A partnership with the Dept of Communities & Local Government (DCLG) and Arts Council England (ACE) to showcase how quality intercultural and inter-generational participatory arts can achieve stronger and more integrated communities, by providing a shared focus to bring people together.
A national scheme across five cities; in Bristol, acta’s work focuses on Redcliffe, and making original community theatre shows with migrant communities across the City.
A Tale Or Two For You with mums at Hannah More Primary School, film documentary.
Also, the short film below is an extract from an interview taken after a series of after school workshops at St Mary Redcliffe Primary School.
The programme includes the following project initiatives:-
- Redcliffe Lantern Parade, January 2015; Video here
- A Tale or Two for You, a show by parents of children at Hannah More Primary;
- Children’s theatre groups at St Mary Redcliffe, St Nicholas of Tolentine & Victoria Park primary schools in Summer 14;
- Yusuf Can’t Talk, by Somali mums with autistic children (Autism Independence), previewed in November 14 and touring 15/16;
- Stories, a community play for Redcliffe, 31 March – 2 April 15;
- An Eid family learning celebration at St Mary Redcliffe Primary in 2014;
- TheNow (Sept 15), a new community theatre show bringing together African Caribbean elders and younger experienced acta community performers;
- Selfies, a new touring show to develop new theatre audiences in Bristol communities Avonmouth, Southmead and Withywood, in June 15.
- The Crossroads, touring to Bristol primary schools in Jan/Feb 16.
- Fatima & Sumaya, a new community theatre show by parents at Hannah More Primary.
Fantastic week of Yusuf Can’t Talk performances at acta centre last week, raising awareness of autism in the Somali community, and learning how isolated Somali parents with autisitc children can be. Lovely to welcome so many people to the acta centre for the first time – for nearly three quarters of the audience, it was their first ever acta show! Some lovely audience feedback: courage & wonderful honesty shown by the Somali women performing for the first time; the power of hearing mothers’ voices on stage, the heartfelt emotion and their warmth; inspiring and brave; uplifting, beautiful and moving.
Feedback today from Nura on the Yusuf Can’t Talk performances last week: “acta has given us a voice and our voices have been heard in a different way that has empowered us all.”