The Guide
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The Guide
Theatre
Are young people today as lucky as they should be?
BY Meghana palipane
Most people would think that young people of today are better off than them, when they were that age many years ago, because of the improved technology and more benefits these youngsters now have, but no, they are not better off and lucky… they are actually more worse off than the young people from generations before them.
Unlike in the past, when there were no equal rights and young people did not have the same right to freedom as those older than them, they are now treated like ‘mature’ grown-ups from lets say, there early teen years (adolescence); therefore, young people become independent earlier on in life and enter the world on their own. This, ‘independence’, can have its advantages and disadvantages on youngsters; there parents (or guardians) can no longer restrict them from being able to do what they want, but this means that if they do something, which gets them into trouble, it will be their own fault and they will have to suffer the consequences. Also, becoming independent more early, means that these youths need to handle their ‘own’ finances, health and life, which will be hard for those who have only just become a teenager and lack enough experience and knowledge on life.
With the advances in technology, which causes competition between youngsters to keep pace with the continuously changing trends, the pressure resulting from this makes youths do irrational things, which they later on regret doing. They do say “money cannot buy happiness”, so even if young people have a billion IPhones or other ‘fancy’ gadgets, they probably are not still happy because they just have them to use as an icon and earn a place in society, amongst their peers.
A well known problem, that is a common start for the stress that young girls, especially, have to face is with all the celebrities and models who appear in the media looking skinny, wearing the designer labels and discussing about diets, which makes girls worry about their body image and lead to possibly serious problems. However, the inconsiderate media do not upset girls only because they can upset boys in a similar way, by the muscly, steroid-built men, who make boys push themselves to the limit to work those weights at a gym like girls to lose weight.
Young people of today, have no idea about their health, even though they are taught about it at school and so many issues are shown in magazines, adverts on the Internet and public, and in their favourite television programmes, in order to increase their awareness. Young people may be taught the wrong things about smoking, drugs and alcohol but they foolishly go and try it out, thinking a little risk will not bring them any harm at first and after a few years, when it starts to ruin their lives, only they will realise how much they have put their lives at risk.
The parents of these youngsters of today, may think they have brought their children up in a better world that has changed in a positive way since the time that they were that age, when theoretically they have not because as life becomes more developed, it only makes youths more greedy for a lot of things or lazy and take advantage of what is there. These parents used to live in a time where media did not have such a HUGE impact on their day-to-day lives, and they were not able to do as many things as youngsters nowadays.
So, to all those young people who are living in the 21st century, do not make your life a hassle, make it a joy and live each day to the full, making good use of all the new improvements and changes that are happening every day because they are meant to help you, not harm!
Woman in Black
Unanimously acclaimed, The Woman in Black combines the power and intensity of
live theatre with a cinematic quality inspired by the world of film noir. It gives
audiences an evening of unremitting drama as they are transported into a terrifying
ghostly world.
The show is currently on its 25th anniversary tour, ending on the 15th June.
Venues Include:
Leicester Curve - 27/05/13 - 01/06/13
Guildford Yvonne Arnaud Theatre - 03/06/13-08/06/13
Aberdeen his Majesty’s Theatre - 10/06/13 - 15/06/13
The Cripple of Inishmann
Daniel Radcliffe plays the title role in the first major London revival since it’s premier
at the National Theatre in 1996.
Set on the remote island of Inishmaan off the west coast of Ireland, word arrives that a Hollywood film is being made on the neighboring island of Inishmore. The one person who wants to be in the film more than anybody is young Cripple Billy, if only to break away from the bitter tedium of his daily life.
Opens at London’s Noel Coward Theatre on 10th June 2013 running through until 31st August. Good seats in June and July, Very Limited availability in August. A must see!