Devonshire School Tudor Project

Devonshire School contacted Urban Voice with a request for actors to help them with a project based on the Tudors. Working also with curators at the Oak House in West Bromwich, Urban voice provided an on-going project in which two actors worked 'in-role' with the young people, as and when they solved the different sections of the Tudor mystery. The children were encouraged to interact directly with the characters, ask them questions, send e-mails and telephone them as they solved various clues to the story. the piece was completed in December with a final production from the children.

"It's working very well so far, the children actually believe it's real and are getting quite caught up in the story!"
Mary Flitcroft Deavonshire School

Living on The Never Never

Following research done in February and a meeting with Jan Norton from the Theatre in Health Education Trust, urban Voice were contacted by Nick McCartney, co-ordinator of the 'Mind Your Head! Health and Well Being Festival' at the MAC in Birmingham. it was felt that our working piece, Living on the Never, Never which focuses on debt, would fit well into the ethos of the festival. A short experimental piece was created for the festival as a 'work in progress' to test audience responses.

The piece was well recieved and as a result was funded by West Midlands Arts for a six week tour of the Black Country.

"Really enjoyed seeing your work. This is an important issue, you must get it out there locally!"
Jan Norton, Theatre in Health Education Trust