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Special Events
Forest Forge has provided workshops for the whole of the community since its conception in 1981. We run a programme of long-term weekly workshops and tailor made specially commissioned projects. The Outreach team has a wide range of skills and experience working with diverse communities particularly supporting projects and workshops with hard to reach and excluded groups
Our outreach takes place in a variety of settings from schools to day care centres, Hospices to public gardens, parks to housing estates.
Forest Forge Leads the "Out of Joint Partnership Forum" which creates art activities for young people in Pupil Referral and Learning Support Units, recent projects have involved film animation and graffiti art.
Regular workshops include; drama for adults with learning difficulties; social education for teenagers with special needs and young people excluded from mainstream education; drama for patients in palliative care; and a year long residency at a school as a result for our work with Creative Partnerships (government initiative to link schools and arts organizations)
We are happy to discuss proposals for workshops, residencies or projects with any community group, organization or school.
Last year's project Include
 Respect for Ourselves
A video project created with people who self Harm to train hospital professionals
Desh Pardesh
A six month project creating and devising a performance with Asian female elders around their experiences of growing old in Britain
Why the Sky is far away
Six week long project culminating in a performance by adults with learning disability in the New Forest
Jigsaw
Drama workshop for children at risk in schools
Training day
Communication workshop for mental health professionals working with young people
Dramarama
Saturday Drama activities in collaboration with Forest Arts Centre for children and young people with special needs
Community Theatre Day
Bournemouth and Poole College of Higher education
Southampton Library Activity Day
Drama session for children and young people in foster care
The Good Person of Boscombe
Performance by degree students at Bournemouth and Poole College
Bookings: call 01425 470188
or e-mail: info@forestforge.co.uk
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 "I was really proud how much effort we all put into making it a brilliant show" Youth Theatre member 2006 The Three Musketeers
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Forest Forge Youth Theatre has been running for nearly 10 years, and aims to create an exciting, engaging, safe and creative space for young people aged between 6 and 21. We have 5 groups and each has the opportunity to perform to the public at our base or in street theatre performances or carnival arts.
Production includes: Metamorphoses, Mish Mash Tales from the Forest Forge Bag, The Three Musketeers, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, The Silver Sword, A Passion Play and Marat/Sade
Our regular weekly sessions focus on improvisation, storytelling, character, devising and physical theatre.
We also offer the opportunity to learn from our professional staff and young people are involved backstage with lighting and sound, costumes, or as front of house staff.
This year Forest Forge will be attending The National Association of Youth Theatre's annual gathering for young people - The Big Youth Theatre Festival, a four day event for youth theatres across the country to showcase their work, learn from one another, and have a giant party!
From our attendance last year one of our members has been invited to be a member of the Youth Council for Arts Council England's Youth Peoples Participatory Theatre Programme.
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