High-impact and thought-provoking road safety production ‘Legal Weapon’ offered to Year 12 & 13 students.

The Safety Camera Scheme and Leicestershire County Council’s Road Safety and Travel Awareness Team teamed up to offer schools and colleges in the City, County and Rutland an opportunity to host Legal Weapon free of charge.

Legal Weapon is a powerful drama which confronts the issues of excessive speeding, peer pressure and general young driver attitude. Using tight, stylised theatre techniques which take the audience through a roller coaster of emotions, this is a powerful and emotive drama that moves at a blistering speed.  It shows pre/young drivers that they need to combine newly acquired driving skills with a safe and responsible attitude if they are to keep themselves and other road users safe. 

The play by the award-winning Ape Theatre Company Ltd toured the area during Road Safety Week 2006 which was 6th-12th November. The main theme of Road Safety Week was year is young driver and passenger safety. A council spokesperson said:

“Theatre in education is a powerful medium for exploring this emotive and timely issue. Ape Theatre Company is impressive in its ability to speak to young people in their own language and we are delighted to be able to provide the production to students in Leicestershire to improve the safety of both drivers and passengers.”