt.co.uk

Summing it Up!

A series of plays written for James Wolfe primary school to support the science and maths curriculum.

Three plays for Years 3,4 and 5 which will be performed at the Royal Observatory Greenwich in March 2010.

These plays tell the live stories of Caroline Herschel, the first female astronomer, Francis Drake, the renowned explorer and Galilei Galileo the father of modern science.

The plays have been commissioned especially for this project and have been developed by writers Steven Lally and Catherine O'Shea.

Future Productions:

Recent productions: