Creative Partnerships Project @ Rood End

The final performance for this project is fast approaching and Roodend pupils have been working really hard to make the final piece a super one!





This week has been a busy week for pupils involved in this particular project with two full day rehearsals taking place this week. A lot has been set in those two days and many lines have been learned.

The pupils have proved to be professionals, with some being word perfect and script-free! This Thursday, we even managed to get a few of the stories finished. This is brilliant as it leaves us 2 more sessions of polishing and perfecting!





The Urban Voice team are really pleased with how the pupils from Rood End are working. They are really beginning to take on their roles and we are seeing superb acting from everyone in each group. We are growing ever more excited for the final performance as it will definitely be a show worth watching!

Creative Partnerships project @ Rood End

This week was our fourth week at Rood End Primary School in Oldbury and all went well. Very well infact!

The pupils were presented with their scripts and parts this week and it was all very exciting!

We spent some time reading through and getting to know our scripts which allowed us to understand our characters and lines.

Following the superb read throughs we managed to set the first part of each script and perform it back to the pupils in the other groups.

Creative Partnerships Project @ Rood End

Urban Voice have been delivering a Creative Partnerships Project at Roodend Primary School in Oldbury for the past 3 weeks.



In our last blog post regarding this project we spoke about our first 2 workshops. In this post we are going to be focusing on our third workshop with the pupils.

Last week we asked each group to go away and collect as much information as they could on the culture that their story was from. The four cultures that the groups are studying are:

* Innuit
* Norwegian
* Chinese
* Aboriginal

All the children worked really hard over the week on this given task. So this week, we were presented with loads of facts about each culture.

Thank you guys! It's really going to help us when we are scripting our stories.

Here is some of the information that the pupils found out about the Chinese culture:




Here is some of the information that the pupils found out about the Aboriginal culture:




We treated this week as a sort of mini audition for the pupils. It gave us a chance to see the confidence levels within each group.

Next week we will be working from scripts. Parts will be handed out and we will be getting down to rehearsing!

Gyspy & Travellers Film Complete!

Urban Voice is pleased to announce the completion of our short film, celebrating the Gypsy & Traveller community in Walsall.



'Ketenni' - "Together" is a coulourful and vibrant mosaic of talent, aspiration, heritage and energy that is today's English Gypsy and Irish Traveller inheritance.
The project began over two years ago and has been made possible through funding from TESST - Walsall's dedicated service for the education of young people from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, providing advice, guidance and support to families, individuals, schools and agencies.

Alice in Wonderland - DATES ANNOUNCED

Urban Voice is pleased to announce the dates of our forthcoming production of "Alice in Wonderland!"




We're extremely fortunate to have secured Walsall Arboretum as our venue for what promises to be a super production set against the beautiful natural backdrop of the park.




Tickets are available by contacting Urban Voice or through members of screaminvoiceyouththeatre.

Creative Partnerships Project @ Roodend

Urban Voice have been delivering a Creative Partnerships Project at Roodend Primary School, Oldbury, Sandwell.


The project is now well underway and we are becoming ever more excited for the final performance. It ilooks set to be a brilliant performance with some fantastic stories to tell.





So far, we have delivered 2 workshops. The first workshop saw us getting to know the pupils and gave them a chance to meet us! The second workshop saw us introducing each group to the story they will perform!

The final performance is going to be based on the four elements: Earth, Wind, Water and Fire and we'll be exploring them through the art of storytelling, scriptwriting, movement, drama, physical theatre and song!




This week, each class was given a particular story to work on. They had to concentrate, co-operate and communicate with each other in order to produce 4 still images to tell their story.





As you can see from the photographs each class worked really hard. They really started to use their faces, their bodies, different levels, space and depth in their images.




We're really looking forward to next week at Roodend Primary school when we'll begin to bring the storied to life and develop them even further!

Keep reading to stay up to date!

Family Fun Consultation Kit Completed!

Following a series of creative consultation sessions run by Urban Voice Limited on behalf of Walsall Creative Development Team and NHS Walsall - we are pleased to announce that the FAMILY FUN Consultation Kit is now complete and ready to be used!




The kit will be used to get feedback from participants at Family Fun Sessions throughout venues in Walsall that aim to get families leading more active lifestyles. The kit will be used to consult with participants and evaluate sessions to enable the team that deliver them to gain feedback from service users and find out what works and what needs improving.

The floor mat has been designed by Peter Chaplin, our associate Visual Artist and makes the process of consultation an engaging and exciting event for all involved! Participants use giant dice to select their consultation question which involves some form of light physical activity in order to gain their response.

We hope the kit will be a valuable tool for those delivering Family Fun sessions! We're proud of this, another innovative creation by Urban Voice and our associates.

If you'd like to find out more about our creative consultation methods or discover how we can help you, your organisation or business - get in touch!

Urban Voice are now mobile blogging!

We'll be keeping you even more up-to-date now we've set up mobile blogging!

Keep checking back to see what we're up to!

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Creative Partnership Poetry Project at The Sutherland School!

A brand new Creative Partnership project will see us exploring poetry in an exciting and informative way!



Working with a selected group of Year Eight pupils from The Sutherland School, we will be exploring poetry through a range of different art-forms including animation, video, dance, drama, physical theatre and music.

The project looks set to fill the Summer Term with creative fun and here at Urban Voice we're really looking forward to it!

See, poetry doesn't have to be boring! Bet none of you realised just how exciting the world of poetry could be . . . . . !

Do you like the sound of what we're doing? Would you like to know more? Have you got any suggestions or ideas to develop our work further? We'd love to hear from you!