Blue Apple Stage Company welcomed two special guests on Monday!
Dr Jo Raphael, a lecturer in drama education at the University of Deakin in Melbourne, Australia and also the Artistic Director of Fusion Theatre, an inclusive community-based theatre company, and
Dr Jill Goodwin, a Portsmouth-based artist/researcher with experience of special education settings and of working with Oily Cart who create sensory theatre shows for disabled children.
On Tuesday 22 October, a team of Blue Apple staff and two performers supported by a volunteer took part in a Hate Crime Week Online Event organised and hosted by the Stronger Communities Team at Southampton City Council - part of their role is to promote community cohesion. The event was attended by key community representatives across the city.
Blue Apple shared a screening of “See No Evil” a short film that was produced, alongside drama and discussion activities, a couple of years ago, to raise awareness about bullying, prejudicial language and county lines drugs gangs. The project was developed with the Hampshire Police Crime Commissioner and Hampshire County Council.
The part-animated video features four of Blue Apple’s actors who all have learning disabilities, as well as real-life police officers.
Attendees all contributed to a group work task based on a hate crime survey that Stronger Communities Team had conducted in early October. Blue Apple’s suggestions on hate crime responses and actions have now been incorporated into a document that will be taken forward within the project by Southampton City Council in their efforts to tackle hate crime effectively.
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