June Newsletter Last month was exciting for Outside Edge! We announced our new Chair of the Board of Trustees and started work on a brilliant nation-wide partnership project to celebrate Overdose Awareness Day. We also moved to two exciting new venues for our West London Write Now group (now hosted by Chelsea Theatre)
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We won! The CHWA Collective Power Award
The Cultural Health & Wellbeing Alliance 2021 Awards Ceremony was held on April 23rd and was co-hosted by Esmé Ward (CHWA Chair and Director, Manchester Museum) and the CHWA 2021 Judges. Outside Edge was thrilled to be named as winner of the Collective Power Category from a shortlist of seven fantastic
May Newsletter
It was an exciting April for Outside Edge! We started a new East London Drop-in Drama Group at Brady Arts Centre, Edge Two returned for the first week of their new module and we had our first guest blog written by the Artistic Director of Arizona Theatre Company, Sean Daniels. We also won an award! That’s right,
Outside Edge Theatre Company announces Tom Robertson will be the next Chair of the Board of Trustees
Outside Edge Theatre Company (OETC), the UK’s only theatre company and participatory arts charity focused on addiction, today announces that Tom Robertson will be the award-winning organisation’s next Chair of the Board of Trustees. Following the news earlier this year that current Chair, Pippa Campbell, will step down in summer 2021, the Board of Trustees and
Our first Guest Blog!
Our first guest blog comes all the way from across the pond! Sean Daniels is a writer, director and the Artistic Director of Arizona Theatre Company. He was a NyTimes Critics pick for the Off-Broadway run of his autobiographical play about addiction 'The White Chip'. His guest blog features his
April Newsletter
We’ve had a busy March at Outside Edge. Last month we enjoyed not one, but two brilliant performances from Edge Two and The Company. ‘Illusions’ was a culmination of Edge Two’s most recent module focused on the work of two renowned theatre practitioners, Augusto Boal and Keith Johnstone. The Company worked with director Hannah Hauer-King
Book Now for ‘Never Be Lonely’
During the first lockdown, a group in West London came together to form the Anti-Loneliness Club. Their mission was to do whatever was required to ward off mid-pandemic loneliness.The Club is now throwing open its doors (virtually of course!) all in the name of fun to present their first variety
March Newsletter
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
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