Birmingham youths debate knife crime

Crime of the Century

Venue: The Drum

144 Potters Lane, Birmingham B6 4UU

Dates:

Thursday 10 June at 7.30 pm

Friday 11 June at 1 pm

Price: £9 / £7 concession (buy 9 get one ticket free)

Box office: 0121 333 2444

Website: http://www.the-drum.org.uk/

Chickenshed’s explosive dance theatre company turns its attention to the proliferation of knife crime amongst young people.

“I shanked him.

D’ya hear what I am saying?

I shanked him”

Using words, movement and projection alongside a contemporary score of hip-hop and dance music, Crime of the Century packs a frightening punch. The story is based on interviews with victims, perpetrators, families, surgeons, police officers and ex-offenders.

Following three tragic young deaths of teenagers associated with Chickenshed the company embarked on producing a piece of theatre that could be used as a positive tool in the fight against the hopeless savagery of knife crime. The resulting show, Crime of the Century has recently completed a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe festival to rave reviews from the arts press.

Crime of the Century has received rave reviews from educationalists and workers at the front line of dealing with young people. Many have asked to see the production in their areas and schools. Chickenshed is taking this production around the country to theatres schools and community centres where it can be a potent tool for social change.

“…if the twenty first century will be remembered as the time we let our children kill each other, Chickenshed will be remembered as the theatre company who had the guts to ask how and why.”

Time Out ****

“It would be senseless for this production not to tour every senior school in Britain. The poignancy and power of Chickenshed’s piece earns it the right to be noticed and commended; not only by theatre critics but by politicians.”

What’s on Stage *****

For further information please contact Susan Jamson 020 8 351 6161 ext 233 / 07736 956662, email: susanj@chickenshed.org.uk or visit http://www.chickenshed.org.uk/

Crime of the Century on UK tour:


7 May - The Courtyard, Hereford

13 May -Oxford Playhouse, Oxford

20 May - The Met, Bury

27 May and 28 May - The Hat Factory, Luton

2 June – 4 June - Chickenshed, London

10 June – 11 June - The Drum, Birmingham

16 June - Croydon Clocktower, Croydon

17 June - The Hawth, Crawley

22 June – 23 June - The Brindley, Runcorn