Friday morning and year 10 students from Stanley Technical High school arrive for a theatre lesson at the BRIT school. This is one of a series they are doing with our leading edge practitioner Simon Stephens in a project exploring the Beslan school siege in Russia. Things start well, introduction from Simon, warm up session, the boys are moving around the room doing their warm up then WHAM!!!lights out! total darkness! people shouting everywhere! freeze! don't move! shut up! if you want to stay alive do as I say!
Oh yes, the Stanley Tech students have got a bit more than they bargained for. Totally unexpected to them, our BRIT year 13 theatre students take on the role of the terrorists and put the boys through a taste of those siege conditions. All part of bringing home the reality of the roles they are playing.
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