TVWS Edinburgh Festival Tour 2019

TVWS is a unique theatre and filmed linked Charity based at MediaCityUK training young people in drama for Stage and Screen with ITV, BBC and Lime Pictures. 

Each year TVWS' over 18s take a show to Edfringe with your help!  2019 sees us honour the memory of the late, great, Albert Finney with a fast paced Production of 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'!!!  This endeavour teaches our Members the basics of creating and producing a tour.  It empowers our young people to generate real life professional credits and offers a huge networking opportunity improving future career prospects.  They develop core transferable life skills, improve confidence and prove that they make things happen!!!

Edfringe 2017's tour, 'Honestly' reviews...

‘Highly competent theatrical company...I predict it will soon sell out.’ SGFringe.

‘A truly amazing show with an extremely talented cast.’  EdFringe.

‘I can see great things for these talented individuals...Amazing!’ EdFringe.

Edfringe 2018's tour, 'Dick Barton the Tango of Terror' generates an overall 82% capacity audience. 

Edfringe 2019 tour, 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'...

'Don’t let the bastards grind you down !' Meet Arthur Seaton: factory worker, smart talker and ladies' man bursting with a toxic mix of humour, drama and sex that is set to cause an explosion! BAFTA award-winning The Television Workshop hits the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Matthew Dunster’s punchy adaptation of the Alan Sillitoe classic! Directed by MEN award winner Rachel Brogan.

TVWS is unique in offering free places to children who can't afford to pay.  For us to take this show to Edinburgh we are proving that anything is possible no matter where you're from or what you own.  Who's kidding who, this is a great experience for us, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get involved!!!

We need £2200 to take this show to Edinburgh. Your donation will help to cover the cost of:

theSpace venue on the Royal Mile (yes wow!) £1200
EdFringe Registraion (Early Bird Discount) £300
Marketing (printing - we're doing it on the cheap promise!)  £200
Show License (for Matthew Dunster's Royal Exchange Adaptation) £300
Rehearsal space £200
 
We're running 5k's, baking cakes, holding Easter Egg hunts, you name it we're doing it and we'll keep you posted.  Any amount of money is much appreciated - if 110 people gave just £20 we would reach our target!!!

Please share and help us make noise about our campaign.  Who else in the world gets to take their first ever professional production to Edinburgh? This doesn't happen!!!  With your help we can make our dream a reality...