A RAYLEIGH charity is holding a free theatre workshop for disadvantaged teenagers or those with special needs.
Equal People has received a grant from Southend Council's youth service for the workshop.
The charity - which has Eastwood lad Lee Mead, star of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, as its patron - aims to open up theatre to all young people.
Penny Bubb, who runs the charity, said: "We want to see hard-to-reach teenagers come along - teenagers with special needs, asylum seekers, young carers, young mothers and those who are disadvantaged.
"The aim of the charity is to make the theatre company accessible to those who can't afford or don't find it as easy to go to stage school.
"This is the first workshop we have run and we want it to be a success."
Young people aged 13 to 19, or up to 21 with special needs, are welcome. It will be at Mushroom Theatre Company, at Lubbards Farm, Hullbridge Road, Rayleigh, on August 10 between 10am and 3pm.
For more information or to book, call Penny Bubb on 07985 422485.
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