A Street Like This: Casting Call
A Street Like This: Casting Call

We are casting for the roles of Poppy and Doreen in our new production, A Street Like This.

We are looking for 2 female performers to join performer Alex Elliott, music director Ross Millard and our community company to tell this story. We are looking for performers who live or have a base within 25 miles of Sunderland.

Co-creating with communities is at the heart of Unfolding Theatre’s creative practice. We are looking for performers who love to work in community contexts and who have strong music/singing skills.

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Double your donation to Unfolding Theatre in Big Give’s Christmas Challenge 2022
Double your donation to Unfolding Theatre in Big Give’s Christmas Challenge 2022

Unfolding Theatre are taking part in the Christmas Challenge to raise £2,000 in just 1 week! These funds will be used for A Street Like This, a new music theatre production developed with 30 community co-creators in Sunderland.

Inspired and led by the interests and ideas of the community co-creators, A Street Like This explores the theme of unexpected friendships and the value of establishing connections with people from different political persuasions, backgrounds and ages. In the context of widening social divisions, the A Street Like This is timely and group brings together a diverse range of people, including Brexit campaigners and Remainers, people aged 16 to 70+ and from a range of social economic backgrounds.

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A Street Like This awarded funding from The Foyle Foundation
A Street Like This awarded funding from The Foyle Foundation

We’re delighted to announce that our new music theatre production A Street Like This has been awarded a £10,000 grant from The Foyle Foundation.

A Street Like This is inspired by a collective of Sunderland residents with whom we have worked for many years now, co-creating projects together.

Many unexpected friendships have developed from this group, connecting people from different political persuasions, backgrounds and ages. A Street Like This explores this further and invites audiences to consider their own communities and how we connect or create with those around us.

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GUEST POST - EJ Raymond on what deaf children and young people can expect from North East Deaf Youth Theatre
GUEST POST - EJ Raymond on what deaf children and young people can expect from North East Deaf Youth Theatre

With the summer holidays well underway, Deaf actor and writer EJ Raymond tells Deaf journalist Liam O’Dell all about their week of free workshops for deaf children and young people which begin next week.

“It’s up to the children,” EJ writes over email when I ask them what youngsters can expect from the sessions on offer. “It could be anything they would like to learn, including how to make a storyboard, puppetry/shadow work, how to write a story (for a short film or book), lighting work, costumes and much more. They might be doing something they have never done before, so it’s good for them to learn something new.”

That’s just one of the aims of the workshops, as organiser Unfolding Theatre also hope they’ll support deaf children and young people to develop creative skills, build confidence and form new friendships.

“I believe that drama/theatre/activities workshops help deaf children to build their confidence and their skills that other activities might not have taught them,” continues EJ. “That’s why I set up the workshop, to show them options that exist out there, for example not just working on stage and in front of camera but also backstage and behind-the-scenes.

“That’s very important for [deaf youth] to be aware of; what actually exists so that they can give opportunities a try.”

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East End Story Makers awarded a grant from Comic Relief Community Fund (England)
East End Story Makers awarded a grant from Comic Relief Community Fund (England)

We’re delighted to announce that our project East End Story Makers has been awarded a £10,000 grant from the Comic Relief Community Fund (England).

East End Story Makers is a creative group for children aged 5-11 years old living in Byker and Walker. The group uses storytelling, drama, music, creative writing and food to create and share stories, providing a platform for children to talk about the things that matter to them and present them to a wider audience. It’s a safe and supportive space for children to learn new skills, build confidence and make new friendships

East End Story Makers will restart on Wednesday 21st September and this grant will support us to create a new production of the children’s creative work using a format and structure decided by the children, responding to their needs and interests.

If you have a child or young person that might be interested in joining East End Story Makers this autumn, please email us.

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Unfolding Theatre announces new co-production with Northern Stage
Unfolding Theatre announces new co-production with Northern Stage

Unfolding Theatre is pleased to announce Free School Meals, a new co-production with Northern Stage. Free School Meals is brand-new show about hunger, inequality and power that features a talented cast of 15 children from Newcastle. The co-production will be presented as part of Northern Stage’s new season between Wednesday 25th and Saturday 28th August 2021.

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Unfolding Theatre to receive £34,000 from Culture Recovery Fund
Unfolding Theatre to receive £34,000 from Culture Recovery Fund

Unfolding Theatre has received a grant of £34,000 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help the organisation recover from the impact of the pandemic. The funding will support the making of a brand new co-production and help develop Unfolding Theatre’s community co-creation practice through a series of pop-up creative exchanges.

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