Boxes with Secrets
Awards For All
March 2007 - February 2008
Acton Library, Acton Carnival, Acton Schools London
A box can be just a box, but it can also be many other things, it can be a house or it can represent a person. By opening a box a whole world of emotions, memories and dreams can come to life. Discover them, develop them into stories and perform them.
Young Heroes
Awards for All
October 2009-July 2010
The theme 'Young Heroes' was a springboard for challenging some of the negative views held about young people, and to promote understanding between generations and one learning from the other. Theatre workshops for young adults, parents and other adult members of the community explored the theme 'Young Heroes' as portrayed in drama, literature and poetry. Dramatic text was used to explore all dimensions of humanity: emotions, insanity, good and evil, e.g. Shakespeare's King Lear, the ancient Greek dramas. The aim of this programme was to facilitate an exploration of some of the many dimensions of humanity using theatre techniques.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
September 2004 - June 2006
A weekly programme for children of Greek and Greek-Cypriot origin attending Greek Schools in London, in which children explored issues of culture and identity through theatre. During the first year children used texts from ancient Greek drama and at the end of the year presented Lysistrata by Aristophanes at the All Saints Arts Centre in North London. During the second year children explored Shakespeare and at the end of the year presented Midnight Summer Dream at the The Holy Cross Community Centre in North London. Children and other members of the community were involved in all aspects of the project
True Colours
Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd March 2002
A fascinating performance devised from a series of workshops for women from diverse cultural backgrounds living in London. Taking their rich variety of stories, songs, poems and rituals as a starting point, the material has been imaginitively developed and dramatised by the group to create a unique evening of magic and celebration.
Urban Stories
April 2002 - March 2003
A programme open to artists and people living in North London to explore aspects of life in metropolitan London. Material generated from the workshops was used in the production of Urban Stories.
Women: Cultural diversity and integration
Awards fo All
Winter 2001-Spring 2002, London
Theatre workshops for women from diverse cultural backgrounds living in the multi-racial community of London to explore themes around the traditional and contemporary female persona in multiracial societies.
The workshops explored themes using theatre techniques such as story-telling and physical improvisation, and stories, poems, and other material brought by participants.
