Online Activities in May

For further details about the activities listed below, additional ways to get involved and pastoral care support available, please see information on Participate page.

Mondays

**Ends May 18th**

6:00pm-6:30pm – Video/Audio Chat Room Open 

6:30pm-8:30pm – Edge Two (Christopher & Julia)

Learn how to act for camera or radio! This Edge Two module is for ALL existing OETC participants regardless of previous acting experience, so come along and have some fun!

Tuesdays

6:00pm-6:30pm – Video/Audio Chat Room Open 

6:30pm-8:00pm – Theatre Club (Molly)

A friendly get-together to talk about the production we watched during the week. Share your opinions on the play and chat with the cast or creative team from the show. We will be joined by special Q&A  guests:

May 5th – Matthew Xia & Jennifer Jackson (Amsterdam)

May 12th – Charlotte Josephine (Romeo and Juliet)

May 19th – Vicky Featherstone (Cyprus Avenue)

May 26th – Jack Holden (What the Butler Saw)

June 2nd – TBA (The Unknown Island)

Wednesdays

3:00pm – Video/Audio Chat Room Opens

3:30pm – 5:30pm – Write Now (Sonya & Gemma)

5:30pm- 6:30pm – Video/Audio Chat Room Remains Open 

6:30pm-8:30pm – Drop-In Drama (Tunde & Julia)

Thursdays

12:00pm – Video/Audio Chat Room Opens

12:30pm-2:30pm – Women’s Drama Group (Gemma & Charon)

Female led, fun and free!  Weekly drama group specifically designed for women in any way affected by addiction to come together in a creative space, meet new people and support one another.

7:00pm – Virtual Theatre Trip

Each week the group votes on which free theatre production they want to watch online. The following Tuesday participants can attend Theatre Club and talk about the show with members of the cast and creative team. The schedule of online productions available in April are:

April 30th – Amsterdam (Actors Touring Theatre & Orange Tree Theatre – watch here)

7th May – Romeo and Juliet (RSC & BBC Culture in Quarantine – watch here)

14th May – Cyprus Avenue (The Royal Court – watch here)

21st May – What the Butler Saw (Curve Theatre – watch here)

28th May – The Unknown Island (Gate Theatre – watch here)

Fridays

12:30pm – Video/Audio Chat Room Opens

1:00pm-3:00pm – Peer-Led Check-in (Peer Mentors)

The chat room is open for participants to support each other or just meet up to chat about how they are feeling. Each week the participants decide what they will talk about depending on the needs of the group. Topics can range from recovery maintenance advice to bread making recipes! We encourage everyone to join in the conversation, but participants can also choose to hang out and just listen as others chat.

For more information about how to access our online activities, please see these FAQs.

If you are an existing OETC participant and have not received an email about how to access these activities, please get in touch at admin@edgetc.org or call 0207 371 8020 for more information. 

If you have not been to an OETC group before, then please register your interest here.