Culture: Young Writers Prepare to Take Their Bows ; the Next Generation of the Region's Playwrights Are Seeing Their Work On Stage at Live Theatre This Week. Anna Richardson Meets Young Writers in a Class of Their Own.

The Journal › November 26, 2008

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Summary

FOR many of us, our first childhood memories of visits to the theatre typically involve a trip to the pantomime, or, if we're really lucky, perhaps a West End show.

But for six talented youngsters, it involved the curtain going up last night on their own characters, brought to life on the stage at Live Theatre in Newcastle.

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Culture: Young Writers Prepare to Take Their Bows ; the Next Generation of the Region's Playwrights Are Seeing Their Work On Stage at Live Theatre This Week. Anna Richardson Meets Young Writers in a Class of Their Own.

Jason Toward, 10, is one of six pupils from Bridgewater Primary School in Scotswood chosen to have his script, Eileen, Treega and the Fountain of Youth, professionally sta...

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