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Keith Saha Waxes Lyrical In The Guardian

Co-Artistic Director Keith Saha represents Liverpool on the national theatre stage in his piece for The Guardian.

Reflecting back on his time in the eclectically diverse Everyman Youth Theatre in the 1980’s, Keith speaks about the need to take a fresh approach to engaging young, diverse audiences in the theatre:

“The Everyman was the first rung on the ladder for me. I soon left Liverpool and learned my craft as an actor with companies that had diversity at their heart: Red Ladder, Graeae, Cardboard Citizens, Contact, Theatre Royal Stratford East and Breaking Cycles.”

But more recently, he feels theatre for young people has become less diverse:

“It sometimes feels like we are in a cul-de sac in terms of the stories that are being told and who tells them, and the new theatre forms that are nurtured. One way to get out of it is to invest in youth theatre and young people as artists – and perhaps, in the process, develop new forms of theatre.”

And on the work we create at 20 Stories High he says:

“Not everybody understands it, but that’s OK. The majority of the young people who have watched it see themselves represented on the stage – and in a completely different way. And they want to get involved not only in our hip-hop theatre workshops, but also puppetry.”

You can read the full article HERE.

 

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