DRAMA

The Youth Offending Team have been working closely with various drama groups throughout Calderdale including Calderdale College, Square Chapel Centre for the Arts and the Actor's Workshop in order to enable our young people to participate in the world of theatre.

Our first public performances were held in March 2005, with a piece of drama entitled Shepherds Pie Smells Different Now. The themes of Shepherds Pie were restorative justice and bullying. It was written and performed by students from Calderdale College using material provided by our young people.
Read more about "Shepherds Pie".

Building on the success of our first venture, "Caught in a Story" is a project, performed in September 2005. This time the drama was written and performed entirely by our young people. Caught in a Story is about the personal experiences of our young people. We expect audiences will learn a great deal about the forces that shape people' lives, for better or worse. The students from Calderdale College are on hand again but this time in the role of teachers not performers.

This gallery shows our young people working on the project at the Square Chapel Centre for the Arts, Halifax.