THERE was a buzz around the town this week after news broke that the Brewery Youth Theatre had been chosen to appear at London's National Theatre.
The young actors will travel to London on July 7 as part of the acclaimed NT's New Connection youth theatre festival.
Youngsters from the BYT performed Abi Morgan's Fugee at Kendal's Brewery Arts Centre in one of the 16 regional sections of the national event, alongside eight other teenage theatre groups from the North West.
advertisement
As a result, the group was chosen to perform Fugee in The Olivier - the largest of the three theatres at the National Theatre - which can accommodate 1,150 people in its fan-shaped auditorium.
For full story see thisweek's Westmorland Gazette.
If you liked this article and would like to share it with others on the web who might be searching for good content we've made it easy for you to do it.
At the bottom of all articles, you'll see links to six sites. These sites - commonly called 'social bookmark' or 'social news' sites - have large communities of web users who share and rate interesting, useful and fun things on the web.
Clicking the links will automatically add the address of the story you are reading to one of these sites, letting you share it with others. Each site will ask you to register to share stories. Registration is free and once a member, you can store, recommend and search for stories that interest you.