We are delighted that Like Flying from National Theatre Scotland is back again. Its great to be working on it, helping new groups of young people fly.
Moving through the familiar ground of the Scottish school from the assembly hall to the playground, the classrooms to the gym, Like Flying is an interactive performance that will take place in schools throughout Scotland in the coming year.
Created in response to the growing levels of anxiety found in teenagers across Scotland, this project invites a cast of 12-14 year olds to, through aerial performance methods, learn to fly.
Led by Nic Green, with movement direction from All or Nothing, Like Flying takes the form of a promenade performance through the school corridors and multiple spaces both indoors and out. Weaving through a surreal and dream-like curriculum, young people educate adults in this mirror-image world where roles are reversed, power is flipped and authority is inverted.
