Y Touring is Central YMCA’s award winning professional touring theatre company for young people and adults.
We tour throughout the U.K. and internationally.

Genetic Futures –Y Touring’s Science for the 21st Century Programme aims to

• use theatre as a means of increasing the informed debate about the impact of science on society, particularly in the field of biomedical science.
• promote the use of drama as a means of exploring
  and understanding the ethical questions arising from current and future developments in the field of biomedical science
• develop a range of educational resources using new media, theatre, and drama for science and humanities teachers and youth leaders

Autumn 2008
Sees the second tour of Nobody Lives Forever. Judith Johnson's new play about the ethics of stem cell research.

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 .

Pulse Plays
Oberon books have published four of Y Touring’s plays for large casts (youth theatres and schools) exploring Science and Society related issues.

The scripts Scenes from the Fair by Johnathan Hall, Born of Glass by Rhiannon Tise, Leap of Faith by Nicola Baldwin and Genes R Us by Rahila Gupta can be purchased and downloaded through the National Theatre bookshop website.
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Genetic Futures
The National Grid for Learning have approved Genetic Futures our new interactive website developed in partnership with the Science Museum, The Natural History Museum and the Wildscreen Trust featuring The Gift, Pig in the Middle, Cracked, Sweet As You Are, Learning to Love the Grey and Making Astronauts.
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Creative Science
A series of training workshops for Science Teachers interested in using role plays and interactive learning techniques when teaching the new science curriculum.
The workshops are funded by the DfES and the Wellcome Trust.
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	For further information about this project, email our Tour Producer David Jackson