Community Outreach

Creative Way have just published a short video on YouTube, which was the outcome of joint research between Lewisham College and Rose Bruford College. We’ve embedded it onto the website: click on the link above. The research looks into issues of widening participation and social capital.

Rose Bruford College is breaking new ground again. It is supporting a visit to three universities and a school in Kolkata by a graduate company, taking workshops based on a production they wrote and developed. “Rokeya’s Dream” was developed in association with Tara Arts, and describes three young women discovering a visionary text by the [...]

The College played host to Chocolate Films’ showing of their community project, in the refurbished Barn Theatre. Young film makers from Welling and Trinity Schools have been working with them for months, making documentaries on transport and on the history of Erith, using material from Bexley Libraries’ film archive. The films will be sent out [...]

View Rose Bruford College outreach partners in a larger map. This year’s roadshow has just been successfully completed, delivering advice and training to nearly 300 young people, in eight centres across England. About two dozen brave young people chose to put themselves forward for auditions in regional centres, saving the cost of travelling to London. [...]

Thanks to our Cultural Diversity Student Union Officer at Rose Bruford College, there has been a plethora of events to celebrate the month. Palesa started the month with Cultural Night, followed by Theatre Trips and UN day - it will end with an African Dance Workshop. To hear more about the events – aims and outcomes – look [...]

As a celebration of National Poetry Day, 15 acting students recited poetry at Bexley Central Library. Unfortunately the sunny day led visitors outside, but the students persevered and their voices were heard by the local community. The choice of poetry appealed to all ages and some sat all afternoon listening. Next year we hope to integrate [...]

  During the past year Co-lab-arts (Collaborative – Laboratory of the – Arts), a group of young people from London undertook their Gold Arts Award.  Four smaller groups form the latter and worked in connection with the organisations: Oval House, Hoxton Hall, All Change and Rolling Sound. Three of the groups devised a short performance that was [...]

Outreach is busy organising five projects for the summer:  School and college visits associated with the Poetic Theatre project Bexley 14-19 creative diploma “Performance Icons” project “Meltdown 3″ performance installation, with UEL and University of the Arts Arts Award  Gold project for Shoreditch Festival, with Oval House, sipported by Arts Council England. Disability arts summer school [...]

Monday 2nd February saw 60 studetns from City College Norwich battling snow drifts to take part in the first 2009 workshop.  A large group, from a variety of courses, took part in auditon workshop; and some went on to be auditioned for the College.  Another group made a series of videos as backdrops for shadow [...]