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Peckham Fringe Festival @ Peckham Theatre from 2nd May - 5th June

https://www.theatrepeckham.co.uk/theatre-peckham-presents-peckham-fringe/

Theatre Peckham is an award-winning cultural venue for artistic excellence and social change. Through the power of theatre, we illuminate young voices, provide skills and opportunities, and platform excellent creatives locally focused with a national and international reach.

Phillippe curates the Peckham Fringe and Young, Gifted; Black season programmes and oversees the programming of the Undercroft space and the Young Peckham programmes. Phillippe is also a singer-songwriter/composer, currently writing a musical, and freelances as a facilitator, dramaturg and producer on new writing projects. Phillippe is a theatre producer, dramaturg, composer and singer-songwriter from London. He is interested in creating and developing new work that explores socially relevant and representative stories, with a focus on global majority and queer voices.

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Incredible conversation with Dr Nicola Abraham, (Senior Lecturer, Applied Theatre Practices, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama) and Victoria Ruddock, (Dementia Specialist Healthcare Support Worker, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust) detailing their work on a range of Applied Theatre, film and VR projects in NHS hospitals. We discussed in detail how they have been developing new ‘person-centred’ approaches to creating bespoke artefacts, including VR 360 videos, intergenerational augmented reality-based process dramas with primary school children and older adult patients living with dementia.

A huge thank you to Nicola and Victoria for sharing their inspirational and innovative practice.

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@DrNickA
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Website - https://www.cssd.ac.uk/staff-profiles/dr-nicola-abraham

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I was joined by Philip, Chenube and Stefan to talk everything Trybe. ‘Trybe House Theatre is a newly formed company which seeks to actively build resilience and self-wellbeing, primarily with young black men aged 16- 25, using theatre as a supportive outlet’. Throughout the episode, I learned how Trybe formed, how they work and their approaches to delivering creative projects which are supported through medical, mental health practice. Trybe House Theatre is now an Associate Company at the Royal Court Theatre and I’m privileged to share with you their first-ever company interview.

‘The worlds first interactive Theatre App!’ - Inside Theatre are the company behind the superb app ‘inside Theatre’. Speaking with Creative Director, Rebecca Gadsby, who explained to me how the app works, who the app is for and why this technology is so great! You can download the App now @ Apple and Google Stores.

I got the opportunity to speak with the brilliant David Allen, Artistic Director of Midland Actors Theatre, ahead of their Dorothy Heathcote Now: International Conference. David, a true student of Dorothy’s practice shared with me all the information on the up and coming conference. Explaining ‘For some people think Dorothy Heathcote is part of the past. Part of the history of Drama in Education. But to me, she is absolutely now. She should and is informing modern practice and I think boy, do we need her now!’.
Book your ticket now!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dorothy-heathcote-now-international-conference-tickets-128392987883

A conversation with Martha Godber, Founder of the Godber Theatre Foundation. The foundation aims to support Actors & Theatre creatives with their HE training. Whether supporting undergraduates with tuition, networking, or Actor essentials (headshots, spotlight), the foundation focuses intensely on championing future creatives from Hull and East Yorkshire.

Over the course of the conversation, we discussed:

How the Foundation was created.

Why the foundation is important for Hull and East Yorkshire.

Struggles Identified for young people aspiring to attend University/Drama School.

How does the Foundation work?

The Foundations aspirations.

Thank you, Martha for your time.

Inspiring conversation with Jen Summer, Artistic Director of Hubbub Theatre Company. Jen’s practice alongside learning disabled actors/participants has cultivated a methodology known as ‘The Hubbub Way’. Jen explains that ‘the Hubbub way has become a language and a philosophy’. We discussed how the company devise and create performance exploring ‘the space in-between’. Approaches to co-creating with Learning Disabled Actors and the companies growth.

Over the course of the episode we discussed:

·A brief overview of Hubbub as a company

·Recruiting / Working with Learning Disabled Actors

· The Hubbub Way!

·Hubbub’s latest project ‘The Drum’ , which is being developed with Helen Baggett from Gecko Theatre.

Thank you, Jen for your time.

Loved speaking with Shereen, Director of Taking Part @ Young Vic Theatre, London. A conversation with Shereen had been recommended to me by a colleague, who described her as a powerhouse in the world of Applied Theatre’. She certainly lived up to her reputation, inspiring and amazing me with her passion for the incredible work she produces and the theatre she represents.

Over the course of the episode we discussed:

· Her pathway into her current role at Young Vic

· Experience of training at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

· How Theatres can become more collaborative and representative of their communities

· ‘Taking Part’ @ Young Vic. How the theatre operates and what it offers for its young people and local community

· The ‘TWENTY TWENTY’ Project @ Young Vic.

Thank you, Shereen for your time.

‘Shereen Jasmin Phillips graduated from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2010 with a degree in Drama, Applied Theatre and Education. She has worked in the artistic and creative learning departments of a variety of London Theatre's working with community groups of all ages for over ten years. She was Project Manager for Kiln Theatre's 2016 Takeover festival, Barbican Centre's 2017 Dialogue Festival and Outreach Producer for Barbican Cinema. Shereen was previously Assistant Producer for National Theatre's Pericles as part of their Public Acts programme and is currently Director of Taking Part at Young Vic. Shereen is also a Trustee of Talawa Theatre Company, a reader at National Theatre & Soho Theatre’s Verity Bargate Award and a writer – her work was screened as part of Royal Court’s Windrush event in April 2019 and selected as part of Cardiff International Film Festival in 2020’.

Shereens Links:

Twitter

@ShereenJasmin

@YVTakingPart

Absolute pleasure to have interviewed Dr Chris Bolton, Senior Lecturer in Drama Education at Birmingham City University. Chris discussed:
- his doctorate research ‘Economies of Performance, Ecologies of Practice and Communities of Discovery: A collaborative approach to support Newly Qualified Teachers and their teacher identity (link to research below).

Episode 05 - Holly Barradell (Open Drama UK)
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Really enjoyed speaking with Holly Barradell, Co-Founder of Open Drama UK. ( opendramauk.org )

’We are Drama teachers, theatre practitioners and industry experts seeking an innovative way to engage with other like-minded individuals and organisations across the UK.

We are OPEN to all, across the UK for everyone working within the theatre industry or in Drama education. We’re free to join and our member-led networks across the UK bring people together to share practice and make change happen.

Our purpose is to advance, improve and benefit the lives of young people through their involvement in Drama both in schools and theatres.’ - www.opendramauk.org

Holly & I discussed the origins of Open Drama UK, the importance of supportive education networks and the power of building a community. Open Drama UK is incredibly responsive to the day to day lives of teachers. Open Drama UK supports teachers to share their experiences and gives them the opportunity to profile aspects of the profession others may need support with. Their YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJE8-7nNXLJWkeNe4EKQNpA/videos ) currently has over thirty-seven presentations delivered by Drama Teachers and theatre companies from all over the UK. The network is also accessibly completely free although they have a patreon scheme where some opt to support with a monthly donation (https://www.patreon.com/opendramauk) Open Drama UK utilises a network of ‘Champions’ they engage regionally and nationally and subscribers also recieve communicate via monthly mail-outs and their pro-active social media presence. They have recently started their own podcast which you can subscribe to here: https://open.spotify.com/show/4yeODR3O9rK6UchIvuvxOX?si=w5tmf6KuTGeq6KrgsR68bg

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