Reasons to book
'“The best touring piece for young audiences I have ever seen.”
(The Day the Waters Came 2010)'
Head of Drama - Epsom College
'“I would love it if a piece like this to came to our school.”
(Advice for the Young at Heart 2013)'
Teacher, Ifield Community College
- We can acommodate individual classes or whole year groups
We have an upper limit of 120 places in the audience and they can be filled by one class, two classes or - depending on the size of your school - a whole year group. If you have a raked seting bank then this upper limit can be extended - we just want to make sure that every student has a good view.
- We provide a challenging learning experience with relevance to the curriculum
Each play we produce is a rich resource for exploring the world, shedding new light on challenging and complex issues and providing a holistic learning experience for young people. Advice for the Heart at Heart is extremely well placed to animate key parts of the National Curriculum and those areas of learning that that stand outside it. In this comprehensive list of curriculum links, you will find detailed information about how the production, workshops and our online resources can stimulate learning in the areas of English, Drama and PSHE.
- We work with the very best of new writing talent
Advice for the Young at Heart is a brand new play written especially for Theatre Centre by award winning playwright Roy Williams.
Roy began his career at Theatre Centre 25 years ago, as an actor and then writer mentored by the late Noël Greig. Previously having written Souls (2000) for Theatre Centre, he returns to the company with Advice for the Young At Heart as a homage to Noël and his inspirational work with young people.
BAFTA-winning Roy's many plays include the widely acclaimed Sucker Punch (Royal Court), nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play in 2010. Other plays include Absolute Beginners (Lyric Hammersmith), Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads(National Theatre) and Clubland (Royal Court).
- We have got sixty years of experience behind us
In the 1950’s, we were one of the first companies to start making and touring child-centred theatre into schools. In the 1960’s, we received our first Arts Council grant. In the 1970’s, we dived into the changes sweeping across the UK - our work reflecting the social and political upheaval of the times. In the 1980’s, we introduced our integrated casting policy and launched one of the countries’ first Women’s company. In the 1990’s, we focused on boosting the quality of our production values to match the quality of our writing.
At the start of the 21st century, we continued to produce outstanding new writing for young audiences across the country, in both primary and secondary schools. Since 2010, we have become a National Portfolio Organisation, thus continuing to receive core funding from the Arts Council and the only NPO to be touring original plays across the UK for young people aged 4-18. This year, we turn 60 and celebrate sixty years of making the best work for some of the most curious minds in the country. Come and be part of our story.
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