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Going solo: Theatretrain

As Theatretrain approaches its 30th birthday, Steve Davies, centre director for Theatretrain Centres in Chester, Wrexham and Mold, explores how the organisation keeps one eye on additional life skills gained through performing arts
 Theatretrain Chester pupils before and in performance
Theatretrain Chester pupils before and in performance - Dan Ellis

My love for performance was ignited when I joined the Clwyd Youth Theatre in the early 1980s and, for three consecutive summers, I attended the residential course for a fortnight's immersion into dancing, acting and singing. The sheer joy of being surrounded by like-minded teenagers, all with a united goal – to create the most fantastic musical production at Theatr Clwyd in Mold – has without doubt shaped my life.

Fast forward a few years to successful careers in retail, vocational training, and then further education, coupled with performing in and directing and producing many amateur (and a couple of professional) productions. This all added to the toolkit that has helped to make a success of managing my own business.

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