Diary

BRIGHT LIGHTS/NIGHTS

We will resume in the new term on Tuesday 7th September with playwriting club

LIVING TREES

Saturday 18th September

2pm-4.30pm

Moretonhampstead Parish Hall

Learn about how important trees are to our everyday lives and the connections to climate change, whilst using images from literature to bring trees to life through drama and storytelling. A family learning workshop led by drama professionals from MED Theatre.

Contact MED Theatre to book a free place

BROWN HARE

The Brown Hare dance-drama project culminated in a site-specific performance on August 7th, 5pm, at High Heathercombe, Manaton.

A second performance will take place at the Edge Exhibition held at High Heathercombe Centre on Sunday 5th September at 3pm.

For more information contact MED Theatre.

LORICUM VIDEO GAME PROJECT

In this innovative project a group of 13 - 19 year olds creates a video game from scratch, based on a play young people wrote about the flooding of a Dartmoor valley to make a reservoir and the mixed local reaction.

For information on how to get your copy of the game, contact MED Theatre via

info@medtheatre.co.uk or

01647 441356

BANNED

This film project involving young people from Moretonhampstead and Newton Abbot had it's launch on June 29th at Coombeshead Theatre.

For further information contact MED Theatre:

info@medtheatre.co.uk

01647 441356

Hinterland:

MED Theatre

Community Play 2010

A new MED Theatre play about the life of Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt, who is the founder of the Dartmoor settlement Princetown toured round Dartmoor in March. Video available on request £7 plus postage and packing.

Wild Nights Young Company

The Wild Nights Young Company are MED Theatre's young theatre company who plan, write and perform their own plays. At the end of 2009 the company performed their site-specific play All That Was Left Behind at the Dartmoor Prison Museum, and also in Moretonhampstead Parish Hall.

Wild Nights Young People's Company is open to anyone aged between 13 and 19 years of age. The company meets every Tuesday evening 7-9 pm in the MED Theatre Studio in Moretonhampstead.

In November this year they plan to perform Dartfest 2010.

info@medtheatre.co.uk

01647 441356

Children's Drama Clubs:

Bright Lights and Bright Nights

The clubs meet every Tuesday evening during term time.

The meetings are:

5-5.45pm for the 8-10 year old Bright Lights, and

5.45-6.45pm for the 10-12 year old Bright Nights.

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Tuesday 7th September -

Playwriting Club

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The members of the clubs currently work on play writing one week and the alternate week on drama games and exercises.The groups meet in the MED Theatre Studio in Moretonhampstead.

info@medtheatre.co.uk

01647 441356

A Radio Play on Dartmoor

This project is to be run at Coombeshead College

Monday 26th - Thursday 29th July 2010, 10 am - 3 pm, for 10-13 year olds.

link to poster

MED Theatre's current programme of work

has been financially supported by:

Futurebuilders England , Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, Garfield Weston, Dartmoor Sustainable Development Fund, Dartmoor National Park Authority, Claude and Margaret Pike Woodlands Trust, Gcap Media, Heritage Lottery Fund, Lloyds TSB Foundation, Teignbridge District Council, West Devon Borough Council and Pennon Group plc.. Sponsorship for 'Snow' came from RK Shipman, Helpful Holidays and the Met Office.