We’ve had an exciting February at Outside Edge. Last month saw our South London Drop-in Drama group start operating with blended delivery, Theatre Club was jam-packed with fantastic industry guests from shows such as: Fragments (Beckett by Brook), The Cost of Living (DV8), The Poltergeist (Southwark Playhouse) and Uncle Vanya (Harold Pinter
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Outside Edge is recruiting our next Chair of the Board of Trustees
Outside Edge Theatre Company, which is the UK’s only theatre company and participatory arts charity focused on addiction, is recruiting our next Chair of the Board of Trustees. For the past 21 years we have created theatre productions about issues related to addiction and offered free drama activities to help people
Edge Two Presents: This square, That square
Our Edge Two performers have devised an innovative performance recorded from both the rehearsal room and Zoom! 'This square, That square' was inspired by the performers’ own experiences of the world today, was developed by the group and is now available to share with you. Congratulations Edge Two on your
Write Now – Living Records Festival
The playwrights of Write Now have created a collection of work that is premiering at the Living Record Festival (17th Jan until 22nd Feb). So you still have time to watch and support our participants! Living Record Festival is a month-long digital art festival curating and presenting original pieces from a range of art forms
February Newsletter
It’s been an explosive start to the year at Outside Edge. All our groups are now back up and running regularly after the Christmas break and we have some new and exciting projects getting underway! The Company have started their new project with with Hannah Hauer-King (Artistic Director of Damsel Productions) and Edge Two have started
Covid-19 Update (January 2021)
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
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