Curtain up on Exeter Northcott's Summer School

Creative youngsters began their two-week intensive Summer School at the Exeter Northcott Theatre last week. From 18 – 30 August participants, aged between 12 and 19, will be working with Polly Agg-Manning, Exeter Northcott Theatre’s Associate Director for ENGAGE, and a skilled team at the Exeter Northcott to develop a professional piece of theatre, Just So, which will culminate in a performance at the theatre on Saturday 30 August.

Just So is based around the true story of a soldier in the First World War. Before the night Jack Kipling went into battle he kept the troops’ spirits high with his father's magical stories. For just a few hours the trench was not an unbearable pit of devastation, but an imaginary escape into the Indian Jungle, to the stories of everyone's childhood and to a place of happiness and hope where everything was Just So.

“Like always it's such a treat to be able to work with such a talented group of people- they are all full of energy, wonderful ideas and enthusiasm. The play will be extraordinary- powerful, funny and sad. I just can't wait to see them all on stage in a performance that they have created themselves.” said Polly Agg-Manning.

During the two-week Summer School, the participants will develop professional industry skills as well as performing on the Exeter Northcott stage.

For more information, please visit www.exeternorthcott.co.uk or call the Box Office on 01392 493493