Papermen Hold Hands aimed to create an innovative, challenging piece of youth theatre written specifically for the young people involved around relevant ideas and issues.
Young writer, Lee Mattinson wove a tale that questioned the rights of an individual to overthrow our genetically determined destiny, and the rights of a parent to go further than to dream of what their child might be.
Papermen reflected the simplicity of a fairy story; on one hand magical, whilst on the other dark and unforgiving. The only monster here is the one in mother’s clothing; taking the concept of genetic cloning to the extreme and overplaying every time your mother asked you to, ‘sit up straight,’ or eat ‘just one more’ mouthful of your tea’.
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