It is a festival curated by Polka Theatre which showcases and celebrates Early Years Theatre by leading UK and International companies. The Festival includes inspiring shows for children and fascinating talks and workshops for artists and industry professionals.
To be chosen is a writer director from birmingham. cj, congratulations. first of all, how do you feel about being a queen s baton bearer? well, it s an amazing feeling. you know, i m still trying to process it because i didn t get the news that long ago. so, you know, everybody knows about it now. so it s really an amazing feeling. i feel ecstatic about it. now, do you know where you ll be running with it? no, i don t know where i ll be running with itjust yet. i know it will definitely be in the west midlands, but i haven t found out the location just yet. now, the nominees had to be inspirational people. now you re inspirational. what s your background that led to this? so my background is i m a writer and theatre maker, so a lot of people know me through the plays that i ve had on in london, kings cross, and also at the birmingham rep theatre, where i m currently based. so i had a play on last year, and it was during pretty much