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Touring theatre workshops and forum theatre plays
A Spiralling Mind
A Spiralling Mind has continued to reach 1000s of young people, particularly in partnership with Salford City Council, as well as an adult training conference addressing suicide. It is a forum theatre play that explores self harm, anxiety, depression & suicidal thoughts amongst young people. We were particularly proud this year to further develop our wellbeing and mental health delivery within parts of the Orthodox Jewish School in Salford. Written by Barney Thompson.
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‘Here & Now’ and ‘Mixed Up’
We have continued to deliver theatre performances (this year with new and updated scripts) and workshops addressing hateful extremism across nine local authorities. The work addresses Far Right, Mixed/Unstable/ Unclear ideologies and International extremism; as well as exploring the impact of such dangerous acts of hate on the community. Following the play, participants step into the performance to test out solutions or offer support to people before it’s too late.
Written by Curtis Cole.
‘Going Home’ and ‘Knock Out Blow’
We continue to tour these community led and inspired plays addressing racism to schools, and also a growing number of adult professionals, where most recently an anonymous survey showed 94% felt more equipped to deal with racism. Written by Curtis Cole
Other plays we continue to tour, include:
Just One Favour (working in partnership with Tameside Community Safety Team to address child criminal exploitation);
Grey Area (addressing sexual assault and consent, developed with survivors of rape);
Checking Behaviours (addressing unhealthy relationships); and Emergency Room (exploring knife crime).
We commissioned international applied theatre expert Geo Britto (Brazil) who was Augusto Boal’s longest standing facilitator, to deliver 3 days training. One day also led to local young people performing a ‘Theatre of the oppressed’ at HOME Manchester
Odd Arts has also been commissioned to develop four bespoke plays this year for partner training & education purposes.
