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New Year Reflections on Last Year’s Project
Unmuted: Brum-Lahor was the name of our project which involved a partnership between Open Theatre and MAAS Foundation in Lahore, Pakistan. The project involved creative online sessions with young people with... Read more →
Come Create in Cov! – Opportunities for Coventry Producers & Artists
World Kindness Day 2020
Sebbie Hall a teenager from Lichfield, Staffordshire who struggles with learning difficulties, has performed a random Acts of Kindness every day since March to raise money for disadvantaged and disabled... Read more →
Autumn leaves in the Forest of Dean
Every Monday I drive down to the Forest of Dean to run Open Theatre sessions at the Heart of the Forest Community Special School. Relieved to get a chance to... Read more →
Creating an Animation in Lockdown: Part One
We started rehearing The Twisted Tale of Hansel and Gretel in January 2020 in a world where we still hugged, stood on packed commuter trains and were able to be... Read more →
Archive Posts
New Year Reflections on Last Year’s Project
Unmuted: Brum-Lahor was the name of our project which involved a partnership between Open Theatre and MAAS Foundation in Lahore,... Read more →
Come Create in Cov! – Opportunities for Coventry Producers & Artists
World Kindness Day 2020
Sebbie Hall a teenager from Lichfield, Staffordshire who struggles with learning difficulties, has performed a random Acts of Kindness every... Read more →
Autumn leaves in the Forest of Dean
Every Monday I drive down to the Forest of Dean to run Open Theatre sessions at the Heart of the... Read more →
Creating an Animation in Lockdown: Part One
We started rehearing The Twisted Tale of Hansel and Gretel in January 2020 in a world where we still hugged,... Read more →
Disability Awareness Day 2020 – Turning Disability into Ability
When disability awareness day started Beginning in 1992 and lead by a small team of talented individuals from a social... Read more →
World Mental Health Day 2020
Compassion is not just for pandemics As an Occupational Therapy trainee, and partner of Open Theatre Company, who currently works... Read more →
Reimagining the Future – Part 2
How can a school imagine the future without Open Theatre in it? Considering we have already endured the impact of... Read more →
Reimagining the Future – Part 1
When my Head teacher asked myself and a colleague to go along to a performance space in Digbeth to find... Read more →
International Youth Day 2020
The theme of International Youth Day this year is ‘Youth Engagement for Global Action’ which seeks to highlight the ways... Read more →
World Youth Skills Day 2020
What skills have you developed since working with Open Theatre Company? Daniel: I have developed some acting skills as well... Read more →
Our Internet Connection is Unstable
The young people we work with have not closed down so why would Open Theatre? We don’t. Open Theatre is... Read more →
How often do we value what children want to do, beyond what we want them to do?
I went to Attwell Farm Park in Worcestershire the other day – you should go, it’s especially fun for kids. ... Read more →
The Party Animal – It’s (A)Live!
We hope you all tuned into Switch Radio yesterday to hear The Party Animal played live on the radio for... Read more →
Meet The Party Animal
Meet Mark, a determined and misunderstood young lad on the Autistic Spectrum who, believing that a party animal is a... Read more →
Tom N Rob: Break Free
With less than a month to go until the premiere of Tom N Rob: Break Free, Bethan Ball has... Read more →
Search for the Second Star
We’re Hiring! – Production Manager or Technician
Open Theatre is looking for a friendly, efficient, experienced Production Manager and/or Touring Technician for our national tour of Open... Read more →
Echo Eternal – Live at the Town Hall!
Open Theatre has been honoured to work with James Brindley Academy during the Echo Eternal Project. Echo Eternal is a... Read more →
Free Training Opportunity!
Free Training Opportunity for Birmingham Practitioners in Non-Verbal Physical Theatre Open Theatre are thrilled to invite Birmingham-based Artists & Practitioners... Read more →
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