Kate Allerston & Chris Bastock are powerhouses of creativity and community arts and culture.

They are part of that lineage of powerful creatives that make youth theatres, orchestras, dance troupes, theatre shows. musical reviews and more happen.

They are part of the foundations of the Creative Industries. Creating oppurtunities and tribes of talented young people. Their alumni are this moment on stage in the West End or preparing to tour parks and theatres righ now.

A wide ranging and lovely chat with two of the best people!

Find them on instagram and pop them a follow:

https://www.instagram.com/aplaceforuscic/

See where Macbeth & Romeo & Juliet is being performed:

https://www.placeforus.org.uk/summer-tour-2025

Which include the Actors Church in Covent Garden:

https://actorschurch.org/whatson/romeo–juliet/

See if you can make the All Are Punished workships – they come with free tickets:

https://www.placeforus.org.uk/all-are-punished

And jump on the Electric Dream train at Shakespeare North!

https://shakespearenorthplayhouse.co.uk/event/electric-dreams/

I have really enjoyed these conversations and they will be coming back! But I’ve got rehearsals and festivals to get on with for a couple of weeks…

But don’t worry I’ve got some brilliant people lined up for the next run…

You can catch up with all the stories here on Substack or it seems I have accidentally created a podcast with the help of Substack over on Spotify:

Maybe you can come and see me in these Shakespeare performances or in Bradford! I’m also in Blackburn this weekend as this goes out.

https://linktr.ee/gavcross

Thanks for listening if you do let me know what you think!

Gav

June 2025

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