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Making a Super-Hero Film in 2021: An interview with ‘Tom N Rob’
Tom ‘N’ Rob are a physical theatre/dance duo whose work challenges perceptions, breaks down barriers, and encourages acceptance of difference. Their first piece ‘Tom N Rob: Break Free’ was a... Read more →
Lockdowns at Open Theatre Company: Connection, Creativity, Collaboration… and a lot of Zooms!
Everyone has had a different experience of the lockdowns in 2020/21. At Open Theatre Company we have all found different positives and negatives from having to work digitally, and mostly... Read more →
Love Parks Week 2021
Hello and welcome to our July blog which is all about our love of parks and green spaces! Love Parks Week will run from the 23rd of July – August... Read more →
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 →
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Making a Super-Hero Film in 2021: An interview with ‘Tom N Rob’
Tom ‘N’ Rob are a physical theatre/dance duo whose work challenges perceptions, breaks down barriers, and encourages acceptance of difference. ... Read more →
Lockdowns at Open Theatre Company: Connection, Creativity, Collaboration… and a lot of Zooms!
Everyone has had a different experience of the lockdowns in 2020/21. At Open Theatre Company we have all found different... Read more →
Love Parks Week 2021
Hello and welcome to our July blog which is all about our love of parks and green spaces! Love Parks... Read more →
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 →
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