In Katie Kirby’s brilliant books about new high-schooler Lottie Brooks, the catastrophe-ridden heroine navigates the constant awks of adolescence with kind and cool tips from a slightly older neighbour. Not everyone is so lucky: it can be hard for younger children to ask the teenagers towering above them about anything, let alone life advice.
But Lincoln-based touring company Zest Theatre have done it for them with Camp Phoenix, developed through conversations with more than 650 young people. The company asked nine-year-olds about their fears and gathered advice from performing arts students around the country, aged 16 and over.
