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More Than A Moment: The Pledge
Open Theatre Company have now officially signed up to the More Than A Moment pledge. This means, as a company, we are committed to taking genuine action against racism and... Read more →
LGBTQIA+ Pride Month – By Madeleine Levy
Hello everyone and Happy LGBTQIA+ Pride Month! Here at Open Theatre, we recognise the importance of sexuality and gender and we celebrate the impact that it has upon our creative... Read more →
The Great British Spring Clean – By Madeleine Levy
Hello everyone and welcome to this month’s blog! This month will be slightly different as the blog is promoting ‘The Great British Spring Clean.’ Open Theatre has pledged to support... Read more →
National Creativity Day – By Madeleine Levy
The History of the National day of Creativity Expert screen writer Hal Croasmun and his group ScreenwritingU founded National Creativity Day in 2018 to celebrate the ‘imaginative spirits everywhere and to encourage... Read more →
Jac den Houting – ‘Why everything you know about Autism Is wrong’ a response from a fellow Autistic person – By Madeleine Levy
“I am not a tragedy” and “we deserve better” are strong words spoken by Houting at her Ted Talk at Macquarie University in Australia. Houting begins by explaining that the... Read more →
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More Than A Moment: The Pledge
Open Theatre Company have now officially signed up to the More Than A Moment pledge. This means, as a company,... Read more →
LGBTQIA+ Pride Month – By Madeleine Levy
Hello everyone and Happy LGBTQIA+ Pride Month! Here at Open Theatre, we recognise the importance of sexuality and gender and... Read more →
The Great British Spring Clean – By Madeleine Levy
Hello everyone and welcome to this month’s blog! This month will be slightly different as the blog is promoting ‘The... Read more →
National Creativity Day – By Madeleine Levy
The History of the National day of Creativity Expert screen writer Hal Croasmun and his group ScreenwritingU founded National Creativity Day in... Read more →
Jac den Houting – ‘Why everything you know about Autism Is wrong’ a response from a fellow Autistic person – By Madeleine Levy
“I am not a tragedy” and “we deserve better” are strong words spoken by Houting at her Ted Talk at... Read more →
Autism Awareness Month – By Madeleine Levy
As it is Autism Awareness month in April, I thought I would like to write a blog article as Autism... Read more →
World Autism Awareness Day – Madeleine Levy
Open Theatre: Doing Difference Differently The History of Autism Awareness Happy World Autism Awareness day everyone! You may be wondering... Read more →
Social Work Week – By Madeleine Levy
What is social work week? Social work week has been organised, for the first time, by Social Work England in... Read more →
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 →
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