Following the 2021 success of Silent Heroines – we are back for 2023 and going on tour. Continuing as an immersive theatre show using audio headsets – delving into the untold real-life stories of an all-woman, Bristol-based cast.
We are delighted to announce that Maya Shakida Khatun and Aqeel Abdulla have been appointed as the two new half-time acta drama workers for the next academic year.
Workers from our workplace learning programme, acta Foundation, are invited to blog about their experiences of working for acta. Meet Maya Khatun and Aqeel Abdulla, our 17/18 drama workers, and Sara Snook, Director’s Assistant. Also read past blogs from Donna Thompson, Jody Cook, Tracey Harvey, Aiden Connor, Rosalie Pordes, Kathryn Hopkins; and Kat Bray.
We are currently recruiting for a new one year workplace learning (acta Foundation) job, starting September, a Director’s Assistant. Deadline for applications 24 July.
The next Foundation seminar will be on 13 November. Then and Now… When acta started in 1985, it was Thatcher’s Britain. Today, acta’s work is thriving under another Conservative government. How much of acta’s work has been a political response to the inequalities of our society, theatre and the arts? Is acta a political organisation?
Kaat Zoontjens from Rotterdams Wijktheater will join us for the next acta foundation seminar, to discuss how we engage new people in creating original theatre. Also with a Bristol theatre panel on engaging young people across the City.
The next free Foundation seminar will take place on Friday 13 February, 1.30 – 4.30pm, and will focus on evaluation of participatory arts. How do we measure the social, artistic, cultural and economic value of community theatre, and does this help us to advocate for public funding of the arts?
How to produce the community theatre of your dreams and earn a living too.
Notes from the seminar held on Friday 7 November, to discuss partnerships & collaborations, developing project proposals and securing funding now available.
The first in a series of acta Foundation seminars, to bring together experienced practitioners, students, academics and people looking to develop a career in the sector, to share & learn.
Friday 25 April, 2014, 1.30 – 4.30pm at acta centre, Bristol
Devising community theatre – with script, or without?