THE LAND OF STUFF |
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This play was a devised collaboration that brought together Scottish director Scott Johnston, Waterford writer Jim Daly and 43 senior Members of WYD. In the programme, Jim wrote: 'Scott and I began to notice the ubiquity of the word stuff in the lexicon of the young. It seemed to have many meanings... 'Out of that, an idea grew which became The Land of Stuff. It became a mysterious head space where childhood is left behind. But this Land could be revisited when life problems became intense. Problems in relationships between boys and girls, between mothers and daughters, exam pressure, the journey from the end of schooldays into the world, etc. 'In the Land of Stuff, young adults could find all their half-forgotten special toys. Toys to which they had confided so much when they were young, toys that knew all their secret desires and wishes. There too they would find that special blanket which always gave comfort.' |
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This was WYD's sixth Summer Project. The Summer Project is produced in association with Waterford Corporation and Garter Lane Arts Centre and has the central aim of giving young people the opportunity of working with professional theatre directors. |
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