Target reached!
We are thrilled to have reached our original target of £20,000 towards our Innit 23 ...
INNIT amazing to make a difference?
Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Aim
Together, we're making live theatre accessible and FREE to over 1,200 young people from working class, urban communities!
‘Innit’ is a full scale musical theatre production, first staged at The Lowry in 2009, based on a series of original poems written by the show's creator and founder of I4YPC, Micky Dacks, whilst he was serving a prison sentence.
This work has been created using Micky's lived experience of growing up in the inner city, navigating poverty, drugs, crime and broken relationships.
'Innit' reflects the struggles of his youth, with a relatable story that appeals to young people and captures their imaginations.
‘Innit’ returns to The Lowry from
13th – 23rd September 2023!
We need YOUR help...
...to raise the remaining £60,000 (of £120,000) that we need to bring the production to life.
This will enable more than 1,200 young people from deprived communities to be transported to the theatre and to see the transformational production, for free.
From Page to Stage
2005: Micky delivered a script-in-hand performance of the first draft to an invited audience.
2006: 'Innit Productions' was established to help develop the musical with young people in Salford.
2007: 'Innit: The Musical' premiered in the Lowry's 140 seat studio theatre for a two week sell-out run.
2009: 'Innit: Urban Musical' returned for a production run in the Lowry's 445 seat Quays Theatre, to critical acclaim.
As with all compelling theatrical plots, Innit's journey has had its fair share of twists and turns...
2009 - 2013: Just after Micky had secured the funds to take 'Innit' on tour, he was involved in a devastating car accident, which left him semi-paralysed, unable to function for four years.
2013 - 2018: Micky's recovery included psychiatric intervention, which allowed him to explore and address the issues which led him to be excluded from school and end up in prison in the first place. During this time, Micky acquired his education - a Masters degree in screenwriting.
2018: Micky returned to working in schools, as a pastoral consultant, where he realised that school exclusions were on an upward trajectory and that he needed to bring 'Innit Musical' back to life...
2019: Micky founded I4YPC - Innit for Young People Charity
The aim of I4YPC is to help young people aged 11 and 25, living in England by:
- providing curricular and extra-curricular activities, delivered in the interest of social welfare and designed to improve their conditions of life
- providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals/citizens
- advancing education, particularly in the creative industries and by encouraging them to engage with English language and literature
- relieving unemployment, by encouraging young people to achieve their aspirations through delivering mentoring and skills workshop-based activities
- providing recreational and leisure time activity in the interests of social welfare for people living in the area of benefit who have need by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, poverty or social and economic circumstances, with a view to improving the conditions of life of such persons.
The organisation has a vision to get to the heart of and tackle the onset of youth violence and criminal exploitation, head-on, by bringing our nationally recognised theatre production, ‘Innit’, back into the public realm.
We're also developing and delivering an associated workshop and curriculum experience, that has been co-designed and created with young people, to reach as many young people aged 12 – 16, in England as possible.
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‘Innit’ Reviews
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WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE SAY:
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An official trailer, produced by a group of talented students from UTCMediaCity
Crowdfund Salford has provided £10,000 of match funding
This project successfully funded on 16th June 2023