http://www.immediate-theatre.com/index.php en simon@cogdesign.com Copyright 2012 2012-01-31T12:53:17+00:00 http://www.immediate-theatre.com/projects/detail/benefit_and_pop_up_party/ http://www.immediate-theatre.com/projects/detail/benefit_and_pop_up_party/#When:15:04:13Z On Friday 17th February at The Arcola Tent in Dalston, Immediate Theatre celebrated sixteen years of working with young people in Hackney  with an event which was both a fundraising benefit and their first ‘Pop Up Party’. The event featured 12 members of Immediate’s Advanced Youth Theatre group with a new show, ‘Get The Greedy’, written by playwright Jonathan Wright, based on real experiences from the young actors aged 15 to19 years old. The play follows a teenage runaway in the seedy underbelly of Hackney, during her first twenty four hours of becoming homeless. Greedy capitalists were represented by the ‘shotters’(drug dealers). Themes raised were young people’s vulnerabilities on the street, relations with community police and the triumph of hope and family feeeling over adversity. The evening began with a Dalston walkabout with giant puppets, which the young actors animated to the surprise and amusement of people on the streets. The puppets processed to the Arcola Tent, where the evening included live music from cool jazz fusion clarinettist, Arun Ghosh, and beautiful vocals by Ornella Hardie (a former Immediate Theatre trainee), plus high energy comedy from the hilarious Katherina Vrana. A fantastic hot Caribbean buffet by local favourites, Shades Caterers, was followed by sounds to dance the night away. The joint purpose of the event was to promote the talents of the young people and also raise funds for Immediate Theatre’s work in schools and on estates in Hackney. Artistic Director, Jo Carter says, “The activities we offer are designed to engage and inspire, promote understanding, confidence, respect and self discipline. We develop skills for employability and we offer properly paid work to those we train. We want to make Hackney a better place to live for everyone, and we know that many people in the borough would like to see this too.” The show was a huge success with audiences. Over 70% had not seen Immediate Theatre’s work before - but 100% rated the show as excellent, very good or good. “It’s good to see the youth doing something constructive with a message,” said one person. Other comments offered consistent praise: “The play was very engaging.” “Some strong standout performances.” “Obvious enthusiasm and energy!” “Immediate Theatre are an amazing company, working with our youth and engaging them positively.” 2012-02-17T15:04:13+00:00 http://www.immediate-theatre.com/projects/detail/Discover_Young_Hackney/ http://www.immediate-theatre.com/projects/detail/Discover_Young_Hackney/#When:13:13:05Z Discover Young Hackney '12 Now in its sixth year, the Discover Young Hackney festival offers participatory and audience opportunities for creative young people in the borough of Hackney. Through this festival, there is the opportunity to build on skills, challenge yourself and network with arts industry professions. This year, DYH is supporting our Advanced Youth Theatre group to develop a new script ‘Get the Greedy’ which will be performed at the Arcola Tent in Dalston on: February 16th at 6pm and February 17th at 2pm Please contact Arcola Box Office to book your FREE tickets   www.discoveryounghackney.com 2012-02-17T13:13:05+00:00 http://www.immediate-theatre.com/projects/detail/Shortbreaks/ http://www.immediate-theatre.com/projects/detail/Shortbreaks/#When:12:58:06Z   Our programme offers two day Shortbreaks for disabled children and young people under 18 to enjoy drama, movement and music For details of eligibility and how to book a place contact Tony Gouveia.   tony@immediate-theatre.com 2012-02-13T12:58:06+00:00 http://www.immediate-theatre.com/projects/detail/Services_for_Schools_2012/ http://www.immediate-theatre.com/projects/detail/Services_for_Schools_2012/#When:16:02:21Z All workshops are led or supported by local young people with experience of the subject being explored. Immediate Theatre offerr: Interactions Programmes for young people at risk of exclusion Meet The Parents Peer led sex and relationship education ‘2moro?’ No Guns. No Knives. Peer led crime prevention workshops Anti-social Behaviour Exploring citizenship and responsibility Anti-bullying Workshops contributing to schools anti-bullying policies Identity and Diversity Exploring the concepts of equality and discrimination Thoughts Allowed Peer led workshop exploring mental well-being Beat Them / Join Them? Performance workshop exploring bullying and knife crime Now You See Me, Now You Don’t Road safety and transitions performance For more information or to book contact James on 0207 923 8180, james @immediate-theatre.com 2012-02-01T16:02:21+00:00 http://www.immediate-theatre.com/projects/detail/Peer_Facilitators/ http://www.immediate-theatre.com/projects/detail/Peer_Facilitators/#When:12:53:17Z   Immediate Theatre has been running Peer Facilitator programmes for several years in different guises. Our peer facilitators are young participants