Chichester Festival Youth Theatre's Big Heart
Over 200 young people will take part in a huge outdoor art project on Saturday 4 July to help promote National Transplant Week.
All aged between 11 and 19, the Chichester Festival Youth Theatre will dress in identical white suits to build the image of a giant lifeless man on Oaklands Park, next to the Festival Theatre. The group will then present a specially devised performance bringing the body to life, using oversized replicas of essential human organs, including a giant heart and pair of lungs, created by Brighton based community arts group Same Sky. The short performance aims to raise awareness of organ donation amongst young people.
The spectacle will be performed on the park and filmed from a unique aerial view by aspiring young filmmakers, Ed and Luke White, both 17, who are also part of the Youth Theatre and hope to use the film to encourage even more young people to take up the cause.
"Giving an organ can completely change someone's life. I've had two friends who have had a transplant - one a young writer and director with his whole life ahead of him and it just gave him his life back," actress Susan Jameson, who is a campaigner for the Transplant Trust and a patron of Chichester Festival Youth Theatre, said.
Now in its 23rd year Chichester Festival Youth Theatre celebrates a membership of nearly 400 young people and has built a reputation for high-quality productions.
Chichester Festival Youth Theatre presents their free street art performance for National Transplant week on Saturday 4 July next to the Festival Theatre on Oaklands Park at 12.45pm, 1pm and 1.15pm.
All aged between 11 and 19, the Chichester Festival Youth Theatre will dress in identical white suits to build the image of a giant lifeless man on Oaklands Park, next to the Festival Theatre. The group will then present a specially devised performance bringing the body to life, using oversized replicas of essential human organs, including a giant heart and pair of lungs, created by Brighton based community arts group Same Sky. The short performance aims to raise awareness of organ donation amongst young people.
The spectacle will be performed on the park and filmed from a unique aerial view by aspiring young filmmakers, Ed and Luke White, both 17, who are also part of the Youth Theatre and hope to use the film to encourage even more young people to take up the cause.
"Giving an organ can completely change someone's life. I've had two friends who have had a transplant - one a young writer and director with his whole life ahead of him and it just gave him his life back," actress Susan Jameson, who is a campaigner for the Transplant Trust and a patron of Chichester Festival Youth Theatre, said.
Now in its 23rd year Chichester Festival Youth Theatre celebrates a membership of nearly 400 young people and has built a reputation for high-quality productions.
Chichester Festival Youth Theatre presents their free street art performance for National Transplant week on Saturday 4 July next to the Festival Theatre on Oaklands Park at 12.45pm, 1pm and 1.15pm.