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Organization:   	Central YMCA
Date sent:      	Fri, 17 Mar 2000 13:34:43 -0000

  
    
    Press Release

    The Gift
    By Nicola Baldwin
    ICA, Carlton Terrace,The Mall, London. 
    Monday 27 March 2000  
    7.15pm


    The audience will be 'Creating the Debate' when Y Touring 
    Theatre Company, funded by the Wellcome Trust and the 
    Office of Science and Technology, bring their innovative 
    theatre of debate programme, THE GIFT, to the ICA.

    Y Touring is one of the country's leading theatre companies 
    and has developed a formidable reputation for both 
    commissioning and producing original plays by 
    contemporary writers with the aim of challenging, provoking 
    and exciting their audience.  The Gift is no exception - 
    dealing with the dilemmas that genetic selection and the 
    new genetics pose for all of us.

    The Gift, Y Touring's ground breaking play about one 
    family's struggle with their genetic inheritance, looks at 
    the moral dilemmas and difficult choices that genetics 
    poses for us all.
    "Theatre of Science at its very best" Professor Lewis 
    Wolpert.  
    ''Unusual for the sophistication of its blending of arts 
    and science'' Robin McKie in The Observer.
    ''The Gift is a strongly characterised, constantly 
    challenging piece of theatre''  Lyn Gardner in The 
    Guardian.
    ''I was staggered by the amount of relevant information 
    that was conveyed in The Gift.''  Bernadette Modell.  
    Professor of Community Genetics, Royal free and the 
    UCL Medical Schools
    The Gift is followed by a live and often heated debate 
    between the characters and the audience. The play and 
    debate provide an accessible and effective forum for the 
    audience to discuss the scientific, social and moral issues 
    surrounding genetics. 

    The Gift is on a national tour, from 24th January - 31st 
    March 2000.  It is the third tour of a three-year programme, 
    Creating the Debate for the New Millennium, which consists 
    of six national tours, of four productions plus a television 
    drama which was shown on BBC TV's Learning Zone in 
    October 1999. Through Creating the Debate for the New 
    Millennium Y Touring Theatre Company, the Wellcome 
    Trust, and the Office of Science & Technology aim to create 
    informed debate on the power and potential impact of 
    advances in genetic technology.

            Book directly through the ICA Box Office on 
                           020 7930 3647. 
              Seat prices are £5 and (£3 Concessions) 
For further information contact Y Touring Theatre Company on 020 7272 
                               5755, 
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