*Zack – school jock who everyone fancies – and a bit of a guy LEWIS
*Laney Boggs – gothy nerd with an interest in the politics of despair EMILY A
*Brock Hudson – gorgeous narcissistic no-brain who lures Taylor away JOSH
Dean - girl-mad friend of Zack who sets the dare. A bit evil and creepy. JOHN
*Preston – the other mate of Zach’s who is a better friend. EWAN
Max – friend of Zach’s and who takes Jervis to the Prom JORDAN

At Big Spirit we believe that while workshops are valuable, you really learn to act by performing in front of a paying audience as often as possible. This is why there are always plays in rehearsal and the season looks as busy as it does. So what does next year bring?

Here is the cast list for THE CRUCIBLE
It was incredibly difficult to decide the cast as you all auditioned so well. I was very impressed and proud of the way you worked and presented today - Rory.

Big Spirit Theatre has brought their own adaptation of the William Golding’s novel to the Fringe, and it is successful in that it modernises the plot without distracting from the key themes of the text. The characters are still stranded on an island after a plane crash, but they are modern school children who make leadership decisions with regards to sports teams, have a whistle instead of a conch - and there are even girls thrown into the mix.

William Golding’s classic novel slightly adjusted for modern times

The words ‘contemporary adaptation’ can send shivers down a reviewer’s spine, especially when the source material is one of the 20th century’s finest literary works. Thankfully, Big Spirit Youth Theatre’s reworking of William Golding’s 1954 novel doesn’t take too many liberties, instead just answering some questions about what would happen if a group of school kids got stranded on a desert island today. In other words, the youngsters involved do have mobile phones (unfortunately useless when surrounded by the ocean), but at no point do they say, ‘OMFG look its a massiv monster innit, lol x’.

William Golding's famous story THE LORD OF THE FLIES is updated and given the Big Spirit Theatre Company treatment this year at the worlds biggest arts festival.