Sense Of Insecurity Rehearsals 1983
at Darlington Arts Centre, performed July 1983.
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This play was my follow-up to 'The Waiting Room' which was performed in March 1983 also in Darlington Arts Centre. Unfortunately all copies of the script were lost as everything was paper in those days - nothing digital.  The story was about the relationship of two young men and a more mature woman. I mention it here because I think it's a good example of what happens when young people live in a society where all they need to create is given to them free of charge - the tools to do the job as it were - and thus their creativity and ambitions are nurtured. Darlington Arts Centre (and Drama Centre) were later demolished and sold off for luxury flats. This was a tragedy for creativity in Darlington and is probably reflective of what has happened in hundreds of other British towns over the last 30 years. Dozens of my peers as good as lived in Darlington Arts Centre for years because it was the one place in town where we could explore and develop our skills as actors, writers and musicians without worrying about how to pay for it; 'the cost of everything but the value of nothing' as Oscar Wilde wrote in 'Lady Windermere's Fan' should be the warning slogan when it comes to how to evaluate creativity. The Arts Centre provided dozens of great talents to the world of acting and writing in later years, some of whom now grace our screens.        

Tony Stowers writer/actor/director, Les Williamson, actor and Sarah Dalkin, actor.
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