One of the chief organisers of this weekend's spectacular opening of the new Shakespeare North Playhouse has a background marked out by challenges he has had to conquer.
Ashleigh Nugent, who grew up in Rainhill, suffered police harassment in his teenage years and even spent time in a tough Jamaican prison before fleeing the country. Now an award winning author, playwright and rapper, Ashleigh, 45, works in prisons and in communities delivering cutting edge arts programmes that aim to change lives for the better.
It was this background which led to him being asked to co-curate the opening weekend of events for the new £38m Prescot theatre.
