Professional
Theatre
Sixth Sense Theatre
for Young People is a professional theatre company prioritising
work with young people. It promotes theatre and helps young
people explore issues that are important to them.
Each year, Sixth Sense produces both issue-based and creative
theatre productions and performs in schools, theatres and
arts centres in Swindon and the South West region. These productions
are supported by additional young people-led work, workshops,
training sessions and other additional production projects.
Forthcoming
productions...
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FIRST
THE WORST, SECOND THE BEST: A new theatre experience
for children exploring their relationships with sport.
A perfect introduction to the opportunities of London 2012.
29th
Jan- 28th March 2009
Locker
room culture, sprained ankles, PE kit, smashed windows and
scoring goals.this new production uses music, theatre, and
movement to explore everyday scenarios that children face
when they play games and participate in sports, whether it's
being a sports hero, a great team player or a reluctant participant.
This carefully crafted story follows our three characters
as they prepare for sports day- each with a different agenda.
First
the Worst, Second the Best
is a hilarious exploration of what sport means to children,
why it is great and terrifying, exciting and awful! The show
aims to help young audiences explore what relationship they
want with sport.
Opportunities
and the National Curriculum
First
the Worst, Second the Best explores the relationship between
sport and the individual in a fun, creative and accessible
way designed specifically for KS2 pupils. The focus
on physical education and the critical part it plays in the
social and personal development of young people is a current
focus both in the media, the National Curriculum and The Healthy
Schools Programme.
Teaching
Resources
- Free invitation to open rehearsal
- Free optional talk out workshop for audiences (30
mins)
- Free cross- curricular interactive teachers' support
pack and DVD Rom with presentations
and additional visual activities
- Free educational games website for the young people
to use
- Telephone support on best practice
- Additional optional workshops available (cost £80+
mileage, 60 mins for one class)
Performance
Requirements
- 1 hr running time
- Maximum audience 180 (pre- requisite quality issue)
- 5m (width) x 4m (deep) x 3.5m (height) performing
space
- Uninterrupted and clear use of school hall for getting
in and out of performance
- The best possible blackout
- Access to powerpoints within the hall
- Access to changing facilities
- A signed and returned letter of agreement
Cost
- Schools and Community groups: £395.00
per performance
- Public Venues: £480.00 per performance
(please note that, whilst we encourage multiple bookings,
there is no further subsidy available- actual cost £800).
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KER-CHING!
A new theatre experience for young people exploring the fascinating
world of money.
23rd
Feb- 28th March 2009
An incisive, informative,
hilarious and challenging play which helps young people look
at the role of money in their lives- where does it come from,
how powerful is it, how does it affect the world?
Using music, movement,
comedy and dance, the play aims to inform, entertain and empower
young people as they face today's dilemmas: branded
trainers, paper rounds, music downloads, clubbing, pocket
money, bus fares, student loans.
Ker-Ching! has brought
some of the countries leading theatre practitioners to do
the business, seal the deal and show us the money!
The project is supported
by Flux, a local strategic development inititiative managed
by Artsmad and driven by Swindon Borough Council Arts Services
and Arts Council England.
Opportunities
and the National Curriculum
The National Curriculum
has placed an ever- growing emphasis on young people's use
and understanding of money, particularily in personal, social,
health and economic education & citizenship in KS3 &
4.
Ker-Ching! will offer young audiences
the opportunity to consider the significance and value of
money in their lives in a creative and informative way.
Each school that books the performance will also receive a
comprehensive interactive DVD Rom that will present different
lesson plans relating to KS3 & 4 citizenship (economic,
wellbeing & financial capacity), and will benefit from:
- Free invitation to open rehearsal
- Free talk out workshop for audience
- Free production- related website for the young people
to use
- Telephone support & advice on best practice
- Additional optional workshops available
Performance Requirements
- Performance: 1 hour running time, Free optional
workshop: 30 mins
- Maximum audience: 60 (pre-requisite quality issue)
- 9m x 9m performing space
- Uninterrupted and clear use if school hall for getting
in & out of performance
- The best blackout possible
- Access to PowerPoints within the hall
- A signed and returned letter of agreement
Costs
- Schools & Community Groups: Each school/
community group will receive 2 shows in one
day @ £200 per show.
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