We are very excited to announce our film premiere of Through The Front Door. Friday 6th June, 1pm to 3pm at the Assembly Rooms (part of Frome Memorial Theatre). This is a film sharing the personal and public heritage of people with learning disabilities through the places we have inhabited. “The story of a […]
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Our show was a huge success on so many levels! Photo credits: Julian Hight and OpenStoryTellers
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With two weeks until our Heritage lottery funded show ‘Through the Front Door’ at the Frome Memorial Theatre we would like to show you some of the stories we uncovered during our research, which have shaped our creative work and the content of the show! First up, we learned about the places that people with
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Ellie says: I am really excited at performing at the Memorial Theatre. I was excited to see half the costume for the show. I am really excited to be performing a story from mythology. I am singing a song – we have permission from the artist who actually wrote it so I am very nervous
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Through The Front Door – presented by Open Storytellers TICKETS ON SALE NOW!!!! A journey of dreamworlds, music hall, poetic histories, asylums and workhouses; laws of the land; hands in the earth and The Harmony Ball. We’re all waiting for the curtain to be parted, waiting for the overture to get everything started. Take
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Through the Front Door Project update- creative phase Here at Openstorytellers, we have begun to introduce the themes that we have been discovering through our research. We will share more of this as the project continues, but just for now we wanted to show you Joe’s work on his set design. Doors are featuring strongly
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Through the Front Door Project update- site visits! Using money raised by National Lottery players, The National Lottery Heritage Fund supports projects that connect people and communities with the UK’s heritage. Through the Front Door is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we have been able to visit
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Using money raised by National Lottery players, The National Lottery Heritage Fund supports projects that connect people and communities with the UK’s heritage. Our heritage project ‘Through the Front Door’ is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Blog about my thoughts and feelings about my set design for the heritage project ‘Through the
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Through the Front Door Project update- AprilLast week we visited the old Norah Fry hospital in Shepton Mallet. This heritage site is very important to us as we remembered our dear friend Brian, who we knew had lived in the Norah Fry hospital as a young man. We enjoyed reading his book and hearing his
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Our latest heritage project, ‘Through The Front Door’, is now well into the research phase and our inclusive researcher Alice, along with other members of Openstorytellers, has been taking a deep-dive look into what life might have been like for people with learning disabilities in Somerset over the past 150 years. Researching the lives of
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