Touch Wood – Touring for Breast Awareness Month in October 2009

Women & Theatre favourite and Healthy Alliance Award for Cancer Prevention winner Touch Wood is on the road again for Breast Awareness Month in October 2009.  Touch Wood tells the touching and funny story of Sheila, who receives her first invitation to Breast Screening.  Touch Wood was developed to increase the uptake of breast screening amongst over 50s women, and the play takes a friendly approach to promoting the importance of screening and dispelling myths.  Performances of Touch Wood are available for booking in October 2009 for community venues and schools, for more information or to register interest, please get in touch.

Posted: July 15, 2009 in Announcements, news
Tags: Announcements, Breast Health, news, Touch Wood
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Park:Life Summer School – 27th July – 7th August 2009

This Summer, Women & Theatre are holding a two-week Summer School with local young women, to create a piece of drama about being a teenage girl in 2009.  Park:Life will explore issues that are important to the young women, including relationships, exam pressure, safety and life in urban spaces, particularly in the context of Birmingham’s urban regeneration.  Over a two-week creative devising process they will create a performance to be held in Highgate Park on 7th August, linking in with the public launch of Birmingham City Council’s Big City Plan.

We are currently recruiting participants and are interested in working with young women, and girls who are at risk of exclusion.  Please contact us if you would like to register interest on behalf of yourself or young women that you work with.

Park:Life has been made possible with funding from Connexions, Birmingham City Council, The Grantham Yorke Trust and the Charles Henry Foyle Trust

Posted: July 14, 2009 in Announcements, news
Tags: Announcements, Big City Plan, news, summer school, young people
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