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
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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
Outside Edge’s 2018/19 Annual Report is now available
Outside Edge Theatre Company's Annual Report 2018/19 Last year, Outside Edge delivered 228 free drama workshops with 1,120 attendances by 276 participants affected by addiction. Our productions were seen by 568 audience members across 12 performances. If you would like to learn more about our activities, hear more about our impact and discover
Outside Edge announces a new script competition – the Phil Fox Award for Playwriting!
The Phil Fox Award for Playwriting In celebration of Outside Edge Theatre Company's 20th Anniversary, Artistic Director Matt Steinberg announced an exciting new initiative in honour of OETC’s founder: the Phil Fox Award for Playwriting. Launching next year, this national competition will invite playwrights to submit scripts about issues related to
Join us for our 20th Birthday Party – Friday 1st November!
Outside Edge is turning 20 and you're invited! Join us as we celebrate 20 years of Outside Edge at Troubadour Theatre (White City) on the evening of Friday 1st November 2019. We hope to see you there!
Outside Edge at the BBC!
Outside Edge were invited to join the Sunday Morning Live team (BBC 1) as part of a conversation about the recent drug and alcohol statistics to come out of Scotland. The Company performed an extract from Check-In Check-Out and answered questions about how their involvement with Outside Edge had affected
Recovery Fest – H&F ArtsFest
RECOVERY FEST We will be joining H&F ArtsFest in Celebrating Diversity, Inclusion, Creativity and Community, with our very own Recovery Fest on Saturday 8th June. There is lots to see and get involved with, as we celebrate our local recovery community. Completely free, come along and join in the fun. Everyone is welcome! From the court house to a crack den,
‘Check-out’ The Company’s new documentary short.
This short documentary film follows The Company as they prepare for their performance of 'Check-In Check-Out' at the VAULT Festival earlier this year. We are so pleased to be able to share this beautifully crafted behind the scenes look at the work created by The Company. The film was produced by Science
Outside Edge co-produces chemsex play TUMULUS Off-West End at Soho Theatre
Award-winning “chilling queer noir” TUMULUS transfers to Soho Theatre! Ian Hallard and Ciarán Owens Ian Hallard (The Boys in the Band, Vaudeville and Park Theatre) and Ciarán Owens (Candide, RSC) are to star in the transfer to Soho Theatre of Christopher Adams’s play, TUMULUS, a fast-paced noir-style murder mystery thriller set against