Hard Evidence
In partnership with the Biomedical Research Centre, this project ‘Hard Evidence’ aims to highlight the benefits of Patient and Public Involvement in research, with women who are survivors of domestic violence.
RAPPORT
Refugee arts with participants and practitioners open to integration.
A two year partnership, Autumn 2019 – 2021, bringing together refugees and migrants with host communities, making and sharing theatre across Europe, supported by EU Creative Europe.
The acta Company
A group for acta participants who have been in acta shows before and want to continue to develop their theatre skills and love of performance.
Previous productions include Clippies, Circus of Marvels, Ladies Mile, Gas Girls and many more…
cornerstone
A three year programme (2020 – 22) supported by Paul Hamlyn Foundation, offers new opportunities for acta associates to deliver projects to engage a diverse mix of new participants in making their own original theatre.
Plus a new foundation post, outreach programme, facilitator training course, seminars and another acta festival in 2022.
Making Time
For isolated or lonely people, and supported by a local volunteer team, a participatory arts session for people to come together to share stories and be creative, also with a hot meal and minibus transport.
Making Time delivers a range of intergenerational project initiatives. From September 2021, a new peer support group starting too!
Lockleaze Kids Theatre
Theatre for children aged 5-9 in Lockleaze, North Bristol, delivered by acta associate Jody Cook and acta Projects Director, Rosalie Pordes.
Funded by BBC Children in Need.
young carers
Youth theatre has always been at the heart of our work, and over the last two decades, we have developed a commitment to providing a youth theatre for young carers across the City, as well as additional intensive holiday-time projects.
Creation in Isolation
Since the outbreak of Covid-19, we have turned to alternative methods to keep our work going, even when the doors to the acta centre were closed.
Check out what we got up to… through Spring/Summer 2020.
Lockleaze Stories
Lockleaze Stories, making community theatre in Lockleaze, North Bristol, since 2016.
Led by acta associates Jody Cook and Tracey Harvey.
Shows include Down Our Road, Gainsborough Girls, Fairytale TV Takeover and Drowning In Debt.
An open access group for adults living in and around Lockleaze.
Phoenix Theatre
Phoenix is acta’s open access theatre company for young adults aged 16 – 25 years.
Shows: The Dream Queen (2013);
Lost, Not Forgotten, at Arnos Vale Cemetery (2014);
Wishing for Winter (2015);
Three Green Bottles (2016);
A Bit of Imagination (2017);
The Underworld (2018);
Tree of Life (2019).