Three countries 🌍
Three schools 🏫
Three weeks 📆
Three incredible groups of young people in London, Brooklyn & Cape Town worked with our incredible creative team to make Fable, a response to Isango Ensemble's A Man of Good Hope.
Fable was Written by Luke Barnes, directed by Maddi Kludje and the film was directed and edited by Tristan Shepherd. The story was told in three parts and it explores young people's perceptions of what it is to be a migrant. Fable was performed by three exceptional groups of children and teenagers in London, Brooklyn and Cape Town.
Goodbye NYC & congrats to our young company in Brooklyn-you've been fab and have worked so hard this week! #filming pic.twitter.com/KF2yaGzClD
— YoungVic Taking Part (@YVTakingPart)
"50 young people, 3 countries exploring their understanding of what it means to be a migrant today. An incredible achievement, a moving experience in such a short space of time. A lot of the young people had never even acted before and they created a whole film in just a few days! I am very proud of them!" - Maddi Kludje
The performers were from six schools, Sacred Heard School and Harris Girls Academy in London, McKinney High Schools and Juan Morel Campos in Brooklyn and Injongo Primary School and Liwa Primary School in Cape Town. You can find out more about the Cape Town schools on Isango Ensemble's website.
"50 pages of script, over 50 kids and about 18 hours of filming. In many ways, Fable was a mission impossible for a filmmaker but Taking Part's desire to create something special, their enthusiasm and believe allowed us to make a small miracle." - Tristan Shepherd
Fable sharing in the YV's Maria theatreLast week we shared the very first screening with our London casts' friends and family at the Young Vic which featured this poignant final scene from Part three, filmed in Cape Town with local young people and Isango Ensemble.
