Our relationship with our parents is one of the most significant we will experience. Whether we like it or not, that first relationship - good or bad - is echoed throughout our lives.
Many writers have explored this key relationship. It was a favourite of William Shakespeare. One of the reasons his plays have stood the test of time is that love, fear and anger feel the same now as they did 400 years ago. Emotions don't change, but cultural attitudes do - as students involved in the Shakespearean segment of the Youth Arts Festival have discovered.
Director Andrea Miller had the idea of exploring parent-child relationships through several plays. The result is Way to go Will - which contains five scenes from five Shakespearean plays.
The first two - from Midsummer Night's Dream and Romeo and Juliet - both involve fathers being angry with their daughters for refusing to marry the men they have chosen for them. Next is a scene from King Lear, which raises the question of whether you should tell your parents what they want to hear or the truth. Then comes a scene from Macbeth, and the play concludes with a scene from A Winter's Tale.
Miller held auditions to hand-pick the cast of eight to 19-year-olds, chosen from local and international schools. She said the cast were surprised by the often aggressive attitude in Shakespeare's plays of parents towards their children.
West Island School's Richard Kennedy, 12, who plays Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, said he didn't think it was necessary for parents to shout at their children. Reasoning was a more effective way of getting your message across. And, referring to the fate of Romeo and Juliet, he said he thought people should be free to marry who they choose.