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EastSide Story

Following a ground-breaking arts intervention programme designed to change the course of the lives of young people from two east London estates.

Filmed over several months in Waltham Forest, London Borough of Culture 2019, imagine… follows a group of young people from two local estates in as they take part in a ground-breaking arts intervention programme designed to change the course of their lives for good.

Working with youth and performances coaches and guided by mentors from the arts world, including the artistic director of the Young Vic Kwame Kwei-Armah, 22-year-old Leytonstone-born actor, writer and director Harris Dickinson, EastEnders actress and comedian Tameka Empson and producer and composer Talvin Singh, the participants will write and perform a musical based on their lives.

1 hour, 10 minutes

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Mon 30 Sep 2019 23:40

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Role Contributor
Presenter Alan Yentob
Executive Producer Tanya Hudson
Series Editor Alan Yentob
Executive Producer Clare Paterson
Director Clare Lockhart
Producer Clare Lockhart

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