For Immediate
Release 23/05/2012
PRESS RELEASE
Young people
bring an American Classic to Birmingham
18th
–21st July 2012 @ The Crescent Theatre BrindleyPlace
Members of Birmingham’s busiest and most celebrated youth
theatre, Stage2, are taking to the stage
again, fresh from 4* and 5* reviews of their recent shows, Shockheaded Peter, Picasso’s
Women and ROAD.
Debuted
in 1938, Our Town by Thornton
Wilder is an American classic, and this summer Stage2 is bringing its timeless charm to Birmingham. Follow the daily life of the fictional
Grover’s Corners in New Hampshire from 1901 to 1913, and travel through the
years with its residents, who express one simple hope, that ‘people a thousand years from now’ll know a
few facts about us. This is the way we
were: in our growing up and in our marrying and in our living and in our
dying’.
“Forget this is youth theatre,
forget it is an amateur production – this is first class theatre full of fine
performances with not a single weak link.” - Roger
Clarke, Behind the Arras on ROAD April 2012
While
the play bears traditional values including morality, community, family and
appreciation of life, the presentation of these values on stage is innovative
and exciting. The scenes are set by the
four Stage Managers who act as narrators, managing the ever-changing set and
delicately manipulate the passage of time, demonstrating, that despite
everything, life really does go on. So
let your imagination run free, and allow yourself to be engulfed in these
stories as they come beautifully and enchantingly to life before your eyes.
Our Town
is complex and intriguing enough to be studied by literature, theatre and
history students alike, but while it sometimes seems nostalgic, it maintains a
sense of beauty and carries powerful life lessons that make it a play that is
well loved by all generations.
“The exuberance of the
performances and the uncompromising production of a challenging play was a
truly immersive evening of theatre; unpretentious, funny, sad, and brilliantly
played.” - James Grady, UoBlogfest on ROAD April 2012
The
production will be taking place at 7.30pm, 18th - 21st July 2012, at The
Crescent Theatre. However, with only 300
seats available for each night, it is highly recommended you get yours now to
avoid disappointment. Tickets are just
£9, details below.
Box office: 0121 643 5868
The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham,
B16 8AE
Or
follow us on Twitter @Stage2YT
PRESS RELEASE
ENDS
Sarah
Middlemiss, aged 17, Mentor and Marketing Committee member.
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