I am so pleased to be co-facilitating ten Arts Council England funded drama workshops at Folkestone's Tower Theatre starting in May 2024 with refugees & asylum seekers at Napier Barracks. In association with Counterpoints Arts and Napier Friends, I & fellow Folkestone Performing Arts Company's ensemble member, Francisca Stangel, will be facilitating workshops and regular performances for the men.
This applied theatre education project is a free weekly community engagement
programme for the men living at Napier Barracks, The workshops will focus on enjoyment, agency & self-expression. A resource pack with a scheme of work & lesson plans will be produced, to be shared with people seeking to work with asylum seekers in the UK.
The project will have regular performances for an invited audience every 4 weeks [the asylum seekers are allowed to stay at Napier for 90 days, we want to ensure that each
participant has a performance opportunity]. We will also mentor an early career theatre practitioner who has an interest in applied theatre.
[pictured are participants from an earlier Tower Theatre / Napier Barracks / NHS / Counterpoints Arts drama workshop, July 2023. Permission to publish has been granted. Photographs Hahn © 2023]
Supported using public funding by Arts Council England
