Fantastic Romantic Endings Enchanted Dreams Over Moon

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One of the things that I enjoy about performances that Yew Tree Youth Theatre create or get involved with is that we don’t stick to traditional spaces.  This afternoon and this evening Yew Tree Youth Theatre actors will join other Wakefield actors in a performance at Sandal Castle.  “Castle of Dreams” is born out of the words of young people of Wakefield some as young as 4 years old, gleaned in creative workshops in schools, youth theatre sessions and at The Orangery. 

I enjoy lots of things about this project but perhaps my favourite is that the words of children and young people, words full of imagination and playfulness are performed by adults.  It creates a fascinatingly different kind of text that makes you think about the words in a different way.  The production invites the audience to tap into the memories and resonances in the centuries old stones that have seen the castle at war, in celebration, as a centre of power and defeated.  It also explores the more ethereal idea of the mystery surrounding something that has survived through the ages…the landscape of dreams…spells, beasts and imprisoned Princess’s.  

So this afternoon Sandal Castle becomes a stage…and in a couple of weeks time it will be Rotherham Minster…a couple of weeks after that the grounds of Nostell Priory…with such a range of backdrops hope to see you soon



Fantastic Romantic Endings Enchanted Dreams Over the Moon

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