Children & the Arts

Created on Thursday, January 17th, 2008 at 11:21 am. Related to Quests

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall attended a performance by fifty children at the Unicorn Theatre, Southwark as part of the National Finale for Children & the Arts’ TheatreQuest on 28th January.

Their Royal Highnesses watched a performance by all 13 schools from around the country who were involved in TheatreQuest.  The performance included sections of the play especially commissioned for TheatreQuest 2007, a fashion show of costumes and a short film.

The children were also joined by special guests Penelope Keith, and award winning author Jamila Gavin who wrote ’A Singer from the Desert Came,’ a brand new piece of writing, specially commissioned by The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts, for TheatreQuest. Harry Lloyd, who played Will Scarlett in the BBC’s recent adaptation of Robin Hood, also performed alongside the children.

TheatreQuest has given 1,300 children around the UK who would otherwise not have the opportunity, the chance to engage with their local theatre and study a brand new piece of writing. TheatreQuest began in September 2007 and since then the children involved in the project have seen a performance at their local theatre, had the chance to get to know the people behind the scenes and worked on set design and costume making, working with recycled materials, as well as developing their own productions of the play.