Twenty-four young men and boys, from Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire, and Kendal, have earned the chance to dance with the New Adventures pros in the première performances of Lord of the Flies on The Lowry’s largest stage.
Aged from 10 to 21, they stood out among 600 young hopefuls who have taken part in workshops and auditions over the past few months as part of The Lowry’s large-scale outreach project to find the best fresh dance talent in the region.
Lord of the Flies is choreographed by Olivier Award-nominee Scott Ambler and adapted and directed by him along with New Adventures artistic director Matthew Bourne.
The project brings together professional performers with young north west dancers. No previous experience was needed to apply; just raw talent, passion and commitment.
The 24 will perform alongside New Adventures professionals Sam Archer as Maurice, Luke Murphy as Sam, Dominic North as Ralph, Sam Plant as Piggy, Alastair Postlethwaite as Eric, Danny Reubens as Jack and Dan Wright as Roger.
Making their New Adventures debuts in this production will be Manchester-born Layton Williams as Simon and Jack Hazelton.
The production runs at The Lowry from April 2-5.