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July 2019

We Didn’t Start the Fire

Directed by Nathan Powell

Things feel bad right now, but is the whole world REALLY in crisis?

It’s 2019 and things are getting worse. Unstable economies, homelessness on the rise, knife crime and of course Brexit. Things feel bad right now, but is the whole world REALLY in crisis?

20 Stories High Young Actors Company join forces with German-based Consol Theatre to make a brand-new show. Expect explosive movement, spoken word, live music, puppetry and a host of defiant voices.

Presented as part of Europefiction, Europe’s premier Youth Theatre Festival bringing together companies from across the continent to answer the question: What kind of Europe would you like to live in, and what are you willing to do for it?

In the summer of 2019, 20 Stories High were proud to be part of europefiction, a Europe-wide, nine-day youth theatre festival hosted in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

Five theatres from different European countries partnered with five theatres from the Ruhr region of Germany and together they created theatre in response to the question:

‘What kind of Europe would you like to live in, and what are you willing to do for it?’

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Cast

Joel Cobblestone
Joel Hale
Isaac Hodgson
Kadisha Kayani
Nicole Kennedy
Amber Richards
Kane Roberts
Riaid Saif
Ryan Tomes
Josh Whitmore
Grace Williams
Shaundel Wright

Creative Team

Director Nathan Powell

Assistant Director Rosalyne Norford

Movement Director Michael Horsley

Designer Steph O’Hara

Poster Design Thoughtfully

Photography Ryan Tomes

 

Production Team

Production Manager Lucy Graham

Stage Manager Rebecca Sharman

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