http://newstrides.co.uk Drama For All Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:57:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This year, New Strides is launching 'Portaghost', the UK's only portable ghost walk service. The idea has sprung from our involvement with the Coldingham Ghost Walk over the past few years. We intend to provide a service that will research and create tailored ghost walks for communities all over the country. The ... http://newstrides.co.uk/2008/04/12/2008-plans/   On May the 16th, Coldingham Village Hall will be officially opened as a fully refurbished community space with capacity as a proper arts venue.  Coldingham Village took part in last years People's Millions and were delighted to receive funding to complete the transformation of their village hall. This followed a concerted ... http://newstrides.co.uk/2008/04/12/grand-opening-of-coldingham-village-hall/   Descent, the one woman show that premiered last year at the Edinbugh Fringe is available for touring and events. The show is ostensibly set in Nazi Germany and charts the decline of a Jewish family yet no actual reference is made to time nor place as the story of Veronicka and her family could ... http://newstrides.co.uk/2007/06/24/descent-touring/ If you would like to contact us via post our new address is: 5 Ashdene, Walsden, Todmorden, Lancs OL14 6QS. Telephone 07792 752409 Email newstrides@hotmail.com Actors interested in joining our pool of actors should send CVs and photographs to the above address or via email. We are only interested in people who are committed ... http://newstrides.co.uk/2006/10/26/new-contact-details/ This year New Strides returns to the Calton Cafe Theatre bar in Montgomery St with a great line up of plays and music. Along with Red Card Theatre and Meanwhile Theatre we are showing five newly written plays and in the evenings we are blessed with the presence of some ... http://newstrides.co.uk/2006/06/08/edinburgh-fringe-2006/ Some new photographs from performances of Tea With Mrs. Pankhurst are now on the site. View the photos here. http://newstrides.co.uk/2006/06/05/tea-with-mrs-pankhurst-photographs/ When school children Gemma and Harry find a purse on the street, they can’t believe their luck. Gemma can buy some nice things for her mum who isn’t very well, and some sweets and Harry can get the CD he wants. But questions begin to arise. Do they really have ... http://newstrides.co.uk/2006/06/05/debate-for-primary-schools/ We have now successfully adapted our play ‘Tea With Mrs Pankhurst’ for schools. It needed only small alteration and it has had a great response from young people everywhere it has gone. The Play Emmeline Pankhurst and Selina Cooper took tea together many times. Yet these two suffrage leaders had not only ... http://newstrides.co.uk/2006/06/05/tea-with-mrs-pankhurst-for-secondary-schools/ 2004 has been a busy year (as usual) for the company. We have continued to tour both our plays Tea With Mrs Pankhurst and Purge to all sorts of different venues nationwide and we have expanded our Pankhurst tour to schools. This has been greatly received. We also had the ... http://newstrides.co.uk/2006/06/05/new-strides-news-2005/ One of our bases has now changed. We no longer have a base in Northern Ireland as Ruth has moved to Calderdale (West Yorks). See our brochure or contact page for the new address. http://newstrides.co.uk/2006/06/05/new-location/