Theater for the New City Presents 'Always Young' -
Theater for the New City Presents 'Always Young' -
Coming To Manhattan!
Coming To Manhattan!
An exciting new and ORIGINAL musical
Written by: Mark Tunstall and based on his book:
‘Cautionary Tales for Kidults’.
Book and Lyrics by: Mark Tunstall
Musical Score by: Lulu Chen, Tom hatfield, tiffany lovegrove, carlo villa & Mark Tunstall
Highlights
Meet the KIDULTS! Come and watch their stories unfold in one almighty school year.
Follow their highs, their lows, their darkest hours, friendships and fallouts, any ridiculous teenage angst.
Transporting you back to That “wonderful/awful time between childhood and adulthood… kidulthood!” (‘NARRATA’).
Description
Always Young Is a heartwarming, magical reflection on school days in the eighties. Discover the possible stories behind the characters we all remember from school. An insightful and thought provoking look at how our experiences and parenting influenced who we are today.
A show for adults about our memories. A nostalgic yet disconcerting reality check, that uses music, and tall tales to deliver powerful messages.
Our unreliable Narrator takes you on a journey through his past and introduces us to many different characters in a british school somewhere. These individuals, often seen as misfits, outcasts or troubled youths explore their own self-discoveries, reflections, passions, ambitions, and nightmares as they try to conform to society or just fit in at school.
20 Original musical numbers with lyrics by Mark Tunstall and musical score by Lulu Chen and various artists, accentuate the stories with genre bending sounds and styles that traverse musical history. Honky-Tonk Piano meets Contemporary Rock Anthem Stylings, Hip Hop, Jazz, Rock n Roll, Bitter-Sweet Ballads and Toe Tapping Feelgood Broadway and Vaudevillian style numbers.
Always Young explores many themes at large today, not just childhood insecurities. The show explores acceptance and inCLUSIVITY of LGBTQ, the development of individuality verses forced conformity, crime, neglect, abuse, mental health, bullying and unrecognized neurodiversity in its many guises.
Mission Statement - Inclusive rather than Exclusive
The Production team have been working with Mental Health, LGBTQ+, Learning Disabilities and Autism Specialists and the Neurodivergent community, to ensure that we portray sensitive and realistic representations of marginalised roles that are currently underrepresented in the arts, increasing positive awareness and acceptance.
Not only do we promote this ethos of inclusivity in our portrayals of characters, We also promote inclusivity across our Production Team and Crews. Giving opportunity to people who may otherwise feel like they don’t ‘fit in’ in the industry, with an inclusive working environment.
We want to demonstrate this focus within all our mainstream entertainment productions.
