New musical set to premier in Birmingham
Just Be You, a new musical family show, is set to premier at the Midlands Arts Centre (MAC).
The show on 11 May at 3pm is a collaboration between Mobilise Arts, a social engaged theatre company and MAC’s Generation Q Collective, an LGBTQIA+ emerging artist company.
Written and directed by Hannah Phillips, Just Be You explores themes of wellbeing, nature and identity featuring beautiful original music by Nik Haley and the musical direction by Rachel Jones.
The audience will be transported to Fairyland where River played by Ebony Clarke needs help to find their fairy wings and Gaia, the goddess of the Earth, played by Rachel Jones has an important message about saving our planet.
Hannah Phillips, founder and producer of the No Outsiders Family Festival, the first ever LGBTQIA+ family festival and creator of The Fairy Dust Party said: “We all need to be seen and heard and loved for who we are.
“It is vital children see our diverse identities represented on stage, in books and TV and we reimagine how the world might be. Just Be You is full of beauty, joy and magic with important messages around love for ourselves, each other and our planet.”
Audiences are invited to come along, play some games and sing some songs with the funky non-binary fairies on skates - there is even a fairy dog!
The show is suitable for the whole family but focused on children aged between 3 to 11 years.
Just Be You will also go on tour across the region, following the premiere at MAC. Dates and venues are yet to be announced.
Pictured: The cast of Just Be You
