Riding Lights Theatre Company seeking out fresh talent

Riding Lights Theatre Company is delighted to announce that booking is now open for its sixteenth annual Summer Theatre School. This year’s theme for the week will be Powerful Stuff! (power – precious or dangerous?).

The Summer Theatre School takes place between Saturday 24th - Saturday 31st July in the beautiful setting of Harrogate Ladies’ College, North Yorkshire.

During the week over 100 individuals from all walks of life and from across the world come together to take part in a variety of theatre courses.

Many people come more than once – Les Ellison who has gone on to write for Riding Lights says he has “lost count” of the number of times he has attended although knows it’s in double figures.

Les’s love of drama and a desire to ‘reach others’ has led to him working with a drama teacher at a local prison.

Several participants from Riding Lights’ previous Summer Theatre Schools have gone on to professional careers in the theatre, as actors, writers and directors.

Open to everyone aged over 14, the Summer Theatre School week is a tremendous experience for anyone with an interest in theatre. There are courses in writing and storytelling as well as performance courses, both scripted and devised. This year there is also a musical theatre course for young people.

Edith Kirkwood, one of this year’s Roughshod actors, first learnt about Summer School when she was 12 and had a two year wait before she could join. Since then she has been every year testing her own dedication to become an actor and using her experiences in her recently completed GCSE’s and A-levels.

Summing up the week Les said: “Whilst the purpose of Summer School is to learn and improve our theatre skills and knowledge perhaps most importantly lifelong friendships are made with like-minded people from across the globe.”

Anyone interested in finding out more is asked to call 01904 655317, e-mail info@rltc.org or visit www.ridinglights.org