Theatre company receives £25,000 funding for six month project in Milton Keynes

The money will go towards creating a six month community project. called ‘Invisible - Visible’, which will focus on equal representation within society through a stage play, short films, audio podcasts, illustrated comic books and twines.

The Play's the Thing Artistic Director, Rosemary Hill said: “The idea for the six-month project came from the current lockdown, which has led to a renewed respect and awareness of many key workers. As part of the project we will look at how can we encourage society to retain these wins, and to work to a future that nobody needs to feel invisible in society again.”

Writer and theatre maker Sarah Wanendeya will work alongside the company to develop her original script ‘Becoming the Invisible Woman’, which charts the journey of a woman who ‘awakens’ to find herself middle aged, stuck in a rut and confused.

Rosemary said: “We will also lead a community engagement programme with the theme ‘Invisibility in society’. It will explore how age, race, gender, disability, socio economic status and our career choices can all directly affect how society perceives us, and why certain people and roles in society are ignored, taken for granted, isolated and forgotten.

“We are extremely proud and excited to bring this project to Milton Keynes and beyond, and to be working with some amazing creative practitioners and local people. I am fully committed to delivering a project that our community can be proud of."

She added: “We wouldn’t be able to do this without the support of ACE. As a small company this funding will ensure our survival during these very tough times. For that we are truly grateful.”