SUICIDE, depression and other taboo subjects – hardly the stuff of musical theatre.
But performing arts students at Warrington produced a hit from such unlikely material – and attracted a sell-out audience.
“Spring Awakening” was produced by students from Priestley College and represented a complete break from the widely held belief that musicals should be light and happy.
Originally written in 1891, the production shows that many of the issues affecting young people today are just the same as they were more than 100 years ago.
The cast was made up of second year performing arts students taking part in the production for their final assessment.
Head of performing arts Sarah Graham said, “Spring Awakening was a unique production which challenged a number of firmly held beliefs about what musical theatre is or should be.
“The narrative was very dark to say the least, but was dealt with maturely and with the highest of respect by this particular year group who have been amongthe most talented ever to pass through the college system.”
