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Blue Apple Theatre was founded in 2005 by Winchester & District Mencap Society to redress the inequality of theatre opportunity and use the skills and enhanced confidence gained through performing on stage to raising the ceiling of expectation and opportunity for people with learning disabilities.
We aim to help our members achieve their social, personal and theatrical potential through the challenge of appearing on stage in public performance.
Many young learning disabled people dreamt of being on stage and have since benefited from all that taking part in theatre offers in learning skills and growing confidence. Now Blue Apple Theatre has a regular membership of 50 and performed last year to over 1,500 people in Hampshire, London, Warwick and Southampton.
Five years of aspiration and determination are fulfilling the dreams of young learning disabled performers in Hampshire.
News:
Celebrating our 5th Birthday and Learning Disability Week we performed our most exciting and challenging project to date this summer
25 learning disabled performers and 9 people from the wider community performed an important highly ambitious comedic production of A Blue Apple Midsummer Night’s Dream specially adapted by writer Will Jessop and Director Peter Clerke and supported for the first time by a professional design and costume.
The performance in promenade through woodland and various spaces indoors and out included some actors speaking Shakespearean verse and drew great appreciation from the sell-out audience: ‘what a funny, thoroughly professional and uplifting performance’ ‘a sublime show’ ‘a truly moving experience’.
and was well reviewed
‘Blue Apple’s rich and innovative work’:
‘a beautiful experience’
‘A magical evening full of delightful and imaginative detail.
In a wonderfully creative take on a familiar story, the company brought out the comedy and drama...members of all abilities created beguiling characters...
Hampshire Chronicle July 8-14 2010
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