BEGINNINGS
INTRODUCTION
The story of Peace Child
begins in London’s Royal Albert Hall on October 30th 1981. This is
not where normal people would premiere a new Youth Musical, but nothing about
the Peace Child Story is
normal. Two extraordinary works: David Gordon’s Cathedral Oratorio, Alpha
Omega 1, Alpha Omega 2 and Bernard Benson’s The Peace Book, were combined by the four
other Founders to create the seed of Children’s Musical, from which grew a
mighty tree with hundreds of branches, sprouting thousands of leaves around the
world in theatre and choral performances, books, films, conferences and videos
that touched the hearts of millions.
Though we are grateful to those six extraordinary Founders , a greater debt of gratitude is owed to all the children,
young people, directors, choreographers and musicians who co-wrote, translated
and performed the different Peace
Child shows and wrote and illustrated our books. They are the real
owners of Peace Child!
But hold that image of our Beginnings in the Royal Albert Hall,
London. For that mighty edifice is symbolic of both the series of miracles that
allowed Peace Child to be born
at all, and the colossal aspiration we had for it from the very start. Peace Child would change the
world. And it did!