It’s the theatre event of the year – yes, the Living It Up Performing Arts Centre has announced the date of its annual show and tickets are on sale now.
For one night only, the University of Bedfordshire Theatre will host ‘Guitars to the Stars’, written and performed by the Tuesday adult learners at the Living It Up Performing Arts Centre who all have learning disabilities and/or autism.
The show, which takes place on Tuesday, 23 January 2024 at 6.30pm, is the culmination of over six months work by the Performing Arts Centre team who have written the script, made the props and costumes, created videos and rehearsed for the big day.
You can read our five-star review of last year’s Murder in Wonderland show here.
Suitable for the whole family, ‘Guitars to the Stars’ features lots of music, dancing, some great acting and an abundance of fun. This year’s show is set in the future and features evil aliens that have landed on Earth and hate music.
The aliens decide to kidnap the Living It Up Radio DJs, hoping to banish music forever. However, some superheroes make it their mission to return music to the universe, with a little helper from some friends they meet along the way.
But will they succeed?
Dom Zuco, Deputy Manager and sound and video expert said: “This year’s theatre show is a great insight into the creative minds at Living It Up and an opportunity for everyone involved to work as one big team.”
The Performing Arts Centre manager, Claire Crawford-Smith, said: “Seeing people’s characters come alive on stage is wonderful and all the learners work extremely hard.
“Our audiences on the night are also amazing, cheering and joining in which makes such a massive difference.”
Learners taking part said: “Doing the theatre show makes me feel fantastic and like I have achieved something brilliant. It also gave me confidence” – CK; “It can be quite overwhelming and scary on the night but I love showing my people what I can do and I love the atmosphere” – K; “The theatre show is SICK!” – R.
Tickets are on sale now and are priced just £7 with £5 concession tickets. Carers and children under 16 go free.
To get your tickets, you can either visit the Eventbrite Ticket Page and buy tickets there (please select the ‘Free Carer/Kids Ticket’ option if you are supporting an audience member or are reserving a kids ticket) or you can email info@lovelivingitup.org with how many tickets of each type you would like to buy.
“We look forward to seeing a full house at this year’s show,” said Claire. “Special thanks to Mulberry Homes for their grant which has made this show possible.”
Living It Up Performing Arts Centre has some vacancies for new learners and is always looking for volunteers and donations. If you would like more information please email info@lovelivingitup.org, check out their website or find Living It Up on Facebook.
