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LIFE ON THE STREETS – THE MUSIC VIDEO, PART ONE
So far Acting on Impulse has produced three short films and two stage plays. What to do for this year’s project? Something original, not a film, not a play, something from the streets… Ideas suddenly came together. Jamie Serafi, the composer for the soundtrack in...
BREAK A LEG!
The first performance of DEEP WITHIN went really well and we’re incredibly proud of our actors! On Friday 18th May The Hub Community Centre in Altrincham was transformed into a theatre, with flats and wings and rows of seats. The audience were welcomed in the foyer by...
‘UNDER THE TRACKS’ SCREENS AT THE HOMELESS FILM FESTIVAL
We were thrilled to learn that our second film ‘Under the Tracks’ has been selected for the Homeless Film Festival. The festival is touring at venues throughout the country this month and screens at Manchester’s Cornerhouse on Sunday 22nd April at 4pm (details below)....
REHEARSING FOR ‘DEEP WITHIN’
At last, we have a name for our play. It’s called ‘Deep Within’ and you can see it on Friday 18th May at The Hub, Altrincham, and Saturday 26th May at the Zion Arts Theatre, Hulme. Let me give you the flavour of our Sunday afternoon workshops. When we arrive at the...
BBC AUDITIONS LEAD TO PART IN RADIO 3 PLAY
Our casting workshop in December 2011 was 2 days too late for 5 of our members. They had already had auditions at Media City for a radio play! On 3rd November Lauren received an email from Sarah Kenny, Production Co-ordinator for BBC Audio Drama North: ‘We are...
A SEASON OF MYSTERY
Our fifth season of fortnightly workshops began in October 2011. The theme is ‘Mystery.’ The end product, to be shown in May 2012, will be a multi-media mystery production, incorporating a number of short films into a live stage performance. When we filmed ‘The...
PREMIÈRE OF ‘THE INVITATION’
On 27th June 2011, our spruced-up actors reported to the Comedy Store in Manchester for the première of our film ‘The Invitation.’ Right till the last moment we didn’t know if John Henshaw, TV actor, comedian and all-round good old Manc lad, could clear his diary to...
We did it! We did Shakespeare, and we did it well!
The day of our first-ever live performance in a theatre began with the van, kindly supplied by Carillion, turning up to collect all the scenery and staging. Big thanks to Carillion and drivers Danny and John! By 10.30a.m. the Zion Arts Centre theatre in Hulme was...
The première of ‘Dream on the Streets’
On Friday 7th May 2010 a good size audience took their seats round small tables in the Hub, Altrincham. There was a festive atmosphere, with the hall and tables decked out in with a Midsummer’s Night theme. Speculation mounted as the audience sipped their drinks and...
And it’s a wrap! Report from ‘Dream on the Streets’ filming day
Our next production, ‘Dream on the Streets, ’ is multi-media, with 6 of the scenes on film. Filming took place on Saturday 27th March, at The Mustard Tree, Manchester. Crew and cast set to, alongside Mustard Tree’s Jim Kilty, sweeping out the builder’s debris from the...
