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Co. Wexford Youth Theatre

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CWYT are bringing That Night Follows Day to the Wexford Arts Centre stage from 8-11 February. The play written by Tim Etchells of Forced Entertainment, a UK based company, catalogues the many ways a child's life is determined by that of their carers. With great clarity and humour, it examines the systems of parenthood, upbringing, discipline, care and welfare that define the world of children and adolescents. Astonishingly simple and beautifully poetic, the play is performed by a cast of 16, aged from 8 to 14, and all from Wexford, in an innovative play that explores how children's lives are affected by the adult world that surrounds them. It looks at ways that adults project onto children, and the ways that adults and children alike are both constrained and made by language as they try to describe their experience and imagine their own futures.

Powerful choral chants create the collective voice of 'the children' with more personal monologues allowing us glimpses into the individuals who have come together to think about how they are being formed as people. The production is directed by Tony McCleane Fay.

This play is a co-production between Bare Cheek Theatre Company and County Wexford Youth Theatre in association with Wexford County Council, Wexford Arts Centre and the Arts Council.

Dates: 8-11 February at 8pm
Venue: Wexford Arts Centre
Bookings: 053-9123764 or online

About CWYT

Bare Cheek Theatre Company formed CWYT in September 2003 with the invaluable support of Wexford County Council. To date CWYT has had almost 300 members, currently there are over 80 members aged between 11 and 23, divided into three age appropriate groups. The groups meet each Saturday for 2 hours per group during school term time. Approximately 15 members have gone on to train and/or work professionally within the performing arts industry in Ireland and abroad. This year alone members have gone on to study at third level in the Gaiety School of Acting, Trinity College, DIT, Ballyfermot and UCC.

County Wexford Youth Theatre (CWYT) provides an outlet for artisic expression among the young people of County Wexford through the medium of theatre production and performance. CWYT develops and presents existing, new and experimental work by young people across the artistic disciplines of drama, dance, music and film. CWYT is inclusive and apolitical and actively promotes equal access to the arts for all.

Productions

Past productions have included devised pieces such as Running Into Walls (2004), Shut Up and Listen to Me! (2009) and 16 (2010). Scripted pieces include Frank Pig Says Hello by Patick McCabe (2006), Attempts On Her Life by Martin Crimp (2007) and The Children by Edward Bond (2010). They have also tackled classics such as Romeo and Juliet (2007) and Hamlet (2010).

To Find Out More

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