Young actors from the Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts will be performing the world premier of ‘Wingmen’ at the prestigious Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August. Eleven students will be taking the world premier of Wingmen, written especially for the festival, to perform at PQA’s own venue on the Royal Mile. Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the worlds biggest arts festival with nearly 2.5million people in the city during August visiting some 56,000 shows. The students will travel and perform as part of a theatre company, not just performing but promoting the show by leafleting, putting up posters, talking to the public and staging ad hoc performances when the opportunity presents too. In addition they will take in several other shows to see a variety of different types of performance across the festival. Julian Elcock, Principal of the pauline Quirke Academy at Wolverhampton said “After a hugely successful run last year we decided to return this year with a show written especially for the fringe. For those students wanting to progress their careers it is a fantastic opportunity to work as part of a company, stretching themselves in more demanding material and getting out and about promoting the show”. Wingmen is set in the early days of World War 2 and revolves around 3 airmen who are facing up to flying their 13th mission while attending a dance with local girls and civilians. “Many of the flyers were barely older than the students and suddenly had to face up to the pressures of wartime flying, it is great to see the students embracing this and working hard to capture how it would have felt”. PQA Wolverhampton hope to take the show on tour later in the year with venues in the West Midlands and Shropshire areas. Performing at PQA Venues, a special venue run by PQA hosting both student and professional productions and voted best Fringe Venue 2018 the students will also perform on the Royal Mile in two 20 minute promotional slots during the run. For more information about PQA Wolverhampton or the show contact Julian 07838115152.
