Our Blog
Here you’ll find our latest news and updates.
How we responded creatively to the Covid-19 Pandemic
For pretty much everyone working in theatre, the months of adjusting to pandemic have brought into question anything that might before have been assumed or accepted. People being in a room together
Reflecting on our Making Theatre Happen workshops
How much do you know about how theatre is made? In 2008 I thought I knew quite a lot – enough to have been writing about theatre for over a decade, confidently
BPT Recieves Funding From Cultural Recovery Fund
Brighton People’s Theatre is delighted to share that we have received a Cultural Recovery Fund Award from DCMS and Treasury. This vital award will allow a small, growing company like Brighton People’s
Our member Nick shares his experience of being part of BPT
The autumn term started back up online for Brighton Peoples’ Theatre and I couldn’t wait to get back into it. The summer workshops had stopped in June sometime and I was definitely
Looking back on our weekly in-person theatre workshops
Lately, the BPT blog has focused on the amazing programme of online activities put together by Naomi and the team when it became clear that public gatherings would continue to be prohibited
Thank You to Arts Council England
Recently at Brighton People’s Theatre we celebrated our third birthday. Sadly lockdown celebrations have been limited to two dimensional, head to waist, images on Zoom. Whilst our images might be suspended in
Have a go at our creative lighting challenge
This week we are sharing our creative challenge with anyone who fancies giving it a go. It’s a lighting design challenge set by a brilliant lighting designer called Prema Mehta. What on
Creating and sharing monologues – an update from our core creative group
Hello, hello! How are you all doing? Safe and well I hope. This week we got together with our core creative group for the second time. It was magical. Two weeks ago
Week 2 of our online workshops: we hear from our participants
We’re into our second week now of working out how and whether we can involve people in making theatre in their homes. This week we were joined by the brilliant sound designer
Reflecting On Our First Online Workshop
Last week we invited the 250 people who are part of Brighton People’s Theatre’s network of participants to come and play online. Not something I ever expected to do. Being a fan