Summary of the impact
The research and the practice methodology that underpin the emergence of
the responsive play scripts, alongside the performances of the plays, have
had the following impacts:
a) Educational — improving exposure to music and performance-making
of over one thousand school students, and teachers, in over twenty schools,
b) Communities, the General Public, Audiences — restoring, and
increasing opportunities for audiences disenfranchised from access to
locally generated performance by Chester's Gateway Theatre's closure
(2007), to see and/or participate in performance events of high
professional standard and thereby engage with local narratives and
histories
c) Local theatre professionals — restoring and increasing
employment opportunities, and broadening skill sets appropriate to
non-traditional performance contexts
Reach: theatre audiences: 7,480; audiences at outdoor events:
27,000.
Significance: evidenced by repeat commissions for playscripts and
touring productions.