Leeds Playhouse are based in Playhouse Square. They have 3 groups taking part in season 3 of Positive Stories for Negative Times and are excited to be involved

Young Storyhouse is a part of Storyhouse in Chester. Storyhouse is a cultural hub consisting of two theatres, a cinema and library all under the same roof.

Ardersier Primary School are based outside Inverness. They have 1 group taking part in season 3 of Positive Stories for Negative Times and are excited to be involved because Drama is a fun and engaging activity.

Pitch and Pulse are based in Cartrongarrow, Ardagh, Co. Longford. They have 1 group taking part in season 3 of Positive Stories for Negative Times and are excited to be involved because because it is a great opportunity for us to focus on a project with an end goal.  We hope this will generate a great enthusiasm amongst our members!. They will be working towards creating a Full stage production of Spyrates. Pure drama is a new, small music and drama school meeting on a Saturday morning for primary school-aged children..

Castle Douglas have 1 group taking part in season 3 of Positive Stories for Negative Times and are excited to be involved because having done a little drama activities last year with a class the pupils in my class are very keen to try something they can get really involved in and hopefully by using digital technologies we can incorporate the digital curriculum in with the arts.. They will be working towards creating a Digital performance of Spyrates. Castle Douglas Primary School is a co-educational primary school in Scotland serving the town of Castle Douglas and surrounding rural area stretching beyond the Old Bridge of Urr in the north, Bridge of Dee in the west, Milton of Buittle to the east and Little Knox to the south..

Lyrics for Spyrates – ‘Spys vs Pirates’

StageAbility helps children to build their confidence and self esteem by teaching acting and theatre skills so that students learn to rise to life’s challenges, even if they are really shy.

L’Orto degli Ananassi, which is based at the Teatro della Brigata, is an artistic collective led by Ilaria Di Luca and Andrea Gambuzza: actors, creators, who trained in some of the major European theater schools (Scuola del Teatro Stabile di Turin directed by Luca Ronconi and Ecole Internationale de Theater Jacques Lecoq of Paris).

The purpose of this meeting was to put the experiences gained through the different languages ​​and contexts explored, at the service of one’s own artistic project, with the intention of staging a theater that could be urgent and evocative.

“We like to tell stories that are usable on multiple levels and we believe that our main task is to excite and entertain, creating shows that keep spectators active: creating surprises, making what is happening as understandable as possible and above all, making the things happen.” (Andrea Gambuzza)

“We bring to the stage original dramaturgies developed as a result of investigative paths, that is documentation on the field and interviews with the direct protagonists of events related to the topic that we intend to deal with. We believe it is right to use words and images deriving from direct immersion in the meanders and flesh of the subject matter rather than articulate sophisticated opinions: our job is to make theater, not literature. ” (Ilaria Di Luca)

Thunk-It Theatre is a creative community organisation, passionate about connecting people, telling stories, and nurturing talent – no matter age or socio-economic background. Over the past year, Thunk-It has engaged over 100 participants, artists and creatives as well as an audience of over 1,000 people.

Thunk-It Theatre is passionate about engaging as many people as possible, to make the arts more accessible and inviting.

Bugthorpe Primary is a small primary school, located 4.5 miles from Stamford Bridge, with around 80 students from surrounding rural villages and areas. There is limited transport in this area and with the closest Arts Centre being in Pocklington, (7.6 miles away) there is a major gap in creative opportunities within the area that are accessible. The school already has a student-led drama group, who create and devise work themselves, showing an interest in developing their talent.

Thunk-It Theatre is a creative community organisation, passionate about connecting people, telling stories, and nurturing talent – no matter age or socio-economic background. Over the past year, Thunk-It has engaged over 100 participants, artists and creatives as well as an audience of over 1,000 people.

Thunk-It Theatre is passionate about engaging as many people as possible, to make the arts more accessible and inviting.

Pocklington Community Group will be open to any young people aged 6-11 in the surrounding areas. Pocklington is a central point for many local villages and connects them by bus terminal and therefore is a suitable place to provide an accessible and free opportunity, such as this.

We are a youth theatre company based on the Gold Coast offering weekly acting classes for currently ages 3 – 14. We are looking at running a production programme along side our workshop one next year and launching an older teens class and I believe some of the plays you are offer will be of great use. We are very interested in devising theatre and working collaboratively to create work.