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Andrew Lloyd Webber funds theatre for deprived youngsters by Dalya Alberge

Project in Scotland aims to help young people in former shipbuilding stronghold beset by 24% unemploymentComposer Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's charitable foundation is to fund a new theatre for some of the UK's most socially disadvantaged youngsters.The youth theatre will be in Inverclyde, Scotland where, long after the demise of its shipbuilding industry, unemployment is at 24%.Elliott McKelvie, chairman of the Greenoc…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:57PM on August 14, 2011

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