Our Outreach Department at the Coliseum has recently undertaken a project in partnership with Remploy to use drama techniques to increase participants’ employability. Our drama activities are designed to develop the confidence of the project's partcipants, take them out of their comfort zone and challenge them both physically and psychologically. These included learning stage directions, understanding voice projection and vocal techniques, improvisation as well as actually learning lines from the John Godber play Teechers.
The participants were all unemployed, lacking motivation, money and confidence but were willing to challenge themselves to better their future. The group came from a range of backgrounds with a variety of different experiences of trying to gain employment.
At the end of the project the group performed an extract from Teechers in front of students from Huddersfield University who evaluated the success of the project and Remploy staff. The participants left with a great variety of new skills and had fun while gaining them.
Back to the main stage, Deathtrap has been open for a week now (where does the time go?) and the audience response has been fantastic. As with any play, you never quite know how the audience will react but seeing the audience’s reactions as they watch Deathtrap is a great experience. On a few occasions the twists and shocks have made people literally jump out of their seats. If you haven’t already seen it, I’m sure many of your friends and family who have are dying to talk to you about it but can’t let slip any of the plot for fear of spoiling it for you. Come along and find out what happens for yourself.
See you at the theatre.
Kevin Shaw
Artistic Director
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