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Leah, Dean, Ryan and Courtney with Nicola Barry and Inspector Dave Smith at the Conference
A group of Primary 7 pupils from Tullos Primary School in Aberdeen entertained the delegates at an Edinburgh conference with their performance of ‘Uncomfortable Shoes’. The children were excellent ambassadors for the Live Wire Productions project and were well received by the conference. The 20 children performed the short musical encouraging the audience to imagine what life might be like in someone else’s shoes rather than pass judgement.
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‘Uncomfortable Shoes’ is a curricula linked, musical resource, which sensitively addresses important social issues, including drug and alcohol misuse, bullying, depression and young carers. The resource was commissioned by Aberdeen Joint Alcohol & Drugs Action Team (JADAT) in 2003 to let children know that they are not alone and encourage those affected to speak out about their concerns, need for support, understanding and practical help and is supported by Shell U.K. Limited. The children from Tullos Primary School attended the conference with Live Wire Productions thanks to funding from Aberdeen Safer Community Trust.
Vanessa Chew, Managing Director of Live Wire Productions, said,
“We are extremely grateful to Shell, JADAT and Grampian Police for supporting ‘Uncomfortable Shoes’ and to Aberdeen Safer Community Trust for funding the Tullos Primary children’s performance at the conference. The children enjoyed their preparations for the performance in Edinburgh and we are very grateful to them and their teachers for all their hard work. We are also grateful to our sponsors for the opportunity to include ‘Uncomfortable Shoes’ at the conference, which has been a thoroughly educational and memorable day for all the young performers".
The children’s performance, introduced by Inspector Dave Smith from Grampian Police and Nicola Barry, award winning journalist and author of ‘Mother’s Ruin’, gave the audience the opportunity to experience important social issues such as alcohol, bullying and young carers through interactive drama and music.
The ‘Youth and Substance Misuse in Scotland’ event on 22nd November 2007, which featured Leon Wylie, Scottish Association of Alcohol and Drug Action Teams, as keynote speaker, brought together policy makers, drug, alcohol and social work professionals, youth workers, academics, community groups and others to discuss current and future policy and practice regarding Scotland’s youth and their consumption of drugs and alcohol.
This ‘Uncomfortable Shoes’ resource includes a publication containing scripts and sheet music, CD backing track, vocal track and all the information that schools require to stage a musical that can be performed to parents, peers and the wider community. Also included is a DVD presenting the issues in an entertaining yet thought-provoking manner, plus an interactive CD-ROM containing games, fact sheets and curricula-linked activity suggestions for the classroom. Primary schools will also receive an additional, shorter script, ideal for assemblies, ensuring an extremely flexible resource.
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(Aberdeen: 12 NOVEMBER 2007)
Have you ever wondered why men dress as women and women dress as men when pantomime season comes around each year? Have you decided what you are doing for Christmas? Why not book Live Wire Productions 2007 pantomime show ‘The Dame Game’ to be performed at your school or organisation? An entertaining educational show that gives insight into the story of pantomime with all the bits we love! Suitable for all ages. Expect singing, dancing, audience participation, slapstick and of course the Dame!
Written by Charles Barron with music by Hazel Mair, ‘The Dame Game’ tells the story of pantomime, traveling from Ancient Greece and not so Ancient Rome through Commedia dell’arte in Italy and France and finally reaching Victorian Britain where it transformed into the pantomime that we know and love today.
How did the early Greeks tell their stories? How did we get from two or three simple characters to today’s large cast extravaganzas? ‘The Dame Game’ answers all these and many more questions in a highly amusing, thoroughly entertaining fashion while giving the audience plenty of opportunities to cheer the goodies, boo the baddies, join in the songs and get totally involved in the action in the way that has become part of any modern pantomime performance.
Vanessa Chew, Managing Director of Live Wire Productions, said, “Thanks to the Aberdeen City Council Cultural Arts grant, children have the chance to learn about the story of pantomime in this show. We are delighted to be returning to the Children’s Hospital sponsored by Technip and the Young Carers Christmas Party thanks to Shell U.K. Limited and to John Lewis Aberdeen”.
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Heather and Torquil perform at the Children's Hospital |
The Dame Game had its preview performance to much acclaim at the October meeting of the Association of American Women of Aberdeen and will be touring schools in November and December. Sponsored by Technip, The Dame Game will also be performed at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Children’s Hospital on 14th November and at the Young Carers Christmas Party on 15th December sponsored by Shell U.K. Limited and John Lewis Aberdeen.
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