Swindon Arts Centre, an intimate venue seating slightly more than 200 people, offers a full programme of professional and community events and films. www.swindon.gov.uk/artscentre
Reach - Behind You
As part of one of our SSAT objectives all students in Year Nine have taken part in exploratory workshops leading to performances based on issues explored during our citizenship programme. Sixth Sense were due to deliver this but they do not have a programme for Year Nine hence Partners Theatre via our partners Reach Inclusive Arts were able to deliver ‘Behind You.’ We offered Partners our hall for dress rehearsal on Thursday 5th Oct and 60 Year 8s watched their performance. On 5th and 9th 214 Year 9 students watched and participated

Behind You deals with death and bereavement. After each performance the audience was asked to come up with alternative endings and to go onto stage and act out their alternative scenario.

Due to the sensitive nature of this show Partners arranged a twilight session for teachers from Swindon and surrounding area in the school library on Tuesday 19th September.

"Students were extremely enthusiastic when asked to participate in the Forum Theatre sessions. In feedback discussions during drama lessons, students commented upon how useful it was to explore the difficult issue of bereavement. Partners Theatre Company provided an excellent stimuli and opportunity for discussion in a safe environment which has been extremely helpful in supporting the current scheme of work on "The Identification". Commented Debs Browning from our Drama Dept.