📣Join us for an evening of powerful theatre as we premier two brand new issue based plays before they tour Lancashire Secondary Schools this Spring! 📣

‘PROMISE’
Directed and written by Kailey McGowan

Zara appears to be like any other 13 year old girl. She’s studying for her exams and planning sleepovers, but when her friend Leah starts becoming distant she finds herself confiding in her new friend Ash. He’s much older than Zara but seems to be the only one who understands what she’s going through, that is until everything begins to unravel and she learns that perhaps Ash isn’t who he says he is.

Promise delves into one girl’s journey of grooming so we can begin to understand the patterns and warning signs of child sexual exploitation. 

Funded by Violence Against Women and Girls Fund 

‘TOXIC’
Directed and written by Henry Blackburn

You know the feeling: The pressure to be the strongest, the loudest, the one who wins.

In the battle for Head Boy, best friends Leo, Jamie, and Ben find out exactly what happens when you let that pressure take over. In this explosive new touring production, Toxic pulls no punches, exploring how the demands of UK school life can fuel harmful male stereotypes. It’s a rapid-fire exploration of competition, emotional

Funded by UK shared prosperity fund