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Seann Walsh's girlfriend Rebecca Humphries' full statement after his kiss with Katya Jones.

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Despite Seann's drunken kiss to Katya should he have called his girlfriend Rebecca Humphries psycho, nuts, mental?

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Katya Jones and Seann Walsh to be ‘DROPPED’ from Strictly today, BBC radio host claims.

Katya Jones and Seann Walsh to be ‘DROPPED’ from Strictly today, BBC radio host claims

KATYA JONES and Seann Walsh have been at the centre of headlines since they were spotted kissing last week. Now, it is thought the Strictly

Should Katya and Seann be dropped by Strictly Come Dancing?

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How to Win Against History Workshop - 4th-15th December 2017

For two weeks, Neighbourhood Theatre and Two Boroughs members are participating in workshops around the themes and ideas of How to Win Against History, currently playing in The Maria.  The show is a musical, devised by the company, with book, music and lyrics by Seiriol Davies.  It tells the story of the 5th Marquis of Anglesey, an eccentric and wealthy man who spent his entire family fortune on putting on shows, and touches on a number of ideas and themes, including cross-dressing and sexuality.  

Participants in this exciting two week workshop have the opportunity to work with a variety of practitioners to create work relating to some of the show’s themes.  Day 2 of the workshop, for example, saw participants working with Rebecca Humphries, the writer of Prom Kween, a musical which told the story of Matthew Crisson, who was the first boy in American history to win the crown of Prom Queen at his high school in New York City. 

For the first part of the morning, the group discussed their favourite musicals.  It is striking how this topic evokes such joy in people, and how passionate people are about a theatrical form that is sometimes taken for granted or looked down on as not being ‘serious theatre’.  The group were clearly in agreement that musical theatre can examine and communicate the big themes of human existence, often in a more accessible form; and both the show, and this workshop, are further evidence of how in tune the Young Vic is with the lives and loves of its audiences in its programming and offer to the community.

Rebecca talked the group through the formula for writing a musical theatre song.  Participants then went on to explore different newspapers for articles that might make good musical theatre material, and which they would go on to write a song about.  There was a diverse range of suggestions, from an article about Elton John’s relationship with his mother, to one about a spacecraft which has made contact with earth after 37 years, and the group discussed the musical potential of each one.  Having voted on which article to use as a starting point (the one about Elton John got the most votes!), the afternoon was spent working as whole group to write a song about being different.  They were joined by musician Tim Gardner, who improvised and wrote the score for the song as it was being written.  You can see images of the lyrics and score below.

In the second week of this workshop, participants will also get to work with the director of How to Win Against History (Alex Swift), as well as cast members.  The material created over the fortnight will be shaped into a short piece for sharing at the end of the project, directed by Rachel Lincoln.