17th February - Barrow Youth Theatre at forum twenty eight with 2 new shows

Juniors are devising a tale based on the Chinese fable Monkey, Journey to the West, and will work with Chinese dancer Fenfen Huang and playwright Sarah Miller

Seniors are working with poet and playwright Kevin Fegan to devise a new play

24th and 25th March - Apprenticed Actors Company at forum twenty eight with Sarah Miller's trilogy of plays Asboy, Ice Baby and Surfacing. The trilogy will then go on a short tour in the Northwest

"If there's something stirring in new theatre from the North of England, then the Ashton Group from Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria must be one of the more exciting elements in that change..."
Joyce McMillan [The Scotsman]

Inaugural winners of The Cultural Consortium's Star Turn Award