Theatrical group Vivid Roots Collective formed by Inverness College UHI students to stop drain of emerging talent
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Drama graduates from Inverness College UHI have established a new theatre collective in the Highlands in an attempt to stop the drain of emerging artists from the region.
Laura Walker, Keira Smith, Sophie Bender and Sophie Wink from the university’s BA (Hons) drama and performance programme created Vivid Roots Collective during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic in response to the loss of live performance.
They hope it can provide a professional base for emerging artists in the north who want to develop their portfolio of work.
Ms Smith said: “We were all working on original works and feeling a bit dejected because of Covid-19 and the impact it was having on our industry, particularly live performance.
“We’d each been working with companies like Traverse Theatre, Scottish Youth Theatre and Surge at Eden Court, but we wanted to create an outlet in the Highlands and Islands to support emerging artists.
“There is a culture in the industry that to get anywhere, you need to move down to the central belt. It isn’t that easy for some people, and we wanted to challenge that.”
They have been working on three pieces which will be performed online on September 25.