Why do we have education?
Too Much Too Young
Washington Arts Centre
Thursday 3 July 2014
Jack Bennett wrestles with two
identities, long lost extra-curricular activities, endless life paths and one
qualm with the education system in his first solo show at Arts Centre Washington on
Thursday 3 July.
In Too Much Too Young,
Jack seeks to explore the flaws in an education system which demands big
decisions from teenagers at a young age by asking some pretty big questions;
what is learning for? Why all the rush? And if all of the politicians and
education experts are so smart, how come they never agree on the best way to do
things?
In this charming but
occasionally acerbic examination Jack holds up the practices of the UK
education system against what other countries do, what experts think and what
politicians think, while talking about how the choices of teenagers are
restricted, and how we shouldn’t let that happen.
Jack Bennett is an actor who’s
worked for the National Theatre, Sheffield Theatres, the New Vic, and the
Reduced Shakespeare Company. He wrote, produced and featured in the silent film
The Busker & The Coin, and has recently completed touring with
Curious Directive and in Daniel Bye’s How to Occupy an Oil Rig.
Jack Bennett will fill your
belly with fire, your mind with rage and your mouth with giggles with moments
of passion, raised voices and audience interaction as he un-muddles an
intricate identity crisis.
Awarded a Suitcase Prize Special Commendation at Pulse Festival 2014
Too Much Too Young comes to Arts
Centre Washington on
Thursday 3 July, 7.30pm. Tickets are £8.50 / £6 (conc) and are
available from http://www.artscentrewashington.co.uk/production-details.aspx?id=527 or by
calling the box office on 0191 219 3455.
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