This year Creativity and Wellbeing Week and Mental Health Awareness Week occurred simultaneously May 18-22. Everything we do at Outside Edge celebrates the shared goals of these two campaigns, so we thought it might be good to capture how we used creativity to improve people's wellbeing and mental health over the
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New Participants Welcome to Join OETC’s Online Creative Activities
At OETC we truly believe in the old saying, the MORE the MERRIER! We have been working hard to find a way to accept new participants to our free introductory drop-in groups and are pleased to announce that we are now accepting new participants into Write Now and Drop-in Drama. And for the first time, you don’t have to be in London (or even
Totally Addicted To You
This collection of writing explores themes inspired by the title 'Totally Addicted To You'. Scripts written by the playwrights of Write Now and curated by Sonya Hale and Gemma Rogers. Something Contemporaneous By Ian Sturrock Today felt like the end of the world, at least I wish that it was. I’m in the
Phil Fox Award Prize and Eligibility Criteria Announced
Outside Edge Theatre Company announces prize and eligibility criteria for the 2020 Phil Fox Award for Playwriting. KEY POINTS The winning script will receive a £6,000 commission and mentorship by Enda Walsh. Original scripts about issues related to addiction will be accepted from March 16th to June 16th. Playwrights with all
SEE ME NOW Production Photos
Check out these incredible production photos from The Company's recent performance of SEE ME NOW, a play about (in)visibility and the art of seeing. Directed by Stewart Melton. For more information on the production, see http://edgetc.org/see-me-now/. Photo credit: Ali Wright.
Outside Edge Wins a 2020 Hearts for the Arts Award for Best Arts Project (Arts, Health and Wellbeing)!
THE ART OF SHOWING HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM AND WESTMINSTER AND KENSINGTON & CHELSEA SOME LOCAL LOVE ON VALENTINES DAY Hammersmith & Fulham and Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea’s Outside Edge Theatre Company wins ‘Best Arts Project – Arts, Health and Wellbeing’ in the Hearts for the Arts Awards 2020 Judged
SEE ME NOW
Think about a time when you've felt invisible, unheard, unseen. This performance is about more than just watching, it is about the art of seeing. If you allow yourself to see things differently, can you be changed by what you've witnessed? The Company bring ten stories of (in)visibility to your eyes. SEE ME
Judges and funding announced for The Phil Fox Award
Outside Edge Theatre Company, which is the UK’s only theatre company and participatory arts charity focused on addiction, is pleased to announce that Simon Stephens, Barbara Broccoli OBE, Matt Applewhite and Sonya Hale will join Enda Walsh as judges for the inaugural Phil Fox Award for Playwriting. The Carne Trust
We’ve been shortlisted for a Hearts for the Arts Award!
We're very pleased to announce that Outside Edge Theatre Company and our West London commissioners (Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea) have been shortlisted for a Hearts for the Arts Award for Best Arts Project - Arts, Health and Wellbeing! Organised by the National Campaign For the Arts, the
Addict by Johnathon Thomas
Over the last few months, our Write Now group have been working with Sonya Hale to explore the theme of 'Addiction in This Country'. They've worked on creating time, atmosphere and place, generating characters and writing obstacles and objectives within scenes. We would like to share with you a monologue