Future Insight Project

The team had a fantastic week at Milford Haven School as part of the RNIB Cymru’s project Future Insight. The team spent a week creating a performance, which was shared on the last day with pupils, family and friends.

Future Insight Workshops

The UCAN team ran workshops for young people in the Torfaen areas as part of the RNIB Future Insight Project. The workshops, which are funded by the Big Lottery proved to be very popular and the team is looking forward to going back again very soon.

Makes Sense

UCAN created two performances for the “Makes Sense’ Campaign which is designed to help people with sensory loss receive better services from the Welsh NHS.   From this month, GP surgeries in Wales are being asked to identify and record the information and communication needs of their patients with sensory loss issues. The system will give GP surgery staff the tools they need to meet a patients’ needs, such as how to generate letters in large print and add prompts to medical records.

http://gov.wales/newsroom/health-and-social-services/2017/accessible/?lang=en

Eye Care Conference 2017

Members of the UCAN Core team performed for delegates of the annual Eye Care Conference in Cardiff University School of Optometry and Vision Science. The conference was organised by The Wales Council of the Blind and was extremely well attended.

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