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Wasted: Second Summer School starting on Monday 23rd August

kat — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:31:58 +0000

The second of our two Wasted summer schools is fast approaching, so book now! The first was a great success, just check out some of the lovely feedback:

An excellent course, that I will never forget.

Brilliant. A truly exhilarating experience. Challenging but highly supportive. Wonderful workshop leaders who were genuinely passionate about the subject matter…shame it has to end!

I am delighted in what we’ve all achieved and the journeys we’ve been on. I have been personally challenged and have loved being in a creative learning environment with fabulous girls. I love the power of theatre, making people laugh and cry. Touching lives.

This course has really enabled me to be myself and voice my opinions to a group of wonderful adults, but still feel like an equal and as though I am respected for being me.

Our exciting new project, Wasted will be an interactive, experiential new piece of participatory musical theatre, which explores and gives voice to women’s changing and complex relationship with alcohol.

During the week long inter-generational summer school, we will work with community participants, creating material that will inform the final performance. The group will respond to some of our research material about women & alcohol, contribute ideas, explore their own stories and devise drama scenes and characters. Together, we will create scenes, informal theatre moments and short films to present in and around mac. There will also be opportunities to stay involved with Wasted and perhaps contribute to the final production!

The workshop week will be led by core Women & Theatre member Janice Connolly.

Book now to reserve your place. Non drinkers very welcome!

Mon 23 – Fri 27 Aug
10am-4pm in the lovely new Foyle Studio at mac
Fee: £50 (£40 conc)
Please note that this course is for women only, age 16 plus

To book call mac on 0121 446 3232 or visit

Wasted is being produced in association with mac, and will be performed in February 2011.

Wasted Summer Schools at mac – book now!

kat — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:58:34 +0000

Women & Theatre are holding two Summer Schools at mac in July and August, which are two fantastic chances to get involved with our exciting new project, Wasted. Wasted will be an interactive, experiential new piece of participatory musical theatre, which explores and gives voice to women’s relationship with alcohol. Wasted is being produced in association with mac, and will be performed in February 2011.

Whether it’s teenage girls binge drinking illicitly, women in their 20s and 30s drinking as part of their busy social lives and careers, or older women drinking more at home, alcohol has become a greater part of women’s lives over the past half century. (Drinkaware)

During each week-long inter-generational summer school, we will work with community participants, creating material that will inform the final performance. The group will respond to some of our research material about women & alcohol, contribute ideas, explore their own stories and devise drama scenes and characters. Together, we will create scenes, informal theatre moments and short films to present in and around mac. There will also be opportunities to stay involved with Wasted and perhaps contribute to the final production!

The workshop weeks will be led by core Women & Theatre members Janice Connolly and Terina Talbot.

Book now to reserve your place. Non drinkers very welcome!

Mon 26 – Fri 30 Jul
Mon 23 – Fri 27 Aug
10am-4pm in the lovely new Foyle Studio at mac
Fee: £50 (£40 conc) a week
Please note that this course is for women only. We welcome all ages from 16 plus

To book call mac on 0121 446 3232 or mac’s website

Flagship new project: Wasted!

kat — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:01:14 +0000

Women & Theatre launched into Spring with the fantastic news that we have been granted funds from the Arts Council, UK, to develop our exciting new project, Wasted.

Wasted is a multi-stranded project which explores and gives voice to women’s relationship with alcohol. The final product will be a piece of interactive musical theatre, produced in association with mac (Midlands Arts Centre), performed in February 2011. As in all of W&T’s work, the entertaining format will convey a serious message, acting as a stimulus for participants and audiences to examine their own drinking behaviour and make positive changes.

Over the next months we will be carrying out community research, workshops, summer schools, online activity, and recruiting community performers. We’ll also be speaking to health professionals about using aspects of Wasted for health promotion. If you’d like to find out more, please do get in touch with us.

Welcome to Sarah-Jane, General Manager (Maternity Cover)!

kat — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:43:47 +0000

This week Women & Theatre welcome new staff member, but old friend of the company, Sarah-Jane Watkinson. Sarah-Jane joins us as General Manager, to take care of the company while Jess is away on Maternity Leave. She will be heading up a number of the exciting projects we have in the pipeline for 2010, including Wasted, an interactive musical theatre production which gives voice to the relationship between women and alcohol.

Meanwhile we all wish Jess well with her exciting new “production”, and she will be back with Women & Theatre in February 2011.