Hundreds of volunteers sought for Tyneside epic to remember Martin Luther King

“What we have done, the team of creative people, has been to shape the structure of what will take place.”How that canada goose clearance sale structure is actually to be filled will be official canada goose outlet down to the involvement of canada goose outlet jackets around 2,000 local people from different communities.”These volunteers will be the substance of canada goose jacket outlet Freedom on canada goose outlet toronto factory the Tyne on the afternoon canada goose black friday canada goose outlet sale of October 29, an epic recreation of four landmark moments in the long battle for civil rights around canada goose outlet nyc the world.They are canada goose coats the 1919 Amritsar massacre in India, the 1819 canada goose outlet sale Peterloo massacre in Manchester, the 1960 Sharpeville massacre in canada goose factory outlet South Africa and buy canada goose jacket cheap the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches in Alabama, USA.In addition, Tim says the story of the 1936 Jarrow Crusade canada goose outlet new york city for jobs goose outlet canada will be “ubiquitous in our performance and an iconic centrepiece”.The first opportunity for volunteers to come together and find out what it’s all about arises this weekend with two workshops in Newcastle city centre.Tim, whose high flying career as a theatre director has taken him to many different countries, describes uk canada goose outlet this typically ambitious project in stirring style.”We will create an unforgettable artistic event on Tyneside, a modern passion play where the heroes are those who gave or risked their lives to gain the rights and freedoms we take for granted,” he says.”The stars of the show will be the people of NewcastleGateshead and the arena will be their city, renowned throughout the world as a beacon of social justice and cheap canada goose resistance to repressive power.”Dr Martin Luther King, the American civil rights leader, pictured with a group of students at Newcastle UniversityIf you have never considered your city in these terms, now is the time to do so.Freedom on the Tyne is to be the biggest canada goose outlet canada public event of Freedom City 2017, the year long programme marking the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s visit to Newcastle to receive an honorary degree at canada goose uk black friday the university in November 1967.Tim says that as well as himself, the “terrific” cheap Canada Goose creative team includes Edinburgh based producer Mike Griffiths, award https://www.dvu-nds.de winning playwright Roy Williams and others to take charge of lighting, costumes, choreography and other aspects.Tim says six “hugely experienced” professional actors from around the world, including India and South Africa, will play leading parts with one, likely to be British, playing Martin Luther King.Clearly, though, canada goose the success of Freedom on the Tyne cheap canada goose uk will depend on how many people turn up to those workshops.