CURIOUS MONKEY In association with NORTHERN
STAGE
Leaving
By Paddy Campbell
Newcastle Northern Stage
Thursday 23rd February - Saturday 4th March
2017
Director Amy Golding
Designer Katherina Radeva
Composition Sound Design Roma Yagnik
SPRING TOUR 2017
Leaving
home for the first time…
Is
a step into the dark.
A
whole new life.
If
you’re leaving the care system, the reality hits even harder.
Caroline’s dad was an alcoholic. She
shared a caravan with three adults and five kids. Keira didn’t go to school. She
was constantly in trouble. Tom was physically and mentally abused. Simon was
moved from pillar to post. And Sadeed. Sadeed was 15 when he arrived from Afghanistan to seek asylum. He had mental health
problems.
All had their own issues and all had
chaotic lives before they entered the care system. All struggled to begin with but
eventually each found some kind of temporary stability within it. Then, at the
age of eighteen … there’s the door. Each is put out into the wild with little
or no support.
Leaving is a new work by Paddy Campbell. Shot
through with anger, uncertainty, fear, humour and hope, the play draws upon the
words of young people who have gone through the care system. It is performed by
an ensemble cast and created by an award winning team who push the boundaries
of verbatim theatre, giving a voice to those experiencing and working within
the system, from staff in children’s homes to MPs and policy makers to the
young people themselves.
Paddy Campbell’s inspiration for Leaving came from his own experiences as a key
worker at a North East children’s home. Shining a light on the lives of young
people leaving care and the issues they face, the work is formed from interviews
with those in the system and those leaving it, staff from local authorities,
children’s homes, social workers, MPs and Ofsted.
The cast for Leaving comprises Jackie Lye, Rosie Stancliffe,
Matt Howdon, Kate Okello and Luke Maddison.
Paddy
Campbell is a
Northern Irish writer based in Newcastle upon Tyne. His first full-length play, Wet House premiered at Live Theatre in September
2013 as part of their 40th birthday celebrations, directed by Max Roberts. Following
the success of the run, Live Theatre revived the production in September 2014
before embarking on a short tour to Hull Truck and Soho Theatre. Paddy’s second
play Day
of The Flymo premiered
at Live Theatre in April 2015 and returned in November 2015 following a
sell-out run in Newcastle. Paddy's short plays include The Great Unwashed (Live/National Theatre), The Nest (Live/Nabokov), The Walloper (Arundel Theatre Trail), Flowerpet (GIFT Festival) and My New Favourite Place a children's play for Curious Monkey.
He is a past graduate of Channel 4’s screenwriting course and in 2015, he was
selected to take part in Creative England’s iWrite Scheme. Paddy is currently
writing his first feature for Element Pictures and is also working on new plays
for the National Theatre and Live Theatre.
Amy Golding
founded
Curious Monkey in 2011. She has recently written and performed preggers which toured the UK in 2016. Her directing credits for the
company include Beats
North by
Luke Barnes and Ishy Din, Mamela, Bunker Blues, Imagine for Holocaust Memorial Day and Live Witness for Live Theatre’s 40th birthday. She worked
at Live Theatre (2006 – 2012) where her directing credits included: Here Come The Girls, Playing With My Heart, DNA, Girls on the Verge, Boys on the Edge, Blackout and First Draft. Amy graduated from Northumbria University with a BA(Hons) in Drama and has
worked as a drama worker, theatre maker and director for the last 13 years. She
has also worked with a number of other companies including Open Clasp, Them
Wifies, Nabokov, The Sage Gateshead. Amy Golding was the Paul Hamlyn Clore
Cultural Leadership Fellow 2014, completing a secondment at the Young Vic Theatre working on the Regional Theatres Young
Directors Scheme, and is now a qualified coach
Curious Monkey is an international award winning
theatre company founded by artistic director Amy Golding. Their work is
inspired by both their local community and further afield. With a commitment to
those whose stories are rarely told, Curious Monkey collaborates with a team of
award winning artists to shape these stories into fresh, direct theatre. Their
artistic programme gives a voice to under-represented people, raising awareness
of the issues that they face to take it to audiences who are often young and
new to the theatre.. Working with specialist partners, they use theatre to
engage with influencers and decision makers to help create positive changes in
the world. Past work includes preggers, Walker Talk, Mamela, Beats North and a series of work for Holocaust
Memorial Day
Tour Details & Tickets:
NORTHERN STAGE
THU 23 FEBRUARY - SAT 4 MARCH 8pm
Tickets: £15.50 / £13.50 concessions
Box office 0191 230 5151
THE EGG -THEATRE ROYAL BATH
MON 13 MARCH 7pm
Tickets: £8.50 / £7.50 children
Box Office: 01225 823409
THE BIKE SHED THEATRE EXETER
WED 15 MARCH - SAT 18 MARCH 7.30pm
Tickets: £12 / £10 concessions
Box Office: 01392 434169
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