Archive for October, 2010
Ellie’s Story
Posted on: Thursday, October 21st, 2010
“Ellie’s Story” is a play which has been written for DIY by Aelish Michael as part of our recent “In Other Words” project. Now we are planning to tour “Ellie’s Story” to schools across Greater Manchester. We’ve received funding from AGMA and Arts Council (Grants for the Arts) towards the tour. During the Autumn we [...]
Friday Group
Posted on: Thursday, October 21st, 2010
The Friday Group has worked with Chantal Oakes to design some colourful publicity folders. We can now use these to present information about DIY and our plays past and present. The Friday Group has also come up with some great ideas for new DIY T-shirts. This includes adding a person in a wheelchair to the [...]
Arts Award Training: 12th October at The Angel
Posted on: Thursday, October 21st, 2010
DIY will be running another training day for people who want to use Arts Award in working with young people with learning difficulties. The Arts Award Adviser Training day will take place on Tuesday 12th October at the Angel Centre. For more information about the Arts Award or to book a place on the training [...]
DIY Drop In
Posted on: Thursday, October 21st, 2010
There has been a great demand for DIY’s activities, and lots of people have told us they are interested in doing more drama. Thanks to support from the Booth Charities, DIY will be running a series of monthly taster sessions for people interested in DIY and in drama. Dates coming up – January 19th 2012, [...]
In Other Words
Posted on: Friday, October 15th, 2010
Two plays for the price of one. “In Other Words” showed excerpts from DIY’s first experience of working with professional writers.
Doing it… our way
Posted on: Thursday, October 14th, 2010
This exhibition explores the history and working methods of DIY Theatre Company as documented by professional photographer Nigel Hillier. The photos are a snapshot of the exciting work done by DIY since 1994.
Platform 1
Posted on: Thursday, October 14th, 2010
The next company to arrive at Platform 1 will be DIY Theatre Company from Salford calling at a venue near you.
Strange Capers
Posted on: Thursday, October 14th, 2010
DIY takes you on a journey of words and images to experience Shakespeare as you’ve never seen him before.
Back to the Future
Posted on: Thursday, October 14th, 2010
DIY crash their way through time to see just what the future holds…
Person 2 Person
Posted on: Thursday, October 14th, 2010
Danny and Louise meet in a day centre and fall in love. Will their families tear them apart?