The cracked slipper company
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Where We Belong, Where You Belong
This is our promotional film for our Drama 4 Change group supported by BBC Children in Need. Thank you to Kie at The Task At Hand for working with our wonderful group, showcasing why being part of Drama 4 Change is a great opportunity for young people aged between 10 and 18 years living in Herefordshire. This is a free to attend weekly drama group and we do have spaces available. If you are interested follow the link to register and we will get right back to you. https://form.jotform.com/211023047789354
Our Place -Thought Bubble
Earlier this year our Thought Bubble group were given the opportunity to work with Rural Media and sound effects professional Vanessa Nuttal for a workshop all about what you hear and don’t see when you listen to audio dramas. Vanessa creates the ‘spot effects’ for The Archers, a BBC Radio 4 long-running continuous-drama, which has been broadcast for 75 years!
Our group have been working with Rural Media as part of the Our Place project to write a creative audio drama together.
Can you spot what sounds we may have been creating? Some are more obvious than others. We have everything from footsteps to laboratories to flapping birds!
Huge thanks to Rural Media, Vanessa and everyone who took part in the session.
Our Place - Drama 4 Change
Rural Media sat in on drama sessions with the Drama 4 Change group, who were full of creative ideas and have a great sense of friendship. Together, we looked at filmmaking skills and talked about lots of ideas that we can work together on in the Our Place project. We had fun ‘tipping’ the room at the Kindle Centre up for the film!
Summer Campaigns
During the Summer Holidays The Cracked Slipper Company ran a campaign funded by The Herefordshire Community Foundation. The Campaign topic was chosen by the young participants aged between 10 years and 18 years. They produced a live performance and a short film campaign highlighting an issue young people felt strongly about. “Bullying”.
The Protest
Directed by Toni Cook, participants of Drama 4 Change and Centre Stage took part in the Ledbury Poetry Festival and created a short campaign film called The Protest.
The Show Must Go On
This was a project where adults and young people detail their experiences with the pandemic and lockdowns through new writing and performance.
If you could write a letter to yourself before the lockdowns, what would you say?
The Knife Angel
Alison Davies lost her son Mark to knife crime in December 2018 and together with friends Meryl Cain, Pauline Strong and Jan Jefferies, they wanted to raise awareness of the catastrophic impact violent crime has on individuals, families and communities.
In June 2021. The Cracked Slipper Company worked with The Knife Angel Team Hereford producing a filmed piece for the opening ceremony, providing workshops through out June and a live performance at the closing ceremony.
