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“Don’t Stress, Jess” has been created and developed by young people aged 15-16 in West Yorkshire, as part of School of 2020. School of 2020 is one strand of Playhouse Connect, Leeds Playhouse’s response to the coronavirus situation.
Over two months, we met on Zoom and practised performance skills, developing our ideas into the story of Jess, who was on a search for happiness. Outside of sessions, young people wrote diary entries, monologues, penned songs, recorded YouTube videos and staged fictional Zoom chats between their characters. We are really proud to be able to bring all of this outstanding creative work together in “Don’t Stress, Jess”.
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For Leeds Playhouse
Director – Joe Gilmour-Rees
Creative Education Manager – Amy Lancelot
Creative Engagement Assistant – Seherish Mahmood
Support Workers – Niamh Bryson & Nicole Joseph
Senior Youth Work Officer – Shreena Gobey
Associate Director, Creative Engagement – Alex Ferris
For information about shows and activities at Leeds Playhouse, visit leedsplayhouse.org.uk
Credits
| Alannah Wrote the finding happiness article Played the role of Skye in the text messages and phone call | Alex Developed narrative on finding love Contributed to Instagram stories and images | Ashur Performed in Zoom chat Created Instagram account Created Instagram stories Recorded Instagram chats |
| Beck Performed as the Guru Performed in Zoom chat Created Instagram account for character | Charlotte L Wrote two diary entries Performed as Jess in Zoom chat Created Instagram account for character | Charlotte R Wrote two diary entries in the love story Co-wrote and performed as Jess in the phone call with Skye Edited the Guru video Wrote the intro music for the guru video Co-wrote and performed in the text conversation with Skye |
| Daisy Created an Instagram account for the character Annabelle Organised and participated in the zoom call Participated in the group chat conversation | Imogen Composer, lyricist, producer and vocalist of “I’ll Love Again” and “forgive and forget me not”. Editor of the music video for “I’ll Love Again”. | Rosa Created Instagram account for character Performed in Zoom chat as part of Art group |
Photo Credits
Photo of Leeds – Lison Zhao https://unsplash.com/@lison
Photo of diary (edited) – Gabrielle Henderson https://unsplash.com/@gabriellefaithhenderson