Young Writers’ City: stars of the future

We’re incredibly proud of our young writers from Excelsior Academy, who have been working with writers Bob Beagrie, Fred Phethean and Rowan McCabe on poetry, spoken word, rap and beat-boxing.

This spring they created three short films with a fantastically talented filmmaker, Adam Opie, who is just 17 himself and who brilliantly captures some of the joy and pain of teenage life in Newcastle’s West End. Take a look…