"One of the most important shows you'll see at the Fringe" Daily Record

Our partnership with IGNITE FRINGE staged a community activation programme at Meeching Hall in Fort Road, Newhaven, on 29th September, 4, 5 and 6th October 2024. This project was been funded by ENJOOLATA FOUNDATION, with their mission: “To enrich, enable, and encourage local communities to thrive.”

Big thanks to Bite-Size legend and Art Director of Ignite Fringe, Lisa Fairfield, for leading on this great project as well as starring in three of the plays!

Of course, our Bite-Size Plays are a perfect catalyst to serve such an important cause and we’re honoured to have been selected to help champion it.

Our brilliant team included members of our 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012 and our SKY ARTS series plus a couple of very talented local artists. Directed by Alex Worrall, Andrew Allen and Bite-Size Plays’ Artistic Director-Founder Nick Brice, this show is a delicious hand-picked selection of some of the favourites of our early years.

Here are some comments from the people who attended:

“Fantastic. So funny and professional. Well done everyone!”

“Wonderful humour. Got us all thinking! Very clever, thank you.”

“Very imaginative. I laughed out loud!”

“Brilliant! I love the Bite-Size length!”

THE SHOW

The menu of plays were chosen because they were fun, poignant in places, easy to access for a wide audience and…a great fit for our team!

Here are some images by Cath Benson (catherine@catherinebenson.co.uk. 07940 575 838):

Here is a copy of the programme, a two-act menu with nine Bite-Size Plays:

FOR SCHOOLS & COLLEGES

Our Newhaven project included some local schools’ workshops comprising a performance of some of the plays plus an exploration of the themes, what they meant to young people, and an opportunity for them to create their own versions based around their own stories. If you are interested in talking about having this experience in your school or college, email nick@bite-size.org.

MORE NEWS

We continue in our mission to use shortform theatre methods to help engage, educate and inspire.

Our sponsors, Soul Corporations, has been working hard helping two global organisations benefit from the power of theatre methods to create highly engaged workplaces.

Two major projects:

1. Helping the leaders of a global logistics and distribution company devise and deliver more engaging shift start-up meetings. The aim is to create a positive, engaged mindset with a focus on safety, quality and sustainability across the company.
2. An award-winning programme working with the executive team of global software company Progress Software activate their brand values, establish thought leadership and connect with internal and external stakeholder audiences when they speak online an in-person.

For more information on these exciting projects and to discuss all the ways we have used theatre methods to transform the modern workplace, contact Nick directly at nick@bite-size.org or nick@soulcorporations.com.

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