A Theatre Forum : To Die For

by Clifford Oliver, directed by Andy Rogers

On 1 December, Arc staged a special performance event at The Malthouse in Barking featuring its new weapon-carrying play To Die For - the third in a series of new performance programmes commissioned by Havering Community Safety Partnership.

Having just completed a highly successful tour of 13 schools and PRUs in the London Borough of Havering, To Die For is a powerful new piece with interactive workshop for Secondary Years 9 and 10.

The performance and workshop at Arc's special event generated a large amount of valuable discussion and ideas around weapon-carrying and young people's safety, with Barking and Dagenham's Acting Borough Commander Superintendent Dave Reed (below) speaking to the audience on behalf of the Borough's police.

The audience was made up of young people in the community, members of the police and crown prosecution service, local councillors and dignitaries from LBBD and from Havering council, and safer neighbourhood representatives around London.

Arc's young team of actors; Jordan Barrett, Lee Vassell, Phoebe Oliver and Natalie Smith, were joined for a special Panel Q&A session, along with writer Clifford Oliver, director Andy Rogers and Pastor Ade Adesina, and chaired by Arc's Chair of Board, Michael Ainsworth of the CJS Race, Confidence & Justice Unit.

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