Flute Theatre, who since March 2020 and the onset of the pandemic have made over 700 online performances for autistic individuals and their families, will present three productions from Monday 7th June for 6 weeks.
They will present their two previous adapted productions of Shakespeare’s Pericles and A Midsummer Night’s Dream alongside their newly commissioned production, created in association with Teatro La Plaza in Lima Peru, of The Tempest presented in both English and Spanish. Flute Theatre’s Shakespeare Festival has been created and developed with international partners in order including Teatro La Plaza, Lima Peru, Escuela Monserrat Montera, Granollers Spain and Samatha Learning Centre, Bangalore India.
To book for Flute Theatre’s Online Shakespeare Festival visit https://flutetheatre.co.uk/5247-2/
Through specially adapted Shakespeare productions and their use of the Hunter Heartbeat Method – productions are delivered in a one to one environment on Zoom. During the past year Flute Theatre has worked extensively in the UK and countries around the world including India, the USA, Spain and Peru to create and adapt Shakespeare for autistic individuals and their families. These performances have been created in response to Covid-19, alleviating anxieties and offering unique opportunities for artistic participation during the increased loneliness caused by the pandemic.
Performances are experienced through sensory games that are musical, funny, and physical; each game is tailored to the specific needs of the individual, creating a unique experience shared between actors and autistic participants. As a result of these one to one performances some autistic individuals have started to speak for the very first time and shown increased concentration levels.
Kelly Hunter MBE, Artistic Director of Flute Theatre said: This festival is the culmination of our creative response to the pandemic. Since March 2020 we have adapted our unique sensory and communicative productions to be available online for the autistic community and those with special needs across the world. Although theatres have been closed, our creativity, hearts and minds have remained open – we’ve formed bonds and partnerships with families and artists across the world from Blackpool to Lima, from India to Spain. Whilst the pandemic continues to wreck peoples lives in the global south, we are working with those most in need, continuing to use theatre to combat exclusion and allow people who are completely isolated to share how it feels to be alive”
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