YOUNG ANGELS – Directors, Designers & Writers

Partners: in association with Soho Theatre and Drama Centre London
Supported by: Arts Council England London
Dates: February – May 2007

Plays, Writers, Directors & Designers:

Future Perfect by Dominic Mitchell
Directed by Adam Barnard
Designed by  Steve Mayo (sound)

My Days by Molly Davies
Directed by Jacqueline Rice
Designed by Marie Kearney (lighting)

Farming for our Souls by Martin Henshell
Directed by Anna Dirckinck-Holmfeld
Designed by Gaelle de Luz (set / costume)

Cast: Kelly Hotten, Philip Cairns, James Rowland, Elspeth Brodie, Matthew Mellalieu, Bradley James, Robert Donnelly, Alex Britton, Alinka Wright, Marcus Ellard, Daniel Mutlow, Lucy Briggs Owen, Selma Blair, Tom Wood

Following Company of Angels' very successful collaboration with Drama Centre London on the Young Directors Programme, Young Angels - Directors, Designers & Writers extended the scheme, bringing together three groups, made up of a young director, a student designer and a young writer.

Each of these three groups was provided with a company of actors, a rehearsal space, a small production budget, a two-month development period, a mentor, a prominent central London space to showcase their work - and an audience.
The programme was led by John Retallack (Company of Angels), Annie Tyson, (Drama Centre London) and Suzanne Gorman (Soho Theatre).
 
3 young directors, 3 young designers, 3 Soho young writers and 12 final year Drama Centre acting students worked together to create three 20/30-minute pieces aimed at children and young people. The nature and format of the work was based on the ideas of the individual creative team, developed collaboratively over a two month period. This gave all participants a unique opportunity to be involved at all stages of the creative process from the inception of the idea to its realisation.
The three resulting pieces were shown to an audience of industry professionals and young people at the Soho Theatre Studio on May 18, 2007.