aged 16 plus, who are trained to lead or support workshop sessions and are then offered paid work within the company. Current Peer Facilitator programmes are within the ‘2moro?’ and Meet the Parents projects. to refer a young person to this project or you have any further questions, please contact Rachel Drew on 020 7012 1677 or rachel.drew@immediate-theatre.com Pathways to education & employment 2012-01-31T12:53:17+00:00 http://www.immediate-theatre.com/projects/detail/2moro_Project_2012_2013/ http://www.immediate-theatre.com/projects/detail/2moro_Project_2012_2013/#When:17:14:51Z who have had contact with the criminal justice system, to get involved in the '2moro?'  training and careers programme. We will work with our Peer Facilitators through drama to help them tackle the difficult issues they face, turn their lives around and share their experiences with other young people Hackney.   Over the next 12 months, together with Prince's Trust, we will meet the following Objectives and Deliverables:   Objectives: To meet the EU wide need to develop, measure and evaluate effective practice in reducing youth re-offending rates and preventing first time offending To share and develop this practice on an on-going basis with other young people, policy makers and practitioners across the EU To share the findings across the EU through a case study of what works To provide formal qualifications and training in work, leading to a sustainable career path for young people who have been subject to a youth justice disposal. To improve understanding amongst the wider population of young people about how to stay safe in order to contribute to reducing the rate of offending and re-offending. To embed peer-to-peer interactions into youth crime reduction strategies locally and disseminate good practice across the EU. To improve links between young people and the statutory sector on issues relating to youth crime, and influence relevant strategy.     Deliverables: 2 x 8 day training programmes focussing on personal development and facilitation skills for 24 young ex-offenders 12 young ex-offenders employed for 12 months employed and trained as peer educators Peer education to 1500 young people about Making Hackney Safer and intensive peer to peer work to 135  young people at risk of social or educational exclusion Report back to Safer Young Hackney (multi-agency partnership overseeing youth crime reduction) Development of project with Peer Educators in other EU countries 1 x case study of what works based on continous evaluation and tracking   Expected results: 83% employed after 6 months 75% employed after 12 months 75% young ex-offenders complete accreditation in peer facilitation The project will contribute to reducing Hackney's rates of first time offending and re-offending from young ex-offenders. Pathways to education & employment 2012-01-01T17:14:51+00:00 http://www.immediate-theatre.com/projects/detail/Advanced_Youth_Theatre_/ http://www.immediate-theatre.com/projects/detail/Advanced_Youth_Theatre_/#When:11:00:47Z We identify young people through our estates and school based programmes that would benefit from participation in this skills development group, to work with other like minded and committed young people who come from all corners of the borough. Participants are required to continue to attend their original project and to provide support and leadership to their peers.   Now well under way in central Hackney the Advanced Youth Theatre consists of up to twenty young people who will be working towards shows and developing new skills. Members will also have the opportunity to feed back into the company; creating new workshop packages or productions. Productions The AYTs performance of Get The Greedy by Jonathan Wright. The show followed the misadventures of a young runaway and the characters she encounters in 24 hours on the streets. Check out the gallery for some photos of the show. Pathways to Employment Through their contribution to the group we will identify young people who would benefit from more formal training and employment opportunities.   Sessions run every Tuesday 6pm – 8pm at the Immediate Theatre offices. Unit 18, Springfield House 5 Tysen Street London E8 2LY The advanced Youth Theatre is supported by Discover Young Hackney. For more information on other Discover Young Hackney activities in the borough check out there website. www.discoveryounghackney.com Pathways to education & employment 2011-11-17T11:00:47+00:00 http://www.immediate-theatre.com/projects/detail/Legacy_Street/ http://www.immediate-theatre.com/projects/detail/Legacy_Street/#When:11:00:18Z A project linking secondary school students and youth groups from across Tower Hamlets, who will spend the early part of 2012 working together on a media project to counter notions of territorialism and post-code rivalry.Now in its third year, and funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Legacy Street will see young people creating online videos on perceptions of theirs and others' areas; interacting through online blogs, viewing and commenting on each others work online. The young film makers will also