About Us
"A unique, special theatre project"
The Black Dog Theatre Creation is a special not-for-profit theatre group set up and run by Alfie James Productions which aims at using performance skills to support people suffering from poor confidence, anxiety and to help to reduce the risk of people becoming isolated. It is also open to those who simply love being creative, learning new theatre skills and staging plays regularly. Now in its sixth year it is slowly growing and is building its reputation as being a wonderful, positive, and successful group. We currently have two groups in Colchester and Camden, London and we often run short bite-size projects in Brentwood and Suffolk. We develop small projects, workshops and performances and work with other artists to offer our members the opportunity to engage in a wide range of artistic skills. Our projects are free to access and open to all.
To find out more about us click here:
WHAT'S UP NEXT...
"The Reluctant Dragon"
At: The Bury St Edmunds Quaker Meeting House
When: Saturday 11th July 3.00pm
Tickets: FREE
"Fighting is such a bore! And I'm not going to fight just so you can have a roman holiday!"
Poor old Dragon is so misunderstood. When he arrives at a village everyone thinks the worse and want him gone. But when a small girl decides to investigate she soon finds that the dragon isn't that scary after all. But before you can say fire-breather, the villagers call upon Saint George the dragon slayer to fight the dragon. Adapted from the short story by Kenneth Grahame (Wind the Willows). This is a fun play adaptation by Alfie James using comedy, fun larger than life characters, poetry and even a rap! This play teaches children (and adults) that there are better ways of solving problems then fighting.
From the Black Dog Theatre Creation Bury St Edmunds group which is a special theatre group aimed at developing confidence and positive well-being as well as learning and sharing performance techniques. Their last performance of "Little Red Riding Hood" sold out at the Bury St Edmunds library. This is a fun family treat for all the family. Performed at the Bury St Edmunds Quaker Meeting Rooms.
(Please note: if the weather allows us to, we may perform outside in the beautiful garden)
Performance notes:
-Running time: 30 minutes (approx.)
-All tickets: FREE (But must be pre-booked)
-All children must be supervised by an adult.
-Please note that we may film our performance. The camera will focus on the actors on stage for our evaluation.
-We will be holding a small collection to help raise funds to help us to continue running our free community theatre projects.
Box office:
Tickets are FREE, but must be pre-booked using the link below. (You will be taken to our Ticketsource webpage)
A right witchy treat!
Our latest Black Dog Theatre Creation project in Colchester came to a wonderful end recently with our special performance of Roald Dahl’s masterful classic “The Witches.” Over the past few months, we have been exploring wordplay, raps and creating larger than life panto characters. It’s helped to further develop our confidence and break down our anxiety on stage. The performance was a big success with our sell-out audience. Here are a few snap shots and a film recording of the performance for you to enjoy. THANK YOU to everyone who took part and came along to support us.
A special audio recording of a new short story...
Last year our Colchester group delivered a special heritage project exploring the Essex Witchcraft Trials. Recently, we teamed up with Artist James Cartmell who helped us to create s new audio recording of a special story based on the true tale of Dummy from Sible Hedingham.
CURRENT NEWS
A CHANTING SUCCESS!
Our Bury St Edmunds recently welcomed local Suffolk Artist Helen Taylor along to lead a special workshop all about chanting. I must admit we were a little apprehensive as many of us aren’t ‘born singers’. However, Helen quickly put us a ease and we thoroughly enjoyed learning and exploring chants from different cultures and looking at percussion instruments.
Norwich here we come!
We’re so chuffed to announce that we will be creating a new Black Dog Theatre Creation group in Norwich. The project will run at the Norwich Quakers Meeting House. Our first project will be based on bringing to life our Women in War play and creating a special film about local WW1 nurse Edith Cavell.
Through the looking glass
After a little pause, we’re thrilled to announce that our Black Dog Camden project will be returning this July. We’re really excited to be developing a new adaptation of Alice through the looking glass for a free community performance which will be touring around Camden and Newham libraries later in the year.
Reluctant Dragon performance
Our Reluctant Dragon performance is finally upon us. We’re so excited to be bringing the play to life for the community at the Quaker Meeting House in Bury St Edmunds. To get your free tickets click on the link at the top of this page.
Women in War Kelvedon a HUGE success!
Our sold-out performance was a big success at the Kelvedon Institute and it was lovely to see both regulars and new audience members come along to support.
WE’RE LOOKING FOR NEW MEMBERS, LOCAL ARTISTS & VOLUNTEERS
We are always looking for new people to work with including:
-New Members for all our groups (Adults aged 18+)
-Local Artists who may like to collaborate with us or be our guest workshop leaders sharing their skills.
-Volunteers to support our members
Please get in touch if you’re interested