Daryl Beeton is an actor and drama facilitator who worked for Half Moon Theatre before becoming Associate Director at Half Moon Theatre in the early 2000s.
Daryl Beeton was an actor and drama facilitator who worked for Half Moon Theatre before becoming Associate Director at Half Moon Theatre in the early 2000s. He talks about the company’s inclusive Youth Theatre groups and how young people are given the opportunity to progress creatively over time.
Daryl Beeton talks about performing in When Snow Falls and then directing a re-written version of the play some years later with integrated British Sign Language. He recalls the effect of the integrated BSL upon one young audience member in particular.
Daryl Beeton talks about a Youth Theatre production, What A Dainty Dish, which was created to help celebrate the opening of the re-landscaped Tower of London.
Daryl Beeton talks about performing in a production about the solar eclipse in 1999, Eclipse: A Tale For Winter, and the approach taken by the director in the rehearsal room.
Daryl Beeton talks about disability work and diversity within the context of young people’s theatre and how Half Moon Theatre was one of the first companies to embrace this. Interview by Toni Tsaera.
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