The TRP Stories project captures people’s pathways into engaging with Theatre Royal Plymouth and looks at the role the arts has played in their lives.
Jefferson Parlett
“By attending theatre groups, I began to understand the world around me”
Tasmin Wade
“The first time I came here I was nervous, but now I feel confident”
Clare Duckett
“I’ve found a passion for theatre again. It’s where I belong”
Ed Larkin
“Already in my short career, I’ve come full circle and am back performing at my local theatre”
Milo Kressinger
“I learnt so much and it’s made a big impact on my life”
Babs Horton
“If you’re thinking of doing something that’s been deep in your heart for a long time, go out there and do it!”
Tip Cullen
“I will always have those absent friends with me. I want to keep their memories alive”
Millie Weston-Cooke
“Theatre Royal Plymouth pushed me into a position that I could never have dreamt of”
Niki McCretton
“Theatre Royal Plymouth is our favourite place to perform”
Emily Witts
“The Playhouse project was the pivotal moment I decided I wanted to do drama forever”
Dr Alan Butler
“Everyone’s story matters and everyone has a place in society”
Gill Boldon
“The theatre has become my whole life and means a great, great deal to me”
Esmae Taylor-Reeves
“I’m much more confident. Now it’s got me into it, I want to do it even more!”
Jade Campbell & Polly Ferguson-Carruthers
“We wanted to make a show that people could relate to”
Issie Sutlow & Samuele Kilkenny-Marlton
“I think Young Company has made me a happier person”
Mikey Brooks
“It’s been my dream to perform in the theatre with my own material”
Jenny Shryane
“I’m always, always learning which is what I love about theatre”
Chris Gilchrist & Drew Shears
“Even if I tried to escape dance, I think it would always pull me back in”
Bonnie Heath
“We lost any inhibitions and learned to work with lots of different people”
Sara Lamerton
“Theatre has the ability to change people’s minds and really ignite passions”
Jakira Matos Sequeira Fernandes
“I was really shy at first, and now I’m performing on a stage in front of people, which I would never do before”
Sadie Norsworthy
“Never in a hundred years would I have thought I’d still be working here. How lucky am I?”
Theo Clinkard
“Performing on a stage that really inspired me, feels like coming full circle”
Ally Bryan
“Funky Llama has given me so much. I’m a whole new person”
Philippa Gunning
“I’ll be forever grateful for the avenues that TRP have offered me”
Zach Lauder
“I’ve learned that if I put my mind to what I’m doing, I can focus really well”
Laura Horton
“If Theatre Royal Plymouth wasn’t here, I very much doubt I’d be working in theatre”
Chris White
“When I’m doing a performance, I’m able to talk in a way that I never could in real life”
Ferri Feredouni
“The theatre gave me aim to live, and hope. Before, I was hopeless”
Millie Brolly
“There is such a need for theatre in Devon and Cornwall. It’s so rurally isolated that having access to theatre for young people here is so important”
Berni Molton
“I’m a normal member of society now, thanks to the theatre. My children have got their mum back, and without it, I don’t know where I’d be”
Voodoo Monkeys
“Everybody has a story. It’s just about everybody having a voice. That’s what theatre should be about”
Clive Rowe
“Because I’m bipolar, I try and stay in the moment. That’s why theatre is good for me”
Tom Nicholas
“I’ve done about a million different things since I left school but the skills I picked up during Young Company have massively informed all of it”
Joan Lucas
“I like all the musicals, but I like good plays too. It’s just magic to me, it’s nothing like the cinema”
Olivia Frost
“Funky Llama gives me something to get up for. It gives me a really good drive and a passion to help others”
Perry Johnson
“I never thought theatre was for me but it’s opened so many doors in my career”