Project Theatre

Project Theatre is a voluntary performing arts group who work to provide workshops and host productions for and by young people aged 8-18yrs. As an award winning voluntary run theatre company we aim to promote youth involvement in the creative and performing arts across the Falkirk area.

We work with young people and volunteers aged 14yrs+ from all over the Falkirk area of varying abilities, backgrounds and experience, many of whom have learning, social and inclusion difficulties.

We use arts and theatre to improve their confidence and self-esteem as well as providing them with vital social and learning skills in movement, coordination, communication, literacy and a fun place to go to meet new friends.  Our activities are mostly funded through donations and fundraising as we do not charge heavily for the workshops, rehearsals and productions we provide as we find many of our participants are from disadvantaged backgrounds and cannot afford or cannot get access to expensive mainstream theatre schools or classes.

We also provide great volunteer opportunities and reward our volunteers through the Saltire Awards scheme through the Scottish Government. Many of our young people and volunteers have been involved in and worked with various professional companies and arts institutions including the BBC, Scottish Kids are Making Movies, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) and the SECC  and many go onto further and higher education using their experiences and achievements with us in CVs, applications and portfolios.

We currently rehearse on Wednesday evenings 6-8.30pm and on Sunday afternoons 2-4pm in Talbot House, Talbot Street, Grangemouth. Please contact our Secretary Gail Gallacher on 07902521765 or visit www.projecttheatre.org.uk for more information. We are also on facebook at www.facebook.com/projecttheatre

Text courtesy of Jamie O'Rourke.

More information on Project Theatre can be found in the edition of [Untitled] available for download now.