A piece of music theatre about the need for attention, the love of conflict, the pleasure of watching and the fun of pretending to be 'truthful'.

A 'JUNK OPERA' that looks with warmth and humour at the loneliness of spectator culture and the seductive power of reality TV and the new celebrity. A sort of 'Big Brother - The Musical'! The production will be developed in Scotland and draw largely on Scottish young people. Peta Lily has an international reputation for her physical theatre work, especially with David Glass. Composer Jimmy Jewell has worked extensively in music theatre (currently composing NHS-The Musical for Plymouth Theatre Royal) as well as popular music, touring with Alice Cooper, Roger Daltrey, Billy Preston and Kele Le Roc. Andy Howitt is the Artistic Director of Scotland's Youth dance agency, YDance. The piece will be shown as a work in progress at the Edinburgh Festival.

The Company

Joey Akubeze, Katherine Annand, Jacqueline Arbuthnott, Natasha Barnes, Erica Birtles, Daisy Chute, Paul Donnelly, Ruairidh Duguid,Carly Dyer, Rebecca Farrell, Samantha Grant, Laura Harrow, Michael Holdsworth, James Howard, Chay Lewndowski, Ashley Mackintosh, Dominiqu Macklin, Tracey Mair, Natalie Mair, Haseeb Malik, Ryan Milne, Elidh O'Carroll, Katriona Perrett, Phineas Pett, Catherine Pewsey, Donna Redgrave, Hannah Reid, Lauren Stephen, Kendy Suen, Emma Tansley, Matthew Walker, Zaylie Wilson.

Backstage

Emma Leedham, Chris Withers.

Pastoral Staff and Arrangements

Vivien Bornemann, Faye Fadayomi, Rosemar Grogan, Barry Helliwell.

Accommodation: Lorretto School, Musselburgh, Edinburgh

Workshop Dates: Saturday 6th - Thursday 18th August