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A festival of exciting and diverse performances, celebrating fresh local talent!
Theatre Venture presents a summer festival of theatre from its Stratford Circus
and community drama programme,
as part of Theatre Venture’s four day, Stratford & Canning Town theatre festival.
Tickets, times and venue details
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To The Lift *
A triple bill of inspiring new plays performed by students from
three Newham secondary schools
Kingsford Community School Students present:
“GOB”
A blistering, uproarious attack on fashion art and culture…
Selected scenes from a play by local writer Jim Kenworth.
Royal Docks Community School Students perform:
“Canning Town – The truth behind the name!”
Why go to the West End when you’ve got the East End?
A dynamic telling of local history!
Eastlea Community School Students premier:
“When Chaplin met Gandhi (in Canning Town!)”
Selected scenes from a new play written by Jim Kenworth.
To the Lift… is supported by the Royal Docks Trust and the London Borough of Newham.
5 Stories *
5 Stories presents an entertaining, inter-generational exploration of identity, food
and family; devised and performed by 5 very different local communities:
Act Up
Anchor House
Shpresa
The Royal Docks Learning & Activity Centre
YOCA (Youth of Creative Arts)
Produced by Theatre Venture, as part of the ‘7 Stories’ project
(seven community groups develop and share their work, over four years).
* The above shows are at the Lift Canning Town - Clarkson Road (opposite Canning Town Tube) E16 1ED
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Theatre Venture's Regular Drama Programme
Participants from Theatre Venture’s Stratford Circus drama programme
showcase their original and diverse work from the 2010 Summer Term
The Saturday Drama School Juniors
“An Ash-tastic Holiday”
It was just a typical school trip abroad…not if Iceland has anything to do with it!
The Saturday Drama School Seniors
“Destination Unknown”
Mad Scientists are trying to take over the world! But what happens when their
experiment falls into the hands of ordinary people?
Theatre Venture’s Youth Company
“AKA Romeo & Juliet”
A classic tale lives on in East London.
Adult Performance Ensemble
Ever wondered whom you’re sitting next to on the bus? Drawing on scenes from everyday life, meet the people behind those faces!
Drama for Adults with Learning Difficulties Group
“Dreams…”
Awake or asleep; an exploration into the world of dreams.
Theatre Venture’s drama programmes are run in partnership with Newham Adult Learning Services & Newham Integrated Youth Support Services.
These performances are all at Stratford Circus
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