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
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
Outside Edge’s Festive Friday!
Christmas is nearly here and after the year of 2020 we deserve some celebration! From 3pm-5pm on Friday 18th December we’ll be hosting a virtual Christmas Party on Zoom. Expect nothing but fun, games and festive spirit. Those who confirmed their attendance in advance will be receiving an extra special Outside Edge Christmas hamper with a few
Mayor of London Volunteering Award
A huge congratulations to our Volunteer Peer Facilitators for winning in the 'Delivering Differently' category at this year's Mayor of London Volunteering Awards! This category recognised volunteering that supported organisational changes necessary to deliver services differently, to ensure vital support continued to be delivered during the crisis. This included more digital/online
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 mourns the passing of Sonya Hale
Outside Edge Theatre Company is deeply saddened to hear of the death of Sonya Hale after a long battle with cancer. Sonya was our much-loved Associate Theatre Facilitator and Write Now facilitator. Sonya first participated with Outside Edge ten years ago when we toured a production to a drug and alcohol