Taking part in a theatre production can help young people learn a range of performance skills, and if managed well, it can help boost a young person's self-esteem and give them the confidence to try new things.
At the recently opened Bernie Grant Arts Centre in north London young people have taken part in a youth production titled Griot. Selma Nicholls, programming assistant at the centre, says: "It was a courageous production involving more than 30 young people with little or no previous theatre experience. Watching it come together on opening night was amazing. The young people got standing ovations, a great reward for all their weeks of hard work."
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