The end of evolution ...

After two weeks of near-constant performing, it's nearly time for Suzie and Okorie to hang up their costumes - Hive 9's tour of Islington schools is coming to an end - we finish on Thursday with two shows at Highbury Grove School.

This evening's public performance came at the end of our busiest day yet (3 school shows watched by over 100 students).  It has been brilliant seeing the show in different schools, different labs and with different students and teachers.  From the brand new science rooms at St Mary Magdalene Academy in central Islington to the much older, hardwood labs at St Aloysius College, we've found young people really enaging with the play and excited by the argument that it presents.

We're really excited about the prospect of reviving the play soon and hope to have some news on that in the near future.  Meanwhile, the Biochemical Society, who commissioned the project in the first place, will now use their education networks to ensure that the play is available to every drama and science teacher in the country.  We hope some might even team up to use it together.

After the two Highbury Grove shows tomorrow, we'll be meeting up to evaluate and discuss the whole project - from the distant cell of that very first day of workshops with the young people who helped us make the play, through its entire evolution. 

The play will now tour schools on an ad hoc basis - please get in touch if you are interested in hosting a performance.