YOUNG acting enthusiasts are getting the chance to spread their wings at a Trowbridge school.

Pupils from the Clarendon College will be reaping the benefits of BBC experience in Shakespeare workshops on Monday. Children in year nine will be preparing, rehearsing and recording their own versions of the final scene of Macbeth, with the final version downloaded on the BBC website for everyone to enjoy.

Head of Drama Alison Warren said: "This is a very unusual project. Young people tend to think of Shakespeare as long and wordy.

"This gives them the chance to think visually and briefly, very like the pop videos and commercials they are used to."

The workshops are part of the BBC's Sixty Second Shakespeare project, which gives young people the chance to interpret a scene from the Bard's work in just one minute.

Youngsters from the school have also had a chance to perform for the first time at The Egg, Bath Theatre Royal's purpose-built young people's theatre.

Students working towards A or AS levels visited the theatre, the first of its kind in the West Country, last Tuesday, taking over the venue for the entire evening.

They performed three pieces of original work devised for their recent practical exams.

Mrs Warren said: "We all really enjoyed the challenge of performing in a professional theatre space."