Students will work with W&T to create an original theatre script, developed through creative research, using online resources, local archives, and interviews with members of the local community to uncover the story of the school. The final play will be performed at Perry Beeches Junior School for the local community, pupils of other schools, staff and parents. There will also be a creative exhibition of word and image to accompany the theatre performances.

By encouraging interaction and sharing between the school community and the wider community, See Me, Hear Me is a wonderful opportunity to strengthen community relations and arts participation, bring sighted and visually impaired people together and develop creative skills, as well as create an original piece of high quality theatre.

We are holding two special sharings of Woman First, a collection of monologues which explore disabled women’s experiences of pregnancy and birth and take a wider look at disability rights. You might find Women First interesting if you are a professional in midwifery services, social care, disability support and advocacy, or if you yourself or someone you know are affected by the issues.

Monday 16th November 2009 at 12pm & 5pm
The Friends Institute, 220 Mosley Road, Birmingham, B12 0DG

If you join us for the lunchtime performance why not join us for a bite to eat and an informal discussion at the Matchbox Cafe – great food at reasonable prices!

Commissioned by the Royal College of Nursing Midwifery for the International Congress of Midwives in Glasgow 2008, the monologues were researched with a range of women and health professionals across the UK.

Woman First was recently performed at Birmingham REP during Birmingham’s Artsfest. The packed audience loved the piece – they were moved, amused and outraged by the stories we told. The strength of their reactions convinced us that the monologues need to have a wider audience and that they are of great value to the community at large as well as the professionals it was originally written for.

We would love to share the piece with you, to discuss your thoughts and reactions to it with the rest of our audience in a post-showing discussion and have your help in identifying possible future audiences so we can maximise the potential of this piece.

If you can’t make this date please let us know if you would like to be kept up to date with the progress of this wonderful project .

Please RSVP to Pippa Frith – pippafrith@womenandtheatre.co.uk or call 0121 440 4203