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20 stories high youth
theatre
Review by Carol Maginn, Coordinator,
The Live Law Project
The Florence Institute, ‘the Florrie’, is a beautifully restored Victorian building set on Mill Street. It’s also, as it turns out, a great performance space.
On a Friday evening, with torrential rain falling outside, 20 Stories High Youth Theatre delivered an evening of great theatre to a capacity audience. The large, diverse cast presented a series of interlinking stories, loosely connected by the theme of ‘Time.’ The set, composed of a simple set of boxes, served both individual and ensemble performers well. The performances were faultless, and segued and merged seamlessly into each other.
And the stories were absorbing: an older brother trying to look after his two siblings while their mother is ill; a fostered boy approaching his 18th birthday, and a first meeting with his real father; a young mother caught in an
increasingly abusive relationship with her baby’s father, musings on attraction, life, and time, and music that ranged from the sweet and reflective to the exuberantly funky.
It was worth getting wet for. 20 Stories High is an ambitious theatre company based here in Liverpool, and well worth keeping an eye on.
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