wolf + water arts company

[center]get changed theatre company in assosiation with wolf + water arts co

invite you to

“the strange & extraordinary case of the circus of dreams”

a circus tale of murder, intrigue & the brooding easy listening horror of daniel o’donnell & his schemes to take over the world

come & join us at the circus where your dreams…& your nightmares…really can come true
at

the octagon theatre, okehampton college, mill road, okehampton, devon
EX20 1PW

friday 22nd february at 7.30 pm

Barnstaple. Friday 21st December, 7.30 pm & Saturday 22nd December, 2pm

Wolf + Water & Many Directions theatre company present an unseasonal Parisian tale of violence, romance & conjuring tricks

A three day training course on using music & drama with people with learning difficulties.

Comprising of four groups of adults with learning difficulties that take place on a weekly basis across North Devon

During 2003 we were invited by a group of adults with learning difficulties to come & help them make a video about the government’s “Valuing People” white paper, which is the document which sets out how people with learning difficulties should be treated by the services that serve them & society in general.

Following on from our “Valuing People Team” film, this project has been training up 5 adults with learning difficulties to work with community organisations (such as the Police & Doctors) & businesses on awareness around the issues involved in the Valuing People Paper

Regular weekly sessions with two groups of children with profound & multiple disabilities, using a multi sensory approach to interactive drama work.

A welcome return to this bunch of twenty 8 – 15 year olds with learning difficulties to combine them with a great group of twenty 9 year olds to create a huge outdoor multi media public performance on the theme of bravery involving giant puppets, dragons & …biscuits.

A test of strength

Devised with the bideford “chapter” of many directions theatre co., this was an interactive theatre show designed to help people with learning difficulties and service providers work together to improve access and inclusion in the community. it visited community resource centres & arts venues across devon & was also performed for the learning disability partnership board.

(2001 - Highbridge House Community Resource Centre, Plough Arts Centre Adult Drama Group, Abbey Gateway Club Barnstaple, Marland School for Children with emotional & behavioural difficulties,& North Devon College)

This was one of our biggest productions to date. Inspired by seven large figurative paintings by Wolf + Water’s Peter Stiles depicting the arrival, miracles & subsequent departure of a North Devon saint, the show brought together over 30 performers to create two interpretations of the story that were performed to sell out audiences.