YOUTH TROUPES COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES
East London Youth Troupe for 7-11 year-olds
Starting January 2025
We are delighted to be running our first project in Tower Hamlets in partnership with Queen Mary University.
This will take place 4-5.30pm on Wednesdays from 29th January at
Queen Mary University London (QMUL), Mile End Road, E1 4NS
Travel to and from school/home is provided within Tower Hamlets
We are currently recruiting for our programme beginning in the new year and are accepting referrals for children in Year 3-6*.. We accept referrals from:
- Mainstream schools and alternative education providers
- Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (Tiers 3&4)
- Tower Hamlets children’s services teams including safeguarding, Early Help, looked after team
Referrals can be accepted from parents, but we ask for a professional to support the referral.
*children from Year 2, and have turned 7 or in Year 7 are considered on a case-by-case basis
Southwark Youth Troupe (10-12; 13-18)
Southwark Youth Troupe is currently on hold, but we’re hoping to be able to start again in the near future. If you have a child in mind for this project, or have any other enquiries, please contact emily@theatretroupe.org. We are operating a waiting list for when we can start up again.
OUR OTHER WORK
SCHOOLS TROUPES
St Francis Primary School
Between May and October 2024, we worked with the wonderful St Francis Primary school in Peckham, Southwark, offering targeted support for individuals who have complex needs during the school day and an after-school club. We are very much hoping to commence our work in January 2025.
Enquiries from primary and secondary schools interested in working with Theatre Troupe in a school setting, please contact emily@theatretroupe.org
ATTUNE RESEARCH PROJECT
ATTUNE is a major project led by Oxford and Falmouth Universities and funded by the UK Research Council. Its remit is to explore the service needs of young people in England with Adverse Childhood Experiences through an arts-focused methodology. In Phase one, young people from settings across the country used dance, animation, zines and other art forms to give their opinions and voices about the mental health interventions they receive and what they want from the professionals who treat them. Theatre Troupe created a short play interpreting the research findings from Phase One, designed as an interactive training tool for mental health and education professionals and performed by two neurodivergent actors.
More Than Just Survive had its premiere in April 2024. We are hoping that it will be performed in Falmouth and to tour to health settings in 2025. If you’re interested in this interactive training model for your team, please get in touch.