While we welcome the lifting of restrictions announced by the Government in July, the safety and wellbeing of Outside Edge staff and Service Users is always at the forefront of our decisions. Outside Edge has therefore implemented measures to build confidence and a sense of safety for both our staff
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OUTSIDE EDGE THEATRE COMPANY TO WORKSHOP PHIL FOX AWARD-WINNING PLAY
Outside Edge Theatre Company (OETC) today announce workshops for the 2020 Phil Fox Award-winning play Lessons for Diving by Silas Parry, and two finalist productions, Boomerang by Jack Stanley and Drift by Kristian Phillips which were awarded Special Commendations by the judging panel. Lessons for Diving by Silas Parry, directed by
SAVE THE DATE: East London BBQ!
Join us on Saturday 24th July to help Outside Edge celebrate the launch of TWO new groups in Tower Hamlets. Friends of OETC, participants, supporters and performers (old and new) are all welcome to attend. We will have a BBQ and a chance to mingle with one another and (in true OETC
We’ve been shortlisted for a Link Worker Day 2021 Award!
We’ve been shortlisted for a Link Worker Day 2021 Award! Outside Edge has been shortlisted for this year’s #LinkWorkerDay2021Awards in the Community Group of the Year category. The 3rd Annual UK Social Prescribing Link Worker Day celebrates and showcases Social Prescribing Link Workers’ impact and role in creatively disrupting inequalities and powering up integrated
July Newsletter
July Newsletter With more people returning to our spaces for in-person activities, last month was a blast! We had a sharing from our fantastic Edge Two group, found ourselves listed in The Daily Mirror as they highlighted 1,000 acts of kindness during the pandemic and were shortlisted for Community Group of the Year
East London Write Now – Coming Soon!
Outside Edge are thrilled to announce that we have a new Write Now group starting in… East London! That’s right, we’re expanding to make sure we can provide workshops across London so that we can engage with more people in recovery. If traveling across the city has been one of the
June Newsletter
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)
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,
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