Three BA (Hons) Drama students' dreams of starting their own children's theatre company came one step closer to reality when Richard Purkiss of the Mumford Theatre offered them the chance of participating in a theatre workshop for children.

Megan Bennett, one of the students involved, explained:

"We were lucky enough to be asked to get involved with 'Fall In Love With Theatre' in October, a two-day event with sixty 8-14 year olds. It was a fantastic opportunity and we were able to lead games and a workshop with the kids, and also perform with them on day two alongside two professional west-end actors.

A few weeks later we were approached again by one of the leaders of this event, Mhari Gallagher (a freelance theatre practitioner) who asked if we could help her with an all-day anti-bullying workshop at Castle School. This was an extremely eye-opening experience and was brilliant to work so closely with the kids there. Due to the extremity of some of their disabilities it made it incredibly rewarding to see them respond so well and we are excited to have been asked to go back there again.

These events have made us even more passionate to make our company work and now have plans in place to get paid work in schools within the next couple of months, with the support from our lecturers and those we met during 'Fall In Love With Theatre'."

To find out more about the students' work and how their company is progressing, please visit the AR Youth website or Facebook page.

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