November was an incredibly exciting time for the UCAN Team, as we delivered our very first drama workshop at the Istituto Dei Ciechi, Via Angio in Palermo. Very happy to contribute to the first training week of Vision Erasmus project. http://www.vision-erasmusplus.eu/
Massive thank you to our partners and to the wonderful young people from Palermo.
On September 30th, The UCAN Go team were given the opportunity to speak about the UCAN Go app at the NESTA, Making Digital Work Conference, at The Birmingham Rep. If you are interested in indoor navigation please download the app which is currently available for the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff and The Torch Theatre, Milford Haven, and hopefully, coming to a new theatre near you soon!
In September, we started our exciting new project – UCAN Create, a professional development training programme which is delivered in partnership with the innovative company Yellowbrick. http://yellobrick.co.uk/#stage-section
The first challenge for this project was to devise a performance that would encourage young people to engage with science. The end result was a fantastic day where over 180 young people were actively involved. The UCAN Create team created a narrative which allowed the participants to become secret agents of M.E.T.S (Ministry of Enlightened Theory and Skill), and encouraged them all to interact with the various science exhibitions. A fantastic and engaging time was had by all. The project was funded by Arts Council of Wales and Cardiff University.
UCAN’s latest production has been a great success. The BBC Performing Arts funded project played to a packed house at the Bute Theatre, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. Feedback from the audience included ‘Amazing and captivating performance by the whole cast’ ‘ All kinds of awesome’ ‘They were all so accomplished and cool!’ Special thanks to Joseph Wait, Tom Nevens, Mared Jarman and Sophie Staniland, who worked tirelessly with Musical Director, Alex Rees to create an original soundtrack for the production, including Titania’s Lullaby Song’ with words by William Shakespeare.
A BIG THANK you to Claire Sharp from Children in Wales for her fantastic Child Protection Day which was held at the School of Optometry and Vision Sciences. Long time UCAN member Mared Jarman said ‘ The course gave me confidence to continue working with young people. It really helps to know what procedures to follow to keep everyone safe in UCAN.’
