We did it! Our upcoming project, Silent Approach – on which we’ll be collaborating with mental health organisation S.I.S Strength in Struggles – has achieved its crowdfunding target on Spacehive. This means that work can now begin on bringing it to life!
Our heartfelt thanks go out to all the wonderful people and organisations who donated in support of this really exciting project.
Silent Approach is a play based on the true story of Rebecca House, the founder of S.I.S and a former police officer who was sectioned under the mental health act. It explores the treatment of – and attitude towards – those in mental health crisis, and makes a powerful case for empathy and reform.
We’ll be touring Lancashire and Greater Manchester this autumn, so please watch this space for creative team and cast announcements, tour dates and much more! You’ll find all information and updates via the project’s dedicated Linktree:
It’s been a pleasure and an honour to have been able to bring this piece to the Martin Harris Centre in Manchester and the Octagon Theatre in Bolton!
In Manchester, our main point of contact was the wonderful Alex Shaw, who looked after us beautifully and helped us to manage preparations extremely efficiently! Huge thanks also to the fantastic Megan Kerry, Tom Pearce, Jonny Brown, Adam Wilson and the rest of the Martin Harris team for their support.
Alex Joynes, the Octagon’s wonderful Adult and Communities Lead, was our rock throughout the Bolton leg of the project – and the fantastic Endeavour team members were the engine driving us forward, offering endless positivity and accessing financial support on our behalf.
Our accessibility resources were provided by the glorious and super-creative audio describers from Hear the Picture and the flawless BSL interpretation services of Samantha Green, booked through Bolton Deaf Society.
Also massive thanks to University of Bolton‘s filmmaking course… more news on this further down the line!
And, of course, we couldn’t possibly sign off without a glowing mention of our core team. The tireless and inspired director/stage manager team composed of Helen Parry and Sabine Sulmeistere worked wonders, and our wildly talented actors Leah Eddleston, Alexi Papadopoulos, Daniel McKeown and Joe Clegg Prada (a double-contributor, due to his wizardry as a producer) brought writer Caroline Lamb‘s words to life in such a wonderful way, time and time again.
We’ll be back, no doubt about that! For now, take a look at another planned project we have in the pipeline – Silent Approach.
Rehearsals are well underway for our upcoming production of On Me on the Greater Manchester Fringe!
The piece will be playing at the Seven Oaks – an antique boozer on the edge of Manchester’s China Town – in the venue’s transformed upstairs space from 27th – 30th July as part of the Greater Manchester Fringe festival.
This vital new piece of theatre tackles themes of sexual assault, gender-based violence and female safety, following Shona and Christian – two actors performing troubling scenes for a true crime documentary series. As the pair develop an undeniable attraction to one other, unsavoury questions hang unanswered in the air.
Directed by Helen Parry, On Me focuses on the challenges of being a role model, ally, spontaneous romantic and potential victim all at once when chasing love in the post #metoo era.
Due to its challenging themes, the piece comes with 15+ age guidance and a content warning for sexual assault/r*pe, domestic violence, stalking and murder.
The run will include a matinee on Wednesday 27th July at 3pm and a BSL interpreted performance on the evening of Thursday 28th July. Evening performances will all begin at 7.30pm.
We thought we’d share these lovely things with you. We’re dead chuffed with them!
We’re well into rehearsals now, and the production is shaping up to be a corker! Seats are limited for our performances in Salford (4th – 7 November) and Haworth (14th November), so you’d best CLICK HERE to get booking your tickets! We wouldn’t want you to miss it!
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