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THEATRE TROUPE

Published on Nov 19, 2015

Life-changing theatre for amazing young people: theatre projects for 12-18 year olds with mental health problems

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Theatre Troupe was started in 2013 in response to an unmet need...

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Young people with mental health problems felt ashamed, stigmatised and bullied about their experiences.

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Anxiety, withdrawal and anti-social behaviour meant exclusion from most youth activities

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Welfare changes and an increased pressure in school meant more and more young people experienced mental distress

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Using our experience in working with vulnerable young people through the arts, we created

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THEATRE TROUPE

LIFE-CHANGING THEATRE FOR AMAZING YOUNG PEOPLE
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The Theatre Troupe experience

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FRIENDLY

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Supporting new friendships

For those who find socialising difficult
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Stringent active anti-bullying ethos

Reviewed and addressed weekly
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Working together collaboratively

as part of a creative team
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Joyful

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Giving back

the right to play safely
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A chance to forget

about worries for a while
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Games and theatre exercises:

clowning, slapstick, comedy
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positive

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BEAUTIFUL

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A place to be comfortable and grounded

Where other environments are unsafe, inadequate and transient
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Art-filled environments

can speed up the healing process
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Different art forms

offer non-harmful routes to self expression
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SAFE

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Safe and secure workshop settings

for a chance to overcome hypervigilance
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High child to staff ratio

with a qualified therapist at all times
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Safe Space drop in

a chance to chat to friendly adults and peer mentors
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WHAT PEOPLE SAY...

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"With this drama, I am a changed person. I was a troubled teenager lost in the world, but you helped me. You are like my family"


(Greenwich participant, aged 15)

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"Thank you for your help and we find new friends"

(Utah participant, 2014)
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‘An outstanding project, improving the lives of young people at all levels”



(Kerri Newns, Senior Systemic Therapist Oxleas / Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust on the Greenwich project)

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"I really like the comfortable feeling that everyone has cos, you know, the people are respectful, no-one actually does anything bad, it’s equality."


( Rewrite participant, Southwark, aged 15)

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