By Little Actors Theatre Company
Little Actors Theatre will create the second Neston Theatre Festival in 2025. Based in the rural market town of Neston at the Town Hall. Brining community creative groups together to share work.
Following on from the success of the inaugural Neston Theatre Festival, Little Actors Theatre will create a further festival for the summer of 2025. To include performances from local youth, children's and community theatre groups. If possible other art forms could be included in the festival - singing, dance and visual arts. In addition to the adult acting Masterclass included in 2024 there would be an additional Masterclass for children and young people led by industry professionals. Keeping it local in the market town of Neston will ensure that there is access to theatre activities in an area where transport links to bigger cities and town are severely restricted. This will result in ease of access for residents who do not drive. The festival will celebrate the creativity and talent in the Neston and the wider Cheshire West area. The festival will provide an opportunity for the community to improve health and wellbeing through participation in the arts and build social pride.
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Why it's a great idea:
1. Promoting creativity and talent in Neston and the wider county 2. Improved social cohesion and pride 3. Participation in the arts improves health and well being 4. The participants of all ages will have the opportunity to perform their material to a public audience. This gives a sense of value to their efforts and build social pride. 5. As a small rural community, access to the arts can be difficult to achieve so having a participatory theatre festival delivered in that community provides more creative opportunities for engagement. 6. Little Actors' technical and staging equipment will enhance the production values of the space available. The community will benefit from intergenerational interaction 7. Local coffee shops and other businesses would benefit from increase footfall as external groups come to the town to perform and bring their own audience with them. 8. Visiting groups will be facilitated to stage their work in the town by Little Actors experienced staff.
Steps to get it done:
Little Actors has a commitment to developing and enhancing theatre arts provision in Neston. In particular by cultivating and growing a positive relationship with Neston Town Council which manages the Town Hall venue, so as to develop theatre access in the town. This festival will bring a much needed collaborative and participatory theatre event to the town. It will aim to involve as many people as possible as performers, volunteers and audience. The 2024 festival was a great success and Little Actors would like to offer a similar opportunity for creative sharing in 2025
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We are almost at our target. One last push. Thanks to recent donations from Willaston Community Farm, Wirral Arts Society and Cllr Louise Gittins. Just a few hundred to go and then we can be full steam ahead organising the next Neston Theatre Festival. Please share the link to you networks Thanks very much
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VolunteerLittle Actors Theatre Company is an award winning community theatre based in Neston. All workshops are led by professional actor facilitators and are delivered in the Town Hall. Presentations are staged in the Town Hall's main space using the stage and also a range of our own theatre equipment, including portable lighting and sound speaker. Sound equipment can be borrowed from Neston Players.
As a Registered Charity, Little Actors offers a range of activities and events in the community. To ensure inclusion and access for all, 50% discounts or FREE places are offered for low income families (depending on funding levels available). Little Actors works with an ethos of access for all and improving health and wellbeing through participation in the arts, plus building social cohesion through socially creative environments. As well as enriching the quality of life of the wider community.
Community theatre work includes:
Theatre Club for primary school children - comprising drama and musical theatre workshops for the under 12s. Workshops lead to end of term and community presentations.
InterACT Youth Theatre - they annually work with National Theatre Connections (new writing for new people). For ages 13+. This group also enters productions in the Leverhulme Drama Festival.
Theatre Tots for pre-school children and their carers/parents
Brightlights Theatre Company (adults) - they create work for the Leverhulme Drama Festival and community performances. The group aims to help reduce social isolation and loneliness. This is offered subject to funding
Small scale touring theatre - our team of professional actors create work to tour to small scale venues and schools.
During the pandemic, Little Actors delivered much of its work online via Zoom. Many video and audio projects were completed and can be seen on the You Tube channel - Little Actors Theatre Company - YouTube.
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