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Posted: 8/26/10 at 8:35am
'Spring Awakening'
This award-winning 2006 musical seen off Broadway, Broadway and then last year in London is based on Frank Wedekind’s edgy, long-banned, 1891 play, about burgeoning teenage sexuality with music by Duncan Sheik and book and lyrics by Steven Slater.
Now that the performing rights for 'Spring Awakening' are available, the forthcoming show at the People’s Theatre, Newcastle is presenting a group of students with a good performance opportunity in Tyne and Wear.
It is the first time the piece has been staged in the north-east and one of the first productions outside London and New York.
Founded in 2007 by Ben Hunt who is currently reading Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Sunderland, Nice Swan Theatre Company (NSTC) is a non-profit, student-based production company. It offers a dramatic platform to young people and gives them the chance to be part of ‘cutting edge’ productions - such as Rent last year - on their home patch.
A US exchange student with a strong musical background helped NSTC by acting as casting director for Spring Awakening which is currently in rehearsal.
NSTC also hosts drama-focused workshops at local Secondary Schools, to encourage youngsters to get involved in drama and performance. The overall aim of the company is to create opportunities for young people and to encourage them to develop their talents and interest in drama, via workshops and productions. And it clearly does its best (literally) to act this out with its unusual ‘by students for students’ approach.
Spring Awakening runs from September 28 to October 2 at the People’s Theatre, Newcastle.
This award-winning 2006 musical seen off Broadway, Broadway and then last year in London is based on Frank Wedekind’s edgy, long-banned, 1891 play, about burgeoning teenage sexuality with music by Duncan Sheik and book and lyrics by Steven Slater.
Now that the performing rights for 'Spring Awakening' are available, the forthcoming show at the People’s Theatre, Newcastle is presenting a group of students with a good performance opportunity in Tyne and Wear.
It is the first time the piece has been staged in the north-east and one of the first productions outside London and New York.
Founded in 2007 by Ben Hunt who is currently reading Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Sunderland, Nice Swan Theatre Company (NSTC) is a non-profit, student-based production company. It offers a dramatic platform to young people and gives them the chance to be part of ‘cutting edge’ productions - such as Rent last year - on their home patch.
A US exchange student with a strong musical background helped NSTC by acting as casting director for Spring Awakening which is currently in rehearsal.
NSTC also hosts drama-focused workshops at local Secondary Schools, to encourage youngsters to get involved in drama and performance. The overall aim of the company is to create opportunities for young people and to encourage them to develop their talents and interest in drama, via workshops and productions. And it clearly does its best (literally) to act this out with its unusual ‘by students for students’ approach.
Spring Awakening runs from September 28 to October 2 at the People’s Theatre, Newcastle.
