PLAYWRIGHT Sir Alan Ayckbourn has opened a new drama and music suite.
Burnholme Community College's Sir Alan Ayckbourn Performing Arts Suite, in York, is part of a £2m improvement scheme for the school, paid for by a Government grant.
Sir Alan and Lady Ayckbourn were guests of honour at the suite, which contains a recording studio.
He said: "In the 21st Century it always seems to me that people have been writing off live arts and particularly theatre. But they're going to be incredibly important as we drift apart through Internet and text-messaging.
"It is very important that we find places to discuss things other than things commercial, and the theatre's the place to do it. It's a forum for discussing what it feels like to be human beings."
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