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Autumn 2011
Posted on: Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
“Sycamore” DIY has been commissioned by Salford Community Leisure Limited to create a short theatre piece as part of the re-launch of the Irwell Sculpture Trail. We are working on ideas inspired by the “Seed” sculpture designed by Andrew McKeown, which is sited close to the Angel Centre, outside St Philip’s Church. The sculpture [...]
Annual General Meeting.
Posted on: Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
DIY Theatre Company will be holding an AGM on 27/09/2011 at the Angel Centre Salford. All members, supporters , friends and family are welcome. Please arrive for a 1pm start. Refreshments will be available at 2.30pm. We look forward to seeing you there.
DIY – Summer 2011
Posted on: Friday, July 22nd, 2011
“Ellie’s Story” tour comes to an end…….. DIY ‘s tour of schools across all ten Greater Manchester Authorities culminated in a special performance and exhibition event which took place at The Angel Centre on Tuesday 5th July. Feedback to our tour of performances and workshops has been fantastic: “Both staff and students were very impressed [...]
Exhibition and Performance of ‘Ellie’s Story’
Posted on: Friday, May 27th, 2011
DIY Theatre Company has been busy during the spring and summer touring ‘Ellie’s Story’ to schools across Greater Manchester. Thanks to the generosity of AGMA we are delighted to be able to invite you to an exhibition of work created by DIY members and the young people we have been working with during the tour. [...]
DIY News – Spring 2011
Posted on: Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
The DIY Theatre news round-up for Spring 2011. Includes: Ellies Story, DIY Drop In, New DIY Administrator, Lancasterian School, Arts Award Adviser Training, Gold Top Up Adviser Training, Bronze/ Silver Adviser Training.
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, [...]
Special Performance: Thursday 30th September
Posted on: Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
We will be performing a section from “Ellie’s Story” at the Open Partnership Board Meeting (Learning Difficulties) at the Masonic Hall, Swinton on Thursday 30th September.