Young People's Participatory
Theatre Project 2008
Link to the Arts Council YPPT page Swamp Circus Trust's Youth Circus Project is a new venture aiming to:
- establish 3 parallel and connected Youth Circus Groups in Rotherham, York and Nottingham.
- sustain the Youth Circus Groups for three years, providing high quality training and increasing participants' opportunities for a career in the Arts.
- provide additional related taster sessions and summer schools, to help with engagement and reach more people.
- develop apprenticeships to engage young adults in the delivering of circus activities to young people in their community. Apprentices would support Swamp tutors in delivering the Youth Circus Groups, as well as volunteering with other Swamp activities.
The phase of funding for this project ended at the end of October 2008. We are in the Report and Evaluation phase at the moment. We ran all three workshops and held a performance of Miss Sarajevo on October 29th 2008 at the Studio Theatre of Rotherham College of Arts and Techology invloving participants from the Rotherham and Nottingham groups of the project.
We are continuing with Rotherham Youth Circus
Rotherham Youth Circus
Currently running.
We currently have a youth circus workshop running in Rotherham: cost
£2 per person per week. For 8 -16 year olds.
When: Every Wednesday night (during school term time), 6pm - 8pm.
Where: Unity Centre, St Leonards Rd, Rotherham, S65 1PS
Please contact our office to sign up or for more details - 01709 828
477.
For information on Urban Circus in Nottingham Contact: Jay Linn Email: urbancircus@jay-linn.co.uk