On International Day of Happiness we visit Centre Stage who are giving young performer the chance for just that. Their mission is to nurture young talent, providing a space for creativity, imagination and friendship whilst producing musicals.
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00:00We are the Olympus Theatre, SJS, and we are doing Grease.
00:14Centre Stage gives a lot of young performers in Bristol the opportunity to work with high
00:18class professionals to hone on their talent and also build their confidence and their
00:24teamwork skills. Let's find out more about the production of Grease.
00:29Hi, I'm Manon. We are at the Olympus Theatre doing Grease with Centre Stage Youth.
00:35I'm playing Rizzo, as you can tell from the hair. But yeah, I'm playing Rizzo, so it's
00:40a really, really fun part. Really sassy.
00:43So I'm playing Sandy. So she's very sweet. She's a fun role to play, very kind, and then
00:50obviously there's a very quick change.
00:52Yeah, so I'm playing Roger, who's kind of a fun-loving guy. He likes a bit of a joke.
00:58It started just by doing rehearsals on a Tuesday evening after school or college, and then
01:05it progressed to implementing Saturdays and then Sundays, and it would just become more
01:11and more and more. And we became very good at repeating the same scenes and the same
01:17songs, but every time it just got a little bit better. Here we are.
01:21It's been amazing. Everyone is so supportive, so from our director and choreographer and
01:28with the music, and you make such good friends. Lots of people are in different year groups
01:33and you get to bond with them, and I think it's really come together as a show. It's
01:37been amazing.
01:38I've been in Centre Stage Youth for years, since I was eight, and then obviously I moved
01:43up to the big one, and it's just so nice. Everyone's such a family, and it's just so
01:48fun. It's obviously a hobby, but it's definitely more when we do these productions, because
01:52obviously you can tell everyone just loves it, and even the people who move a block,
01:57there is so much fun. Yeah, it's great.
02:01So, I mean, it's Greece. I feel like everyone's seen Greece, so everyone knows about Greece,
02:06but it's just been so much fun doing all these dancing and singing numbers. There's so many
02:13iconic songs, and it's just lovely to be part of.
02:18You hadn't really even touched drama before, so when I came here, it was a massive change,
02:22but everyone was so welcoming, and they're really supportive. It's just a really good
02:26way to get into theatre.
02:27As I want to go to drama school, I don't think I would have been able to want to do that
02:32without RUV, because it's such a, like, it just brings, yeah, it really gives you confidence.
02:36It really brings out such a fun side in everyone, because everyone gets to do what they love.
02:40It's definitely a confidence boost. It gives a chance to perform on a great scale, in an
02:47amazing theatre, with great costumes and set, which you might not be able to do.