Glasgow 'young team' gang culture to be tackled in new play amid youth violence epidemic
dailyrecord.co.ukA play that aims to depict the impact of gang culture and knife crime in Scotland is set to take to the stage amid a youth violence epidemic.'When We Were Young' tells the story of a 'young team' who polluted street corners in Glasgow between 1999 and 2005, when the city was dubbed the murder capital of Europe.
The show follows the group as they navigate through life from their teenage years and into adulthood in poverty-stuck Govan.It portrays the challenges that the youths face as characters become involved in knife crime, drugs and anti-social behaviour.
Author and co-director, Liam Lambie, penned the play in reflection of his own lived experiences with ned culture as a young man growing up in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire.The 36-year-old, who studied performing arts, was inspired to raise awareness of the impact of gang culture, which he claims has "never gone away".He told the Record: "I wasn't in a gang, but that culture was so prominent when I was growing up.
We always heard stories about people we knew being stabbed."Even though that was so long ago, gang culture among youths has never gone away.
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