Expressive Edge Theatre Company

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Expressive Edge is a theatre company for actors with learning disabilities who are adults. The Edge is working with Manchester People First, Oakdene, The Shaw Centre and Manchester City Council. View our website for details.

Expressive Edge is our theatre company for adults with learning disabilities and has been running at The Edge since 2011. The company is led by Nikki Mailer, one of our drama and SEN specialists.

Between 15 and 20 learning disabled actors attend weekly sessions at the Edge, topped and tailed with tea and biscuits. The sessions include theatre games to develop speaking and listening, working as a group, concentration, focusing and fun; Improvisation to develop creativity, spontaneity and imagination; devising to develop planning and thinking skills; and performances to develop presentation skills, confidence/self-esteem and to give our participants a platform to talk about what matters to them.

Since its inception, Expressive Edge has formed a core part of our activities at The Edge and most of the actors have been with us from the beginning. This has given us a chance to get to know them as individuals and for them to get to know us, feel safe and to achieve a real sense of ownership of The Edge. There is always a great buzz and much laughter in the building on a Thursday!

The group work towards 2 shows a year and these productions give families an opportunity to see the actors achieving and flourishing in a way that other, more formal and less creative activities may not be able to do. The feedback we get from our audiences is extremely good and we have received donations from happy audience members after a production on several occasions. This is clearly an important and positive part of our participant’s lives, which in turn has a positive effect on families.

Follow Expressive Edge’s Journey on their Tumblr blog

Who to contact

Contact Name
The Edge Team
Telephone
0161 282 9776 0161 282 9776
E-mail
booking@edgetheatre.co.uk
Website
Expressive Edge Theatre Company
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Where to go

Name
The Edge Theatre and Arts Centre
Address
Manchester Road
Chorlton Cum Hardy
Manchester
Postcode
M21 9JG
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Notes

The Edge runs a comprehensive participatory programme alongside our professional theatre provision, running long-term projects with young people and vulnerable adults.

Time / Date Details

When is it on
Thursday: 10.30 am to 12.30pm
Time of day
Morning

Costs

Associated Cost
No

Availability

Age Ranges
Adults with a disability
Referral not required

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