Belfast youth group win EA Oscars award for poignant documentary on drugs and suicide
The hard-hitting film has input from Belfast dad Paul Fox who lost his son Aaron through suicide after battling with drug addiction that started when he was 13
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She has been provided funding for the career development grant to enhance her online presence by exploring digital theatre, an emerging hybrid genre that combines theatre, television, radio, green screen and special effecting using the Zoom platform.
She is one of 44 d/Deaf and disabled artists who have been awarded £94,000 in funding to create new work and support them through the Covid-19 crisis.
This work will go on exhibition and long term loan to special educational needs sector schools, libraries and other public venues.
The University of Atypical, on behalf of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Department for Communities, has awarded the grants from the d/Deaf and Disabled Artists Support Fund 2020/21 at a time when artists’ potential to generate income has been seriously impacted by the closure of art galleries, theatres, music venues and other creative outlets.
Cinderella did go to the ball - oh yes she did! And the leading lady was also among a host of local stars who brought some festive magic to the streets of Londonderry.
It was literally a case of she’s behind you as north west based theatre company Blue Eagle Productions staged a quick-fire version of the fairytale classic in a number of local housing estates.
With the well-known panto cast from the Millennium Forum away from their usual venue closed due to the COVID-19 restrictions, producer/director Jonathan Burgess ensured the popular live show would still go on in a new outdoor format apty titled as ‘The Show In Your Street’.