Rhiann with her review of Blackout
On the 27th April, I attended Yew Tree Youth Theatre’s night of two fantastically scripted stories pieced together with words which can only be; care, focus and understanding.
The first 25 minutes of the evening was dedicated to Blackout’ by Davey Anderson which Sarah Osborne (the director of this piece) saw performed by another youth theatre last year.
The cast who are known as Black Company at Yew Tree are: Charlotte Clayton, Mikey Wilby, Eleanor Moran, Alice Proctor, Danny Bell, James Loughlin, Joanna Nicks, Helen Butterfield, Danny Bell, Tom Milton, Rachel Johnson, Matthew Plumber, Demi Aspey, Jack Iredale, Natalie English, Ashley Brown, Dee West, Jessica Moore, Ed Hardy, Hannah Speke, Jess Hopwood, Alex Palmer, Aaron Darling and Tom McNulty.
The whole story is inspired by a true story of a young offender, which makes this piece more heart breaking as you see the character’s life before your eyes. It is all based around a boy who has grown up in a broken home, his dad was an abuser and he was beaten black and blue by school kids, who then finds faith in his grand father to have that destroyed and to then become the opposite of what he wanted.
I was near tears after the first few seconds, it has to be said that Yew Tree served the story with the upmost justice and created a gripping drama from just words.
The words to describe the mood that was given by the group was simply amazing, considering they were given only 6 weeks with one rehearsal each week, their effort was above outstanding. Their focus and ability to cope with such a tragic story was just so well handled and to the best of their knowledge.
Sarah Osborne explained her reason behind her choice of play, she quoted: “I meet people living with having made mistakes all the time...it was good to be able to tell a story of that nature and I liked the freedom the text gave us in terms of the way the playwright had written it.”
In all, I enjoyed this play ever so much as it was delivered and crafted to the point where it caught the audience in.
Well done Black Company!
On the 27th April, I attended Yew Tree Youth Theatre’s night of two fantastically scripted stories pieced together with words which can only be; care, focus and understanding.
The first 25 minutes of the evening was dedicated to Blackout’ by Davey Anderson which Sarah Osborne (the director of this piece) saw performed by another youth theatre last year.
The cast who are known as Black Company at Yew Tree are: Charlotte Clayton, Mikey Wilby, Eleanor Moran, Alice Proctor, Danny Bell, James Loughlin, Joanna Nicks, Helen Butterfield, Danny Bell, Tom Milton, Rachel Johnson, Matthew Plumber, Demi Aspey, Jack Iredale, Natalie English, Ashley Brown, Dee West, Jessica Moore, Ed Hardy, Hannah Speke, Jess Hopwood, Alex Palmer, Aaron Darling and Tom McNulty.
The whole story is inspired by a true story of a young offender, which makes this piece more heart breaking as you see the character’s life before your eyes. It is all based around a boy who has grown up in a broken home, his dad was an abuser and he was beaten black and blue by school kids, who then finds faith in his grand father to have that destroyed and to then become the opposite of what he wanted.
I was near tears after the first few seconds, it has to be said that Yew Tree served the story with the upmost justice and created a gripping drama from just words.
The words to describe the mood that was given by the group was simply amazing, considering they were given only 6 weeks with one rehearsal each week, their effort was above outstanding. Their focus and ability to cope with such a tragic story was just so well handled and to the best of their knowledge.
Sarah Osborne explained her reason behind her choice of play, she quoted: “I meet people living with having made mistakes all the time...it was good to be able to tell a story of that nature and I liked the freedom the text gave us in terms of the way the playwright had written it.”
In all, I enjoyed this play ever so much as it was delivered and crafted to the point where it caught the audience in.
Well done Black Company!
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