THE Lyric Theatre in Belfast will present one of its plays, which aims at raising awareness about littering and plastic pollution in primary schools.
The five-week-long tour of “A Walk is Not Just A Walk” by the theatre’s creative education department will visit more 40 schools in 11 council areas.
Jess Williams wrote the music and Michael Beigel produced it. The production highlights the environmental problems that impact life in Northern Ireland. It aims to raise awareness about littering and plastic pollution and offer a new approach to learning more about the environment.
Lyric creative learning team supports teachers by bringing theatre experience into the classroom. They aim to inspire primary-aged students with lively workshops that relate to their main stage productions.
Recently, a special performance was held at Lyric’s Naughton studio. Environment Minister Edwin Poots attended.
He stated that funding provided by his department allowed production and delivery of the new theatre piece for Key Stage 2 students across Northern Ireland. This is a good example of DAERA taking a unique approach in behaviour change.
“It’s a powerful and entertaining performance that conveys a positive message to our children about littering, recycling, and single-use plastics.
“Taking this piece in theatre to over 40 primary school schools across Northern Ireland will ensure important messages in regard to littering/recycling are delivered not just to the 3,000 plus schoolchildren, who are the future guardians and protectors of our environment, it will also reach a wider audience when they share that message with their families and other people.”
Erin Hoey, Lyric Theatre, said: “We are delighted that we are partnering again with the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to deliver this exciting, environmentally-focused project to primary school audience.
“This will be one of the creative learning department’s biggest educational ventures to date and we are looking forward to touring a newly devised piece which has such an important, topical message.”
