Offer to Primary Schools
Do you work for a Primary School, and are you interested in having Big Brum visit to work with your young people? If so, Big Brum has identified several models of performance and workshop that we can deliver in your school. We are always happy to have a discussion about how we can make our work most effective for you so drop us a line and get in touch!
Click here to view Big Brum's offer to Primary Schools
Posted 22/05/13
France and Malta
As well as its award winning schools work, Big Brum remains committed to showcasing its work in theatre venues, with considerable demand from abroad. The Company is currently performing in Rouen, France, at the Theatre de Deux Rives: www.theatre2rives.com/saison-2012-13/the-edge.
Furthmore, Artistic Director Chris Cooper has just returned from directing BOnd play Olly's Prison in Malta - read about the impact on the island here: http://www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/theartsdesk-malta-after-censorship.
Posted 21/03/13
New videos from Bond@50
In 2012 Big Brum led the celebration of the 50th anniversary as a performed playwright of its associate artist Edward Bond; video from its performances, including footage of Bond working with the Company, are available on its YouTube site: www.youtube.com/channel/UC4a4ktaj4COAjxym0McUk5g?feature=watch.
And for the French speaking, an interview about the event is available for viewing on French television: www.lachainenormande.fr/Replay/informations/L-invite-de-la-redac/Dossier_special___Festival_Edward_Bond_a_Coventry-hqJ6F3gaMt.
Posted 21/01/13
Happy New Year from Big Brum
2012 was a fantastic year for Big Brum, with so many events and opportunities to get together with our supporters and colleagues from the UK and around the world.
Your support was vital to the success of the Bond@50 year, and we are looking forward to building on that success in 2013. The Bond@50 year of events can be reviewed at www.bondat50.org.uk.
The Edge is still touring and The Giant's Embrace is coming soon, as seen elsewhere on this site.
Please do stay in touch and watch as our year develops - we hope that 2013 will be another fantastic year for Big Brum and our supporters.
Posted 21/01/13
Bookings open for The Giant's Embrace
"Once there was a very, very, very greedy Giant, who would eat, and eat, and eat until he could eat no more. It was because of the Giant’s greed that the little people went hungry, and they cowered with fear whenever they heard the Giant's footsteps, which thudded on the ground like a mighty drum as he roamed the great forest in search of his next meal. Boom, Boom, Boom!"
This participatory Theatre in Education programme, touring from February 2013 to July 2013, devised by the internationally renowned Big Brum, will take your children on a journey into the imagination, exploring the themes of responsibility, friendship, family and sustainability.
Click here NOW for more details on The Giant's Embrace
Posted 17/12/12
Many thanks from Big Brum
We would like to say thank you to everyone who came along and supported Big Brum and our partnership with Edward Bond at the events at the start of November. We were pleased to welcome so many old and new friends as well as 18 guests from around the world, with many fantastic performances, discussions and talks at Warwick Arts Centre and the mac.
We had a great write-up of the event on theatre blog A Younger Theatre, which can be read here: www.ayoungertheatre.com/review-bond-at-50-the-edge-and-the-broken-bowl.
Photos and videos from these events will be posted up on our website soon so keep your eye open for details!
Posted 21/11/12
Edward Bond - new statements on drama
Two new comment pieces by Edward Bond on his work and the state of modern theatre; 'The Edge: a personal comment' and 'The Third Crisis: the State of Future Drama' are now available on Bond's website: www.edwardbond.org/Comment/comment.html
Posted 17/10/12
Big Brum and Newman University College
Big Brum have been working with Newman University and our colleages in the Community and Applied Drama Laboratory on various projects recently, including a successful and thought-provoking reading of Edward Bond's 'Tuesday'. On Friday 9th November at the mac, you can see Big Brum and CAD/Lab in one day - Newman University will be presenting two devised monologues on mental health; 'I care' and 'Simone', at 3pm, before our performance of 'The Edge' at 7.30pm.
'I care' and 'Simone' are two devised monologues with music about mental health illness. A woman with bi-polar disorder and her carer invite the audience to witness and reflect on their experience. There will be a post-performance discussion with the audience about the role of theatre in psychiatry in helping deepen understanding of mental health issues.
Tickets for 'I care' and 'Simone': www.macarts.co.uk/event/two-monologues-on-mental-health-i-care-and-simone
Tickets for The Edge: www.macarts.co.uk/event/the-edge
Posted 16/10/12
Welcome to our new website!
Welcome to the brand new website for Big Brum Theatre in Education company. Our previous website hasn't been doing the company justice for some time now, so we are very pleased to show our new public face on the internet.
At the moment the site does not contain all the content we hope to have, though there is already a link to numerous new resources and of course our current programme is well covered. However, as time goes by we plan to add more and more content and media to the site, growing it into a really rich source of information for theatre in education practitioners around the world; and of course our very valued supporters in schools.
We do, however, have a number of new ways to keep in touch with us, so do check out our pages on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
2012 is a really exciting year for the Company as we lead the Bond@50 year celebrations, and the Company is running numerous events to this end. If you would like to see just what we are doing, full details are on our website www.bondat50.org.uk.
So keep coming back to Big Brum's new website, as we keep adding content and sharing our work with the world!
Posted 19/09/12
Warwick Arts Centre host the Bond@50 Festival
2nd and 3rd November 2012
2012 is the 50th anniversary as a playwright of the dramatist Edward Bond. Regarded by many as Britain's greatest living playwright, Big Brum Theatre in Education, Warwick Arts Centre and the University of Warwick are proud to present a two day festival of Bond's work.
The programme features performances by Big Brum of two new Edward Bond plays, The Broken Bowl and The Edge, performances of the Edward Bond play Tune by L'Outil Compagnie from France, speeches by Edward Bond and Shami Chakrabhati, Director of Liberty, an open rehearsal with Edward Bond working with actors, and screenings of Blowup and Walkabout.
Tickets are available NOW from: www.warwickartscentre.co.uk
You can purchase tickets for events individually or a Day Pass which gives you access to ALL events taking place over one day: www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/events/theatre/bond-50-day-pass
Part of Big Brum's Bond@50 year: www.bondat50.org.uk
On Friday 2nd November there is also an attached Academic Conference organised by the University of Warwick: www.warwick.ac.uk/bondat50
Posted 19/09/12
"Tuesday" by Edward Bond
5th October
As part of Big Brum's celebration of the Bond@50 year, a rehearsed reading of Edward Bond's 1993 play "Tuesday" will take place on October 5th at Newman College at 6.30pm. Tickets are free and all are welcome.
Book your ticket at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/4387571344
Posted 19/09/12
The Edge at mac
6th to 9th November 2012
The Edge is a compelling, dark comedy which explores what it is to be human in the complex world of today. The Edge is Edward Bond's 8th play written for Big Brum, and runs at the mac (Midlands Arts Centre) for four nights in November.
Click here to visit the event listing at the mac's webite, and book tickets!
Part of Big Brum's Bond@50 year: www.bondat50.org.uk
Posted 19/09/12
