Projects & Residencies

Sixth Sense Theatre for Young People is committed to promoting access to, participation in and ownership of theatre by young people and as such welcomes the opportunity, where possible, to develop relationships with young peoples organisations in order to promote the benefits of theatre further to young people.  On this page you will find some recent examples...

Breakfast Lunch Dinner

In April 2008, six young people from the SMASH Youth Project (Swindon Mentoring & Self Help) performed a piece of theatre that they had written and developed with two of our practitioners. It was entitled "Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner" and told their various stories through dialogue and drama along with Dance and even song.  The performance was attended by teachers, parents and representatives from children's services.

Keeping Children Safe

What are the consequences of mobile phone bullying, walking home from a friends house late at night, talking to strangers on the internet, or not telling a parent where you're going after school?  Two of our actors recently delivered the 'Keeping Children Safe' project to our partner schools in Swindon during Drama Focus Week (October 2007) to provide drama as a learning resource for personal development to students in Yr 5 & 6.  The schools that participated include: Commonweal, Lethbridge, Even Swindon, St Lukes & Robert Le Kyng.

Building Planets

The idea was to engage local school children with the New National Trust headquarters building in Heelis so as to raise awareness of environmental conservation, and to encourage schools to monitor and improve their environmental performance...it appears the project has worked!!

A selection of schools in Swindon were invited to see our actors Annabel Field and Mark Bodicoat perform a play at the National Trust Building about the environmental challenges faced today.  The young people were then taken on a tour of the National Trust building by the actors, carrying out certain related activities on the way to help identify ways of combating problems such as carbon pollution, deforestation, recycling and energy efficiency.   

Why the National Trust Headquarters?  Simple!  Sustainablility is a key issue in the National Trust's philosophy.  For example, the building takes daylighting and natural ventalation of offices in a new direction and demonstrates how a building can funtion cost- effectively.

Click here to find out what the Swindon Advertiser had to say about Building Planets.

Coleshill Drama Project

Students from Uplands and Coleshill School involved in the Drama Project were invited to Coleshill Farm to learn about Colehills' history, and discover why it is such an interesting place.  The schools' used some of the history, atmosphere and stories surrounding Coleshill to base a play upon, which was performed to families and friends in July 07.