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In this online seminar series, we’ll hear from Community Theatre practitioners from around the world. Every town, every country, and every continent has a unique way of working – what lessons can we learn from across our borders? Through sharing stories, strategies, and successes we hope that this free seminar series enriches your own practice. …
Our associate director, Ingrid Jones, has recently been working with UWE Bristol and Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury to create a play from people’s ‘water stories’ – their experiences of Tewskesbury Floods, the good and the bad. This play – a drama piece about local water resilience and climate change, was been co-created with community members of Tewkesbury. It is a …
In this online seminar series, we’ll hear from Community Theatre practitioners from around the world. Every town, every country, and every continent has a unique way of working – what lessons can we learn from across our borders? Through sharing stories, strategies, and successes we hope that this free seminar series enriches your own practice. …
Elevate is a scheme run by acta and supported by The Singer Foundation and Arts Council England. It is aimed at community theatre practitioners and socially engaged artists who are interested in working with a specific community, and would like to develop their knowledge and practice of community and socially engaged theatre and arts practice. …
The Platforma festival is produced by Counterpoints Arts every two years in a different part of England, in partnership with a range of organisations, artists and venues across many different art forms. This year, Platforma takes place in the South West and acta are delighted to host two brilliant events.
As a Community Theatre, the needs of the public are at the heart of our work. It’s important that our work is relevant and the best way for us to do this is by being guided by you. We’ve compiled a few questions and hope you can take the time to answer, as below. This …
We are looking for people in recovery from gambling harm to join a new creative support group, led by somebody with lived experience. In The Long Group, you will have the opportunity to experience a wide-range of artforms including theatre, writing and photography and work together to present performances and exhibitions. You’ll be surrounded by …
Join Thriving Theatre for a hilarious and heart-warming theatrical adventure as they take you Wild Camping for the weekend. When a group of co-workers are forced to spend a weekend in the great outdoors, they quickly realise that they are in for more than just team building group exercises. As the weekend unfolds, tensions rise …
Our Young Carers Youth Theatre have been meeting online to create the play The Mystery Writer and have devised and rehearsed the show here at acta Theatre in just three days. An author sets herself the challenge of writing a murder mystery. She has fun deciding on its setting and plot, but the characters sometimes …
If you’re aged 12 – 17, then acta wants to hear from you! Come and join us, whether it’s your first time doing drama, or you want to expand your skills and express your creativity. Help devise, write, and act in a show that will be performed on East Street in July No auditions, totally …
acta is a registered charity and relies on the generous support of donors to continue our work making theatre each year. We are currently seeking additional donations for our wide ranging community theatre programme over the year ahead.
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