Inspired by real conversations, Taking Steps, which will be performed at Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham, is “both funny and moving, featuring live performance and a dynamic soundscape of spoken word and original music”.
Performed by professional actors interacting with the recorded voices of young people, the production follows three leaving care workers and shares snapshots of the lives of the young people they support.
Janice Connolly BEM, artistic director of Birmingham-based Women and Theatre which is behind Taking Steps, said, “I’m so pleased that we’re presenting this brilliant piece of new theatre. The production is beautifully staged and performed, and the way the voices of the young people’s characters are included is dynamic and affecting.
“As public services continue to be squeezed and the threat of increased austerity looms large, it feels more important than ever to shine a light on care-experienced young people and the professionals who work alongside them.”
The production is part of Women and Theatre’s Moving On project, a two-year scheme co-delivered with care-experienced young people which aims to make changes, break stereotypes and prepare young people to leave care.
Taking Steps will be at Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham on Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24 November.