Finely Structured Naturalistic Drama(Family Relations + teenage children + climactic scene) = Emotional Power

This play tells a story of 3 teenage children who have to cope on their own when mum leaves home.  The play crept up on me towards a final scene that was really moving, and all this in just over one hour.
Theatre for young people should experiment with new forms - but this play made a strong case for well-written naturalism.

DESH - Akram Khan's masterpiece at Saddler's Wells and LAL JOMIN at Brady Centre,E1 15th October, direct from Bangladesh via the British Council

Akram Khan's DESH is personal story that takes you to extraordinary places. I've never been to Bangladesh but this show but this takes me somewhere in that direction - at least I imagine so. Its a unique and original journey that is magical and moving but which conjures along the way many images seen before - the storms and childhood of Patha Panchali, Winnie the Pooh's Honey Pot, Sheer Khan, Robert Le Page's washing machine from Far Side of The Moon, the roof trees of Crouching Tiger, the long grasses of Kurosawa...

LAL JOMIN plays at the Brady Centre on 15th October - a one woman show directed by Sudip Chakroborthy in this country for 3 performances only via The British Council - it is about the Bangladeshi war of independance in 1971.

75th Anniversary of The Battle of Cable Street; a defeat for Fascism - Wilton's Music Hall, E1. Grand Union Youth Orchestra: young people + different musical cultures + structured improvisation = cultural strength and liberty

A Year in Dundee - Young People takeover and programme Dundee Rep - RYW Rep Youth Weekend, film, theatre, dance

A Year in Dundee - RYW Rep Youth Weekend, film, theatre, dance

A Year in Dundee - Rep Community Company, Scottish Dance Theatre and Loadaweeminsingin at large in the City during Winter Light Night