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Y Touring is Central
YMCA’s award winning theatre company based in King's
Cross, London. We tour throughout the UK...
"Y Touring has for many years, produced inspiring,
beautifully written plays
focusing on science and ethics"
Sue Elkin, The Stage, February 2008.
Nobody
Lives Forever Public Performances
Y Touring's production of Nobody
Lives Forever,
Judith Johnson's play inspired by the stem cell debate. will be performed
at the Wellcome Collection london on May 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th. Find
out more.
Every Breath Podcast
Every Breath, Y Touring's Theatre of Debate production, that explores
the serious social, moral, scientific and political questions raised by the use
of animals in medical research,has been recorded as a radio drama. Produced by
Digital Fluid at the Chestnut Studios, the production is now available online
to download for free. Find out more .
Full Time
The first tour of Full
Time Rachel
Wagstaff's exciting new play about football and bullying is now complete.
There will be a second tour, in autumn 2008. Read the synopsis,
download the preparatory
lessons ,teacher
resources. digital
films and view the production
album.
The Projectionist
Playwright Laura FitzGerald has ben commissioned to write a
new play about privacy and surveillence to be recorded as a
downloadable podcast available summer 2008. This project is
supported by the Royal Academy of Engineering. Find
out more
The Gift DVD
A television adaptation of The Gift, a Theatre of Debate play and debate
about genetic selection aimed primarily at 14-19 year-olds, is now available.
This DVD/VHS is an excellent resource for teachers teaching the new Science Key
Stage 4 Programme of Study, released September 2006 and the 21st Century
Science GCSE.
Evaluation
People Science and Policy Ltd have completed
an independent evaluation of Y Touring’s Mind
the Gap
project. This evaluation shows
that the performance (the play and debate combined) exerts
a powerful influence on the perceptions and attitudes of
young people. In addition to the extensive impacts on knowledge
and attitudes, the extremely positive levels of engagement
achieved make the Y-Touring model a very effective one. Read the
evaluation.
Education
'An excellent resource for teaching
21st Century Science GCSE. '
Y Touring's Genetic
Futures website is now live and featured on the
National Grid for Learning. This site provides an excellent
introduction to genetics as well as allowing students to
push the boundary on the possibilities of genetic modification,
cloning and xenotransplantation. It has an interesting
and very engaging way of putting the possible issues across
and links very well to the new Science Key Stage 4. Programme
of Study, released September 2006
Science
Oberon
Books has
published Y Touring’s
four Pulse plays for large casts (youth theatres and schools)
by Rhiannon
Tise, Johnathan
Hall, Nicola
Baldwin and
Rahila Gupta exploring Science and Society related issues.
These scripts can be purchased through the National
Theatre Bookshop website. Find out more.
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