Unique Creative Arts Network for visually impaired young peopleBernie, Rod and Alys spent a fantastic week in the Queen Elizabeth High School in Carmarthen. Over 20 pupils attended the week-long workshops where they composed and sang The Nonsense Song accompanied by some pupils on the Ukuleles. They performed two other plays, danced and sang to a very large audience. Bernie said “What a [...]
Lloyd Coleman is a 19-year old student composer. Lloyd is also the Junior Chairman for UCAN Productions. He’s been asked to write a thirty minute piece for full orchestra – a tough job for any composer, but Lloyd is partially sighted and has severe hearing loss. Can he break through the wall and rise to [...]
On Thursday 23 February 2012 Jane and Bernie Latham were invited to Dyffryn Upper School Neath Port Talbot by Mrs Christine Harries and the schools Interact Club to receive a very generous donation of £600. The donation came about when Interact and UCAN member Rhianna nominated UCAN Productions as a worthy cause to receive money kindly donated by [...]
UCAN Productions Co-founder and Development Director Jane Latham has been awarded a Winston Churchill Travel Fellowship. This Fellowship means that Jane can travel to the USA and research organisations that support blind and partially sighted young people. Jane, who is planning her trip in September 2012 is very much hoping that she will be able [...]
UCAN Productions, which stands for Unique Creative Arts Network, a performance arts based organisation working with blind and visually impaired children and young people have been working with the Students at The School of Optometry and Vision Sciences providing Visual Awareness and Guiding Training via RNIB Cymru.
This partnership between UCAN Productions and The School works [...]
This half term project brought together new and long time members of UCAN Productions. Bernie Latham, Alys Jenkins and Alex Rees led the workshops and the group worked very hard on the ‘Blue Butterfly’ project which will be shown at our UCAN Perform Festival on 17 July 2012. A great time was had by all [...]
Artistic Director Bernard Latham and UCAN Trainer Alys Jenkins spent two weeks running drama and performance arts based workshops at Porth Community School. 10 pupils attended the workshops and took part in physical and vocal drama training. The group also worked hard to devise new pieces of work which will be shown at the Coliseum [...]
UCAN Productions Artistic Director Bernie Latham returned with excitement to Pembroke School along with Trainers Alys Jenkins and Daniel Rochford. It was great to see everyone again and more new members joined the UCAN workshop. The group of 17 young people rehearsed and performed a drama piece called ‘Bendy Stoopers’ an Alice in Wonderland like [...]
UCAN Productions held a weeklong series of workshops in Milford Comprehensive School in Pembrokeshire. 17 new pupils, took part and learnt how to play a few songs on the Ukulele with Trainer Rod Arthur, and then went on to put a wonderful performance on the final day with drama and a Ukulele orchestra. Parents, teachers [...]
Celebrities perform in radio soap for visually impaired young people in Wales, as part of lottery celebrations.
RADIO 1 DJ Sara Cox and comedian Rufus Hound took to the airwaves for a special radio production performed by visually impaired young people in Cardiff, as part of a celebration of National Lottery Good Causes.
The UCAN [...]
