We’ve been taking part in a Interreg funded New Writing South project called ‘Notre Ville by the Sea’. You can read more about our the project and our first days here.
Our final performance in France was to the general public in Cayeux-sur-Mer on Friday evening, to open their arts festival ‘Les Mousaillons’. Even after a tiring day, the young people really gave it their all and produced their best performance yet. We had the whole room joining in singing and clapping along with our French sea shanty ‘Santiano’ at the end and we were all on a real high when it finished.
As we set off home on the ferry the next day, some of our writers wrote about our few days in Cayeux, so I will hand over to them:
Amber:
Throughout the week we did drama and writing workshops. They were fun, and helped us make the finished product. My best bit about the whole project was the drama work with Clare and Gilbert. It was fun and lovely and we all really showed odd our skills when it came to acting.
When we did the performance at the end in front of the public, everyone was really nervous. It went very well and was very successful. The English and French children got along really well and we made good friends with the French children. It was good fun and everyone can’t wait to meet in April again!
A poem by Eddie:
‘Notre Ville by the Sea’
Walking, treading, stumbing
going, leaving, gone
sometime, forever, indefinitely
darkened what once shone.
Leaving the hostel,
shutting up shop
running away
a show to top.
And yes, we do have a show to top! In April the French young people and artists from ‘La Passe Muraille’ will be returning for a week of workshops in Brighton. We’ll be putting on a special performance of our work here at on Saturday 14 April at the Pavilion Theatre, Brighton. Find out more at here.
A big thank you to New Writing South for inviting us to be part of this fantastic project! And thank you to everyone who helped with the trip and made it such fun. We hope you can join us to see our performance in April.
