Between Autumn 2024 and Spring 2025, our Youth Theatre groups have been working on Light Up; exploring light, imagination, creativity and joy!
We interact daily with light; from bright summer days to Christmas twinkly lights, from guiding streetlights to cozy torch lights, from putting “the big light on” in the living room to the excitement when the lights “go down” at the cinema. This term, we’ve challenged our youth theatre to explore the ways in which light illuminates the beauty in the world around us, influences our mood and perspective and in the absence of light, what mystery and magic may exist.
In addition to exploring the concept of light, our groups are working with our Youth Theatre Practitioners and Production Staff to experiment with theatre lighting as a production tool to create captivating performances, bringing different characters, environments and memories to life.
In addition to exploring the concept of light, our groups are working with our Youth Theatre Practitioners and Production Staff to experiment with theatre lighting as a production tool to create captivating performances, bringing different characters, environments and memories to life.
Light Up Events
In January and February 2025, we're holding events in Ashington and Tyne Valley for our Mortal Fools Youth Theatre to showcase the short performances created, and you, our Mortal Fools community are all invited!
Light Up Ashington - 1st February 2025
Light Up Ashington was an exciting youth theatre event bursting with colour, mystery and creativity, to help you embrace your guiding light!
We explored the Gallery of Light at Dukes Secondary School, taking in 4 playful short performances and 3 thoughtful installations, all created by our Ashington Youth Theatre and Creative Interventions groups based at Dukes Secondary School and YMCA Northumberland.
We travelled on a magical journey, meeting fairies and shadow creatures, indulging in childhood nostalgia as we reignited long-forgotten memories, and we reflected on and shared what brings up joy!
We explored the Gallery of Light at Dukes Secondary School, taking in 4 playful short performances and 3 thoughtful installations, all created by our Ashington Youth Theatre and Creative Interventions groups based at Dukes Secondary School and YMCA Northumberland.
We travelled on a magical journey, meeting fairies and shadow creatures, indulging in childhood nostalgia as we reignited long-forgotten memories, and we reflected on and shared what brings up joy!
Light Up Tyne Valley
Our youth theatre members shone bright at Light Up Tyne Valley. This creative cabaret event at Riding Mill Parish Hall was a fantastic showcase of funny and thoughtful short performances created by our Tyne Valley and Highfield groups.
The hall was transformed into a vibrant performance space where we were taken to outer space, unleashed our inner nerds, learnt something new and had a good laugh, all while the Parish Hall lit up around us!
The hall was transformed into a vibrant performance space where we were taken to outer space, unleashed our inner nerds, learnt something new and had a good laugh, all while the Parish Hall lit up around us!
Photos from the Light Up Tyne Valley event
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