SAVS Quarterly Newsletter Apr-Jun 19
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N-ACT THEATRE IN SCHOOLS COMPANY<br />
We are N-Act Theatre in Schools<br />
Company, a Southend based notfor-profit<br />
company. We deliver<br />
interactive theatre projects<br />
with the aim of keeping our<br />
young people physically safe and<br />
mentally healthy.<br />
Since we started in 2017, we<br />
have been very busy touring<br />
our productions for primary<br />
and secondary schools, youth<br />
centres and community venues.<br />
We perform in Southend, Essex,<br />
London and abroad! We now<br />
have three productions: ‘Linked’<br />
is a play about internet safety’<br />
‘Friend’ is a play about knife<br />
and gang crime and the choices<br />
we make; and our most recent<br />
production, ‘Invisible’, touches<br />
on the very topical theme of<br />
mental health. We are fortunate<br />
to have received funding for our<br />
projects from the Arts Council,<br />
Southend and Essex Councils and<br />
Essex Community Foundation.<br />
Thanks to Gemma and the <strong>SAVS</strong><br />
team for helping us to source our<br />
much-needed funding!<br />
Young people drive and influence<br />
our work through involvement in<br />
drama activities and workshops<br />
which in turn contribute<br />
fresh and relevant ideas and<br />
experiences to our original<br />
scripts. We work with 5/6 schools<br />
per project to contribute to<br />
the content and to give young<br />
people a voice. The content<br />
of the plays also comes from<br />
working with N-Act’s growing<br />
list of educational, business,<br />
theatre/artistic and local<br />
authority partners. This means<br />
our productions are relevant<br />
and up-to-date to engage young<br />
people and encourage thought<br />
and action.<br />
In total we have delivered over<br />
115 performances, to 15,000<br />
people, and have increased our<br />
school/community audiences to<br />
45 unique venues. 99% of schools<br />
continue to re-book us.<br />
In July 20<strong>19</strong>, we are hosting<br />
the new ‘Theatre Stage’ at<br />
The Village Green. We are<br />
also delivering performance<br />
workshops for the Next<br />
Generation day on July 12th.<br />
<strong>Jun</strong>e – July 20<strong>19</strong> also sees us<br />
using our productions as the basis<br />
for mental health staff training<br />
events and parents’ evenings.<br />
Sir David Amess about ‘Friend’:<br />
“An absolutely brilliant play<br />
which was so relevant…<br />
youngsters aren’t going to listen<br />
to teachers and politicians but<br />
they may listen to organisations<br />
such as yourselves.”<br />
“Sharon and the wonderfully<br />
creative N-Act team explore<br />
some tough topics that empower<br />
children to help themselves stay<br />
mentally well and physically<br />
safe. I couldn’t recommend<br />
them highly enough.” Jane Banks<br />
Deputy Head - Pastoral Care,<br />
Thorpe Hall School.<br />
www.savs-southend.org | info@savs-southend.co.uk | 01702 356 000<br />
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