20 - Curtain lifts on underground show

 

Members from the cast of Wrosne – An Underground Experience met Pat Wakelam along with the deputy mayor of Dudley, Councillor Pat Martin at yesterday’s (June 19) event.

 

More than 40 guests attended the launch held at Castle High School Visual Arts College, in St James’s Road, Dudley.

 

Around 60 teenagers from the Wren’s Nest and Priory estates are working with theatre professionals to put on the show in the breath-taking caverns under Dudley.

 

Tickets for ‘Wrosne – An Underground Experience’, which will be staged on July 20, 21, 23 and 25, are now on sale.

 

The story follows an eager group of youngsters at the launch of a new nightclub.

 

The shows will start from the visitor centre at the Black Country Living Museum. Spectators will then be taken down through the museum to Dudley Canal Trust where they will be taken into the caverns on canal boats.

 

There will be two performances each evening packed with music, drama, singing, dance, storytelling and special effects. Each show will cater for 100 spectators.

 

Leaps and Bounds, which was responsible for the highly successful Ballet Hoo! screened on Channel 4 last year, is behind Wrosne, together with Dudley Council and Arts Council England.

 

 

“It was great to meet young people, who have faced challenges, coming together to launch what promise to be a unique and spectacular performance.

 

“To turn the caverns into an underground theatre will be a sight in itself and I would urge people to get their tickets now and support this incredible project.”  

 

Tickets for the July shows are now available from Dudley box office on 01384 812812.