interview people from, and working in, the community on their perceptions of 'their space'. The project will begin to go online in January, leading to an 'Oskars' awards event at Rich Mix Arts Centre, Bethnal Green at the end of March.Young people will be engaging from the following secondary schools and projects:George Green, Langdon Park and St.Paul's Way SchoolsThe Space, and Eastide Youth projects Pathways to education & employment 2011-11-17T11:00:18+00:00 http://www.immediate-theatre.com/projects/detail/The_World_in_Hackney/ http://www.immediate-theatre.com/projects/detail/The_World_in_Hackney/#When:10:26:22Z Chaz is a metre high rod puppet operated by five young people from Immediate Theatre’s ‘Youth Board’. Chaz, a young visitor from another planet is here to learn about diverse and vibrant Hackney and will visit  15 community groups as part of an innovative performance project called the World in Hackney,  from June 2011 until the 2012 Games. Chaz will entertain groups and ask two different questions: What would your organisation/group like to contribute to the central cultural event in Hackney in July 2012 which will welcome the Games? How does your organisation welcome strangers and newcomers, such as Chaz? Chaz is collecting stories about welcoming strangers which will build into a major outdoor performance event which will be Hackney’s way of welcoming the world in 2012. Hackney Council’s 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Unit is working in partnership with Kinetika and Immediate Theatre on this innovative project. As part of this project we will involve 15 local organisations to help showcase Hackney’s diversityHow can you get involved?Chaz is happy to attend your community events, be part of youth group activities, meet with older groups, visit mother and toddler sessions, play games and lots more! How can I arrange for Chaz to visit? Contact Helen Goodsell at the Hackney 2012 Unit to set up the introductory visit with Ali Pretty, who will be able to answer your questions and make a plan that suits you. Contact details for Helen Goodsell: Tel: 0208 356 3975  Email:helen.goodsell@hackney.gov.uk Helen GoodsellHackney 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games UnitHackney Council2 Hillman StreetHackneyE8 1FB What happens in a visit?At the introductory visit Ali will work with you on ideas for how Chaz can learn as much as possible about your community. So far, groups she has met have welcomed her in a whole range of ways; sharing stories, inviting her to take part in their regular activities, welcoming her with song and dance performances or making something that represents themselves. Chaz will be accompanied by Ali Pretty and/or Tony Gouveia, Immediate Theatre’s Associate Director and five young people. They will introduce Chaz and themselves and invite the group to share their stories and experience of welcoming strangers. Chaz will then spend some time meeting individuals and sharing ideas about how the group can continue to get involved in activities leading up to the Olympics.  The length of the visit will depend on your groups usual session time . So far Chaz has visited The Teddy Bear’s picnic in Daubney Park People’s kitchen at Passing Clouds Homerton Hospital Shoreditch Festival Woodberry Down Funday Huddleston youth centre Turkish folk Dance and Drama group Forever young (over 50s group Hackney One Carnival (accompanied by Atom, her very tall older brother) WATCH OUT FOR MORE CHAZ VISITS AROUND HACKNEY Pathways to education & employment 2011-10-11T10:26:22+00:00 http://www.immediate-theatre.com/projects/detail/Frenzy/ http://www.immediate-theatre.com/projects/detail/Frenzy/#When:16:09:12Z   A group of sixteen young Hackney actors from Immediate Theatre, aged 13 to 21, performed their newly devised play ‘Frenzy!’ in Dalston,     The play was a Forum Theatre show which  got members of the audience up on stage to improvise alternative strategies characters could have used , in order to change the endings for the better. The Forum style worked a treat and Frenzy  engaged the audience of youth groups, family, friends and representatives from local organisations” The actors presented two stories about individuals caught up in the rioting and looting. Sarah’s story which followed a young woman who was prevented from going out on the streets by her parents but ended up in trouble after taking a gift of stolen goods from a friend and Brian’s story following an unemployed teenager who took part in the looting. Brian’s story led to the biggest debates as members of the audience tried different strategies to find him a job, resist peer pressure and develop a better relationship with his family. The individual stories were presented in front of a backdrop of scenes of rioting and looting. As one member of the audience put it “the emphasis was on expression, reflection and listening, not on answers”. The main reaction from the audience was to acknowledge the many different factors underlying why people got involved in the rioting, beyond the main catalyst of Mark Duggan’s death . Pathways to education & employment 2011-10-04T16:09:12+00:00