' It's nice to go Into a place and you don't have to think black, black, black or white, white, white. You know black Is black and white is white but you can work together.'
To lay new foundations and offer black and white young people a chance to developtheirtalents through music and drama is the aim of the Arts Opportunity Theatre
Company. Based in the St Paul's area of Bristol, it was set up In the wake of the Bristol riots of 1980. Cheryl Armitage has followed the company from its beginnings to the present day and tells the story of the project In Freedom City.
Producer SARAH PITT BBC Bristol