Spectacle Theatre Ltd , invite you to share our work.
Wednesday 14th of February
Be My Voice Listening and hearing the voice of people facing disability hate crime. Partnership working with Peoples First and supported by Cwm Taf Community cohesion fund.
Wednesday 28th of February
New Writing from the Rhondda professional actors deliver ‘script in hand’ performances.
extracts from three new plays written by members of our community.
Wednesday 6th of March
In The Dark Woods by Paul Swift professional theatre production for young people currently touring schools in RCT.
Partnership working with Leeds TIE co, and Rhondda Cynon Taf and Merthyr Tydfil Educational Psychology Service.
All events will be from 6 pm to 7:30 pm at
Yr Hen Llyfrgell / the old library , 47 Pontypridd Rd, Porth CF39 9PG Porth .
Ella, who’s 6, and Izzy who’s 13. The story begins one day after school when Ella is alone in her bedroom…
“Do you want to play?… I’ll be Rapunzel, and she’s really small, and she’s lost her Mammy in the dark woods’’.
“Will you come with me into the dark woods and help me find my Mammy?”
Can you help Ella and Izzy find their Mammy before it’s too late?
In the Dark Woods is a participatory play for young people aged 7+, with a flexible structure that allows children and young people to respond at their own level. The play is part of an Educational Theatre Programme and uses fairy story characters and stories to examine loss & bereavement, and supports work on mental health, dementia, healthy relationships, domestic violence, and divided families.
The programme consists of the play, post play discussions, workshops, and Teaching Support Materials, and is available for Years 3 and upwards.
Our programmes are designed to enable classes to talk safely about sensitive issues relevant to their lives, increasing empathy and understanding of their own and others’ experiences; to engage all, including those who don’t normally engage; to enable everyone to participate at their own level; to draw on and validate their experience and knowledge, raising confidence & self-esteem and having a positive impact on learning and behaviour.
To book the In the Dark Woods Educational Theatre Programme, please contact
Helping to prevent adversity in childhood or support those impacted by adverse childhood experiences.
Thanks to generous financial support from the Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales: Spectacle Theatre LTD are offering a free drama programme designed to enable people to talk safely about sensitive issues relevant to their lives. The programme supports work which tackles adversity in childhood.
Appropriate for people aged 7+.
Delivered by trained, experienced and sensitive bi-lingual staff.
Available free to community or youth groups across South Wales.
January until March 2023. The project continues until 2025.
If you would like to know more or discuss how you can use this resource in your community setting, contact
Spectacle Theatre are wanting to hear from organisations that may wish to use Spectacles Drama based resources, to support work around ACES. We can offer participatory plays or workshops which provide a flexible structure allowing children, young people, and families to respond at their own level. Both methods are inclusive and can be delivered bi-lingually. Both can examine issues like identity, isolation & loneliness. Both support work on adverse childhood experiences, poor mental health, safe relationships, homophobia, hate crime & domestic abuse.
We know that building on strengths and learning from experiences can help individuals, families, and communities to become more resilient. Our activities, help people connect with others, and aid improvement in mental and physical well-being. There is no charge for this work.
What we want to achieve
Children having the best start in life and the opportunity to achieve their potential.
Provide inclusive activities/interventions which engage children and young people from across different communities.
Provide support for those impacted by childhood adversity or trauma and help build resilience or protective factors.
Promote the best interests of the child/ren and improve well-being.
WHY DRAMA?
Drama is a very powerful medium.
We create a safe space where we intellectually and emotionally engage at-risk people and provide an interactive fictional landscape to enable them to safely explore, talk about, and provide an objective viewpoint on difficult issues they may be experiencing.
Spectacle Theatre has an established history in using theatre and drama with people at risk. Enabling them to explore difficult issues relevant to their lives, including sexual health and sexual abuse, domestic violence, bullying.
The project supports at-risk children. Enabling them to talk about sensitive issues, recognise warning signs and identify strategies to stay safe.
It will raise awareness for parents/carers, teachers, support workers and organisations.
It will enable teachers and workers to identify children at risk so they can receive appropriate support. We can offer these programmes to their parents/carers and provide follow-up and support materials for teachers and support workers.
If you would like further information, please contact Spectacle Theatre Ltd at
Spectacle are undertaking a community consultation, about the use we make of the publicly owned woodlands and forests in the Rhondda Valley. We are consulting with people living in the Rhondda on behalf of National Resources Wales.
As a part of the consultation, we will be conducting two ‘WALK and TALK’ events. Walk and Talk is an opportunity to walk the woods and discuss future plans for the woodland.
Tuesday , March the 15th at ‘Maendy’ Treorchy CF42 , 6DH
Monday, 21st March at ‘Barry Sidings’ Trehafod CF37 2PE
events are
at 9-30 – 11-30
WEDNESDAY the 23rd of March a participatory theatre and consultation event will be held
Mae Theatr Spectacle Cyf yn chwilio ar frys am berson i drefnu a chyflwyno gweithdai Theatr Gymunedol yn Rhondda Cynon Taf. Byddwch yn rhan o dîm bach, weithiau’n gweithio’n annibynnol. Nod y gweithdai yw i ddatblygu synnwyr o les y cyfranogwyr.
Bydd disgwyl i chi gyflwyno gweithdai sy’n seiliedig ar y Celfyddydau gyda phobl ifanc sy’n agored i niwed a thrigolion hŷn.
Gellir darparu hyfforddiant os oes angen.
Lleolir y swydd yn y Ffatri Bop ym Mhorth, ac mae’r lleoliadau gwaith yn RhCT.
Y post
35 awr yr wythnos. ( Gellir trafod gweithio rhan amser ) am gyfnod o dri mis o Ionawr 2022.
Telerau ac amodau Ecwiti/Cyngor Theatr Annibynnol.
Y gallu i yrru yn hanfodol / Siarad Cymraeg yn ddymunol
I gael rhagor o wybodaeth neu i drafod y post, e-bostiwch neu ffoniwch Steve Davis
Community Theatre Facilitator post, at Spectacle Theatre Ltd
Spectacle Theatre Ltd urgently seek a person to organise and deliver Community Theatre workshops within Rhondda Cynon Taff. You will be a part of a small team, sometimes working independently. Aim of workshops to develop participants sense of wellbeing
You will be expected to deliver Arts based workshops with vulnerable youth and older residents
Training can be provided if required.
The post is based at the Factory in Porth
The working venues are within RCT.
The post
35 hours per week. ( Part time working can be negotiated )
runs for a period of three months from January 2022.
Terms and conditions Equity / Independent Theatre council .
Ability to drive essential / Welsh Speaking desirable
For further Information or to discuss the post please email or call Steve Davis