Out on the bike with my camera. Dodging showers but catching the wonderful time that is spring. It really is so green after the rain.

I was invited to the final performance of Stunted Trees and Broken Bridges at the Pimlico Academy. It was great to sit with a school audience and hear student reactions to different parts of the play.

The concept is run by Central YMCA’s Y Touring Theatre of Debate. They commission plays about different social issues and then tour schools nationally. It’s interactive with a facilitator asking questions to the audience about beliefs and controversial topics raised in the production. The actors come back in character to also answer questions from the students.

I came away thinking it was an excellent way of learning while in dialogue and being entertained at the same time. With a big chunk of funding from the Wellcome Trust it’s small wonder the plays tend to major on health issues. Stunted Trees itself was about the current and future developments in brain intervention technology.

It’s been really cold for weeks in London. Coldest March for 50 years. But that didn’t stop this family having a fun day out in Regent’s Park. After I took this picture, the father decided he’d have a go on the scooter…and fell off. Much to the merriment of the children.

Come on dad! Keep up!