Good Company

Supported by Arts Council of Wales and Community Trade Union and
developed from The Art of Kindness Project.

Sherman Theatre

Saturday September 2nd at 7.30pm
Senghennydd Rd, Cardiff CF24 4YE

Nidum Art Centre
Wednesday 6th September at  7.30pm

Neath Port Talbot College, Dwr-Y- Felin Rd, Neath SA10 7RF

Tickets are free and are issued on a first come first served emailing
info@ucanproductions or calling 02920870554 or 07812051815
GOOD COMPANY is an innovative and original theatre performance,
which examines the relationship between, acts of kindness and acts that
cause pain.  Developed from The Art Of Kindness Project, this exciting
piece of theatre has been created from 30 real life recorded interviews.
These have been bravely provided both by those who have experienced
every day discrimination and disability hate crime and those who have
experienced acts of kindness that have made a difference to their lives.
Taking a unique approach, UCAN Members, as ‘Playmakers’, used
audio recordings of people’s real stories and their actual words to craft
an audio, rather than a written, play text. This is the organisation’s first
ever audio script and the production explores and plays with sound and
the spoken word. Supported by professional playwright and deviser
Dinos Aristidou and Artistic Director Bernie Latham, contributors and
playmakers explore verbatim theatre conventions and have developed
an approach to playmaking and performance that is accessible.
The project has been developed in response to a direct request from the
Community Trade Union and in particular the Welsh members from the
National League of Blind and Disabled (NLBD) and is supported by The
Arts Council of Wales

UCAN Production is a performance arts organisation for blind and partially

sighted young people and their friends
www.ucanproductions.org

UCAN Perform Festival 2017

We know we say it every year, but this was definitely the best UCAN Perform Festival – EVER! Members came from far and wide to enjoy a fantastic day of fun and promoting the talents of blind and partially sighted young people. Highlights included, excerpts of a new concept album by Eleanor Wait, fabulous performance from our talented friend from Scotland Sarah Caltieri, along with amazing dance, drama and singing performances from many of our UCAN members. Looking forward to next year already!

Challenging Perceptions

Our creative learning team i2i spent two fascinating days delivering workshops for the educational consultancy service IN THINKING at Atlantic College. Our talented young team devised two thought provoking days which were designed to encourage critical thinking around the subject of sight loss.105 young students aged 16 to 17 years from Buenos Aires, Argentina took part in the training.

UCAN Team Helps Plan a Trip to Mars

Our Core team was delighted to be working with the very talented Allie John of Yellobrick on Cardiff University’s STEM event. Megan, Ben, Mared and Jake played special METS agents planning a trip to Mars. The event was held at The Reardon Smith Theatre, but as it is all top secret – that’s all we can tell you!

Lewis Girls School Workshops

A great day was had by all at Lewis Girls School, when visually impaired young people from the area were joined by sixth formers for a day for drama and fun. UCAN Team very much look forward to visiting the school again soon