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  • BSL Acting Intensive Course

    BSL Acting Intensive Course

    09 March 2024

    Are you deaf and into acting? If so you could benefit from a new course being held this summer. BSL Acting Intensive is described as ‘a fun, practical and intensive week of deaf-led actor training.’ The five-day course is created by the Royal Central School Of Speech and Drama and Deafinitely Theatre in collaboration with Graeae Theatre Company.

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  • Acting Can Help Wellbeing

    Acting Can Help Wellbeing

    16 May 2023

    Anxiety is something we all experience and is the theme of Mental Health Awareness Week this week. Learning to act or becoming involved in theatre can work wonders with your mental health, so why not sign up for some ‘drama for wellbeing’ sessions or other creative activities with Rivelin Co?

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  • Sheffield Theatres Launchpad Project Returns

    Sheffield Theatres Launchpad Project Returns

    15 January 2020

    The Launchpad project, designed to help adults with learning disabilities and/or autism develop skills in drama and performance, is back and looking for new recruits. Organised by Sheffield Theatres, it gives participants the opportunity to work with professionals to develop their performance skills in weekly workshops building skills in areas such as improvisation, storytelling and movement , working together to create a performance for the Crucible Studio theatre. The deadline for applications is Friday 21 February.

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  • Sheffield Theatres' Launchpad Project Returns

    23 January 2019

    The Launchpad Project, designed to help adults with learning disabilities and/or autism develop skills in drama and performance, is back and looking for new recruits. Organised by Sheffield Theatres, it gives participants the opportunity to work with professionals to develop their performance skills and devise a performance all of their own. Auditions this year are on Thursday 28th March, and the deadline for applications is Friday 1st February .

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  • Film4 Seeking Deaf Woman to Play Lead Role

    14 July 2017

    A casting company for film and television is looking for a Deaf woman aged 18-35 years from the UK to play the lead role in a Film4 commissioned short film. No previous acting experience is necessary.

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  • Modelling Opportunities with Zebedee Management

    02 February 2017

    Zebedee Management are a new organisation that hope to increase the representation of people with disabilities within fashion, media and the arts in the belief that they should have the same opportunities as ‘mainstream’ artists.

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