Teenagers from across Haringey came together at the Tottenham Triangle Centre to showcase their art, dance and music skills.

A circus, a film screening and a rendition of Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” by the Haringey Shed Choir were among the performances at the first ever Youth Arts Festival.

The 150 members of the audience also enjoyed dance acts from the North London Performing Arts Centre and visited a “sustainability tree”, which was built by students entirely from papier-mâché.

In all, more than a hundred Haringey children and teenagers aged between nine and 18 took part in the festival on November 2.

Tottenham MP David Lammy was there to support the event.

He said: “It was a delight and privilege to watch young people from across the borough perform at the Haringey Youth Arts Festival.

“The success of the event is testament not just to the talent and spirit of our young people, but to the role of the arts in bringing out the best in children.”

He added that the arts can play a key role in encouraging collaboration between young people and developing sense of pride in themselves and the borough in which they live.

Stuart Cox, participation manager at the Jacksons Lane theatre group, said: “This was an amazing event and it was so important that young people in Haringey have the opportunity to show off the positive skills they are gaining through arts participation.

“We felt it was important to give them that opportunity.”

Haringey Shed artistic director Eddie Latter said he hoped last weekend’s festival would be the first of many such events.

The festival was jointly organised by the Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Jacksons Lane and the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts to show off the range of arts activities that are available in Haringey.