We are all just
people in the room

Exhibition Opening in the Snug at An Tobar from 1pm, all welcome to attend.

An uplifting new exhibition that explores and celebrates creative expression through the eyes of young people, will be unveiled in June.

We are all people in the room will document a collaboration between the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Mull Youth Theatre, where the performing arts were used to connect youth theatre participants with care experienced and estranged artists.

Two care experienced and estranged artists, RCS graduate and filmmaker Colleen Bell and RCS Transitions alumni, actor and director Genna Allen, led a workshop earlier this year with four members of Mull Youth Theatre, which concentrated on movement, writing and performance. They were joined by RCS’s Head of Fair Access Jesse Paul, producer and director Abbie Wallace, Andi Stevens, Head of Creative Learning at Mull Theatre, and Mull-based photographer Sarah Darling.

The young people – teenagers Emily Fenwick, Eilidh MacDonald, Edie Thorne and Flora Thorne – also co-developed a manifesto with the artists that was designed to encourage all people, especially those who are care experienced or estranged, to access creative expression in a safe and supportive environment.

We are all just people in the room will be showcased in an exhibition at An Tobar, where visitors can view the manifesto in photographic form.

The project is part of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Let’s Talk About… series that works with care experienced and estranged young people and artists in Aberdeenshire, Ayrshire, Glasgow and Mull, where arts educators and local participants join forces to explore good practice and new ways of working.