interACTingonline - Looking at life issues through theatre

After writing and producing a play for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Elaine Haworth and Narelle Summers identified a gap in the market: namely, enabling ordinary people with no experience of writing or performing to produce their own piece of theatre. They also saw a need for increasing awareness of life issues (such as mental health, domestic violence, drug abuse etc) through creative means.

Drama is ideally placed to act as a vehicle in training. InterACTing will educate, promote and raise awareness of social issues to both public and private sector organisation.

Elaine Haworth - Operations Director has a background of training, management, counselling and creative writing.

Narelle Summers - Creative Director is a professional actor and director and has experience in working in television, theatre and corporate events.

For an idea of what it is we do take a look at the following flyers we produced for the education and health sectors:

Adding Drama to Learning

Healthcare

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Community Champions – Narelle Summers and Elaine Haworth from InterACTing

The sixth Regional Awards Ceremony for Community Champions, was held by the Government Office for Yorkshire & the Humber. Well-known ITV presenter Gaynor Barnes hosted the annual ceremony at The Met (formerly the Metropole Hotel) in Leeds on Thursday 2nd November 2006 and presented each winner with their award.

The annual ceremony rewards and acknowledges the excellent work that people are doing in their communities. The winners were each granted a maximum award of £2,000 from the Department for Education & Skills to kick-start their initiative which InterACTing used to develop the play ‘Hideaway’ with the participation of people with personal experience of Mental Health issues and services.

Pictured Elaine Haworth with Gaynor Barnes:




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After writing and producing a play for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Elaine Haworth and Narelle Summers identified a gap in the market: namely, enabling ordinary people with no experience of writing or performing to produce their own piece of theatre. They also saw a need for increasing awareness of life issues (such as mental health, domestic violence, drug abuse etc) through creative means. Drama is ideally placed to act as a vehicle in training. InterACTing will educate, promote and raise awareness of social issues to both public and private sector organisation. Elaine Haworth - Operations Director has a background of training, management, counselling and creative writing. Narelle Summers - Creative Director is a professional actor and director and has experience in working in television, theatre and corporate events. For an idea of what it is we do take a look at the following flyers we produced for the education and health sectors: Adding Drama to Learning Healthcare Adobe Acrobat required to view Community Champions – Narelle Summers and Elaine Haworth from InterACTing The sixth Regional Awards Ceremony for Community Champions, was held by the Government Office for Yorkshire & the Humber. Well-known ITV presenter Gaynor Barnes hosted the annual ceremony at The Met (formerly the Metropole Hotel) in Leeds on Thursday 2nd November 2006 and presented each winner with their award. The annual ceremony rewards and acknowledges the excellent work that people are doing in their communities. The winners were each granted a maximum award of £2,000 from the Department for Education & Skills to kick-start their initiative which InterACTing used to develop the play ‘Hideaway’ with the participation of people with personal experience of Mental Health issues and services. Pictured Elaine Haworth with Gaynor Barnes:
Members of the InterACTing Team pictured at Cedar Court Hotel,Wakefield:

' Hideaway ' was used as the central part of a series of Mental Health Awareness Training Sessions, delivered on behalf of Wakefield PCT to an audience from Wakefield District Housing, Jobcentre Plus and Wakefield Community Police.