PROJECTS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY GROUPS
Beth is a creative practitioner and facilitator alongside her work as a director of professional work. Both are equally important to her practice and goals of creating work that is for and with people who are not traditionally held in a position of privilege in theatres.
If you would like to read any scripts that I have co-created with young people, please get in touch.
Details of some projects are listed below.
OPERA WORKSHOPS
BIRMINGHAM OPERA COMPANY
ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE
Workshops in multiple community settings across Birmingham exploring and reimagining Arias, through the use of theatre and singing techniques.
UNLOCKED
BEATFREEKS
CREATIVE FACILITATOR
Facilitating a group of 3 young people to create a digital booklet that gives guidance to the heritage sector based on their reports of Beatfreek’s Don’t Settle programme (outlined below).
DON’T SETTLE
BEATFREEKS
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
A Young Curators Scheme for young people aged 16-25. The aim is to decolonise the heritage sector and curate spaces for young people of colour. I led the weekly sessions and worked with the young people to develop an event based on Chance Glassworks in Smethwick. Culminated in two events across a year.
SATELLITE FESTIVAL
BIRMINGHAM REP
CREATIVE PRACTITIONER
Working in Handsworth Wood Girl’s Academy and Small Heath school to devise performances inspired by the idea of ‘City of Mirrors’.
PETER PAN FESTIVAL
BIRMINGHAM REP
CREATIVE PRACTITIONER
Working with 6 groups of 30 year 7 students to create 10 minute performances inspired by the REP’s production of Peter Pan. These were then performed at the REP.
BANANA PYJAMA NINJA
STAN’S CAFE
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR
Project at Saltley Academy School as part of their innovative schools programme. Leading workshops with year 7 students on British Identity to create an installation of vinyl footprints around the school.
REIMAGINING
ALMEIDA THEATRE
ASSISTANT FACILITATOR
Schools projects to create performances in response to the Almeida’s productions of ‘Mary Stuart’ and ‘Hamlet’. These were then performed on the Almeida stage by the students.
YOUNG COMPANY
ALMEIDA THEATRE
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Assistant director to Chris Gorry and Beth Shouler for the 14-18 and 18-25 weekly drama training groups. I worked with the groups over a year to develop drama skills and create a performance devised by the groups.
ALMEIDA FOR FREE
ALMEIDA THEATRE
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR
Delivery of workshops in schools in Islington to recruit participants to the ‘Hamlet for Free’ festival at the Almeida. The Festival contained a week of free workshops, events and performance for U25s.
2066
ALMEIDA THEATRE
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Directed by Dani Parr, written by Sonali Battacharaya and performed by Sophie Melville and Sarah Goddard. Created in response to workshops with mothers and daughters in Islington, inspired by Ella Hickson’s production of ‘Oil’.
PROBATION AND DRAMA
WOMEN & THEATRE
FACILITATOR
Co creation and delivery of a drama course for women in a probation centre in Birmingham about the idea of ‘making connections’. We worked with the same women over 5 weeks to make scenes and play drama games to enhance skills and confidence.
THE WORD LOUNGE
WOMEN & THEATRE
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Saturday drama club for young looked after people, young carers and young people with additional needs aged 11 to 17.
THEATRE OF CONSCIENCE
WOMEN & THEATRE
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
National Heritage Lottery Fund project about conscientious objectors from WWI. Weekly project with community participants to research original material and create a performance about the experience of CO’s in Birmingham.