NEWS
Forced Marriage and
"Honour" Violence Speak No
More We are currently developing a half
day programme looking at the issues of Forced Marriage
and "Honour" Violence. Speak No More will include
a 45 minute performance focussing on the complex issues
surrounding Forced Marriage followed by interactive
workshops. The performance will premiere at the end of
November at a major conference in Leicester and will be
available to organisations after this date. For further
details please contact
us Sexual
Abuse Family Portrait: Paul's
Story Paul's Story, our unique one day
programme focussing on young people who sexually abuse
has been performed at a number of venues throughout the
U.K. this year and has been used by a number of
organisations for their own staff. For more information
click here Domestic
Violence Listen To
Me This powerful 45 minute performance
looks at how domestic violence can in some cases lead to
child murder. Developed in conjunction with Hull Family
Justice Council the performance is available to other
organisations throughout the uk. For more information
click here Family Portrait: Mary's
Story Our one day training programme
Mary's Story has been performed at a number of venues
throughout the U.K. and has been used by organisations to
train their own staff. For more information click
here. Safe As
Houses This 60 minute performance looks at
the effects of witnessing domestic violence on a young
person and has been performed for a range of
organisations including LSCBs and Relate. For more
information click here Asking For
It Developed in conjunction with Sheaf
Domestic Violence Project in Sheffield, Asking For It is
a 45 minute performance looking at the difficult issue of
male victims of domestic violence. The performance is
available to other organisations throughout the U.K. For
further information please contact
us Bullying From The
Edge This dramatic 45 minute performance
focusses on a range of issues surrounding bullying
including racist and homophobic bullying. Developed in
conjunction with Bromley LSCB the performance is
available to other organisations throughout the U.K.. For
more information please contact
us Neglected
Children Waiting To Be
Saved This emotional 30 minute
performance is based on the testimonies of young people
who were neglected children. Developed in conjunction
with Crewe LSCB the performance may be available to other
organisations later in the year. For more information
please contact
us Organisation specific
training events We have developed a number of
training events specifically tailored to the needs of
particular organisations: Rhondda Cynon
Taff Leaving Care - This
programme looked at the difficulties in working with
young people who are facing leaving care and the
complexities of the issues surrounding finding them new
placements. Ealing Borough
Council Inter - agency communication
- This programme looks at the requirements for
agencies involved in child protection to communicate in
order to correctly recognise the full situation for a
family in crisis. These programmes are not available
to other organisations because they are site specific but
we can develop similar events for organisations who have
concerns in these areas. Theatre In
Museums Spaniel in the Works have a wide
programme of performance and characters for various
museums including: Gloucester
Archives Peter Drinkwater the
Apothecary will be appearing at various libraries for
Gloucester Archives throughout August 2008 Developed in conjunction with
Gloucester Archives and Whaddon Family centre, our farmer
character will be appearing at Whaddon later in September
2008 Our thought provoking one hour
drama looking at modern and historical slavery Inhuman
Traffic is available to schools and other
organisations interested in slavery for further
information please click
here For further information please
click
here. We have been working very closely
with the education officer at the Museum
In The Park and now have a
wide a varied programme of educational programmes
covering a wide range of subjects. These
include: Our new programme
The
Collector focussing on
diversity in museums, how museums work and the importance
of museum collections. The
Soldier and The Snaggles
our storytelling performance for younger
children. Snapshots
of Victorian Life
looking at the lives of Victorians in Stroud. Bernard
and Beatrices (nearly) Complete Guide To Modern Art (in
45 minutes) which looks
at the history of modern art from Duchamps urinal to
Damien's cow Fantastic
Plastic a 45 minute
game show presentation looking at the history of plastics
Dark
Tales of Gloucestershire a
lively one hour performance retelling Gloucestershire
folk tales using rhyme, puppets, music and
dance Some performances are accompanied
by interactive workshops in which children have the
opportunity to carry out practical work on the
information from the performance. They are also available as a
programme of outreach performances for schools. For more
information on this programme please contact
us. We also have a range of interactive
characters who are available to schools and may also be
used by other museums. For further information please
click
here In addition to our rolling
programme of events at the Museum In The Park we have
also worked with the museum on an intergenerational
project looking at life during wartime and food
rationing. Thistledown
Environment Centre and St. Augustines
Farm Both these venues
have hosted outside performances of Dark
Tales of Gloucestershire.
If you are interested in hosting a performance please
contact
us for
further details. In June our popular characters Moll
Cutpurse, the cross dressing thief and Robert Dudley,
Queen Elizabeth's favourites return to the
Wallace
Collection for special
schools performances For more information on museum
theatre from Spaniel In The Works visit the
museum
theatre section of our
website. Or if you feel that your museum or organisation
could benefit from museum theatre performances, please
contact us at the address below.
Training
Events
Spaniel in the Works educational
"trigger " video "Don't Get Me Wrong" contains 6
short scenes which explore different aspects of
relationships was launched by SWAAY at the NOTA
conference. We can create videos on a range of
subjects for organisations using our skills as writers,
actors and technicians.
Video
Production
For more information contact:
info@spanielworks.co.uk or write to:
Spaniel In The Works Theatre Company,
10, Belmont Road,
Stroud,
GL5 1HH
Tel: 01453 - 751925