Following the government’s announcement on the evening of January 4th, we know that many in our community have questions about how they will continue to connect with Outside Edge during the next month. At this point, we can confirm that all of our activities, including blended sessions, will go ahead as
Blog
January Newsletter
Happy New Year and welcome to 2021 at Outside Edge!! We’ve taken some much needed rest over the past couple of weeks, because (as you’ll see below) last month was full of excitement with our Volunteer Peer Facilitators winning an award from the Mayor of London, our incredible Christmas Party
December Newsletter
December Newsletter This will be our last newsletter for 2020 and what a year we have had at Outside Edge: we held the inaugural Phil Fox Award for Playwriting and crowned our winner, introduced five new groups (Peer-led Check-in, Theatre Club, Moving Recovery, Women’s Drama Group and South London Drop-in Drama), delivered 290 workshops, provided 24 free taster sessions to
OUTSIDE EDGE THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCES THE WINNER OF THE 2020 PHIL FOX PLAYWRITING AWARD
Outside Edge Theatre Company (OETC), the UK’s only theatre company and participatory arts charity focused on addiction, today announces Silas Parry as the winner of the inaugural Phil Fox Playwriting Award, with his magic realist script Lessons For Diving. Parry will receive a £6,000commission and mentorship from chair of the
November Newsletter
Last month, we started Blended Service Delivery, which allowed Outside Edge service users to participate in four of our weekly recovery maintenance support sessions either on Zoom or in-person. Following the government’s announcement over the weekend, we know that many in our community have questions about how they will continue to connect
COVID-19 UPDATE
Last month, we started Blended Service Delivery, which allowed Outside Edge service users to participate in four of our weekly recovery maintenance support sessions either on Zoom or in-person. Following the government’s announcement over the weekend, we know that many in our community have questions about how they will continue
Announcing the Phil Fox Award Finalists…
We are thrilled to announce our inaugural Phil Fox Award finalists... Boomerang by Jack Stanley Drift by Kristian Phillips Lessons for Diving by Silas Parry Pushing on Open Doors by Sarah Connors What’s Lost in the Gaps by Jack Robson A huge congratulations to all five amazing playwrights. Want to get to know them and their scripts better? Watch them introduce
Announcing the Shortlist for the Phil Fox Award for Playwriting
We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the inaugural Phil Fox Award for Playwriting! Thank you to everyone who submitted, we were thrilled to receive so many outstanding scripts. Congratulations to the twenty one plays shortlisted…
Write Now October Sharing – ‘No Matter What’
Our Write Now playwrights presented a fantastic sharing of their original work in a rehearsed reading entitled ‘No Matter What’ on Wednesday, October 7th. Pieces were curated by Sonya Hale (Playwright and Associate Facilitator) & Gemma Rogers (Facilitator & Applied Theatre Practitioner).
Creativity and Wellbeing Week & Mental Health Awareness Week
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