{"id":368,"date":"2018-06-09T10:57:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-09T10:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/?p=368"},"modified":"2018-06-09T10:57:53","modified_gmt":"2018-06-09T10:57:53","slug":"future-voices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/?p=368","title":{"rendered":"FUTURE VOICES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SP-Logo-Black.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-369 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SP-Logo-Black-300x155.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" \/><\/a>FUTURE VOICES was an initiative to create theatre that both reflects and speaks for the young people in our communities most at risk of cultural exclusion.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2017 the Southwark Playhouse began working with twenty-four young people in five schools across South London. Each school was paired with a professional writing mentor, who helped to develop students\u2019 skills in writing for performance through regular workshops, with the aim of ultimately enabling each young person to write a short piece for performance. These were\u00a0showcased in front of an audience at the Southwark Playhouse on the 19<sup>th<\/sup> and 20<sup>th<\/sup> April 2018.<\/p>\n<p>DWS Audio\u00a0recorded eleven of these plays during the dress rehearsal period, and we are proud to present the first of these here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>INJUSTICE by Blessing Okuchukwu<\/strong> (Sacred Heart Catholic College) \u2013 Jamal is accused of stealing a bag of rice. Is he guilty, or simply the victim of racial prejudice?<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-368-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Injustice.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Injustice.mp3\">https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Injustice.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>90s LOVE by Nana Opoku<\/strong> (Sacred Heart Catholic College) \u2013 Paige and Justice share a kiss. Could it be that they are more than just mates?<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-368-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/90s-love.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/90s-love.mp3\">https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/90s-love.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>A WOMAN\u2019S TOUCH by Joanna Byrne<\/strong> (Platanos College) \u2013 May 1926. The coal miners are on strike over pay reductions and worsening conditions. But in a world dominated by men, what can a women do to help their cause?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Part One:<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-368-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/A-Womans-touch-PT1.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/A-Womans-touch-PT1.mp3\">https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/A-Womans-touch-PT1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>Part Two:<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-368-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/A-Womans-touch-PT2.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/A-Womans-touch-PT2.mp3\">https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/A-Womans-touch-PT2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>Cast:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Teri Ann Bobb Baxter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matthew Castle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Timothy Knightley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shauna McLean<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kaajel Patel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prince Plockey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rob Drummer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Future Voices was co-ordinated by David Workman (Youth &amp; Community Director at the Southwark Playhouse). The project was generously supported by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, The Peter Cruddas Foundation and the Ashley Family Foundation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SP-Logo-Black.jpg\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FUTURE VOICES was an initiative to create theatre that both reflects and speaks for the young people in our communities most at risk of cultural exclusion. In September 2017 the Southwark Playhouse began working with twenty-four young people in five schools across South London. Each school was paired with a professional writing mentor, who helped &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/?p=368\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;FUTURE VOICES&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwsaudio.darrickwood.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}