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Welcome to Off The Rails !
Off The Rails is a unique and innovative arts organisation.
We create contemporary performance through collaborating with communities of people. We come together to make performances using the world around us as inspiration.
We do this to promote social and environmental change, to engage people in new debates, to entertain, to develop confidence and aspiration, to regenerate, to do something positive for the world and to have fun!
If the activities on the site sound like things you want to get involved in then get in touch!
LET"S GET CREATIVE !
PROJECTS
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Invert-Advert
Adverts are a powerful medium for persuasion.
Companies make billions of pounds everyday
by persuading you to buy things you don’t
need. How do they do it? And how can you
use those skills to tell people about things you
believe in, or are passionate about?
This project will show you how!
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Create days - make a show in a week
Think making theatre takes weeks of stressful planning and agonising rehearsal? Think again! Create Days see students using dynamic devising techniques to quickly create unique, physical and visual performances you’ll never forget.
Create days extreme - make a show in a day
Make a show in a day. Trust us it can be done -
we ha’ve seen it!
Fun and games
Does what it says on the tin! Drama games are a great way of building confidence, teamwork, trust and self-expression. They are also great fun for students and teachers!
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Physical Theatre
With origins in mime and clowning, physical theatre is a highly visual form of performance, which conveys ideas through the body rather than through words. To learn this performance style enables you to convey strong emotional stories without saying a word.
Movement
Your body is a powerful tool to explore and present ideas. We can show you how to develop the movement potential of your body in a fun, engaging and meaningful way.
Dance
You like to dance? So do we.
Dance is a fantastic way to express yourself physically and emotionally. We can help you to develop your dance ideas to help your dance performances reach their full potential.
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Innovate
Supported by our team, your students will be set a creative challenge specific to their learning needs. In order to succeed, they will learn to recognise their own skills, and work collaboratively with each other to respond to our challenge.
Creativity and Innovation
Big problems require big thinkers. Our Creativity and Innovation workshops will help your students’ to develop 21st century skills in independent learning, working with others’, data handling, presentation and communication. These workshops are designed to inspire, innovate and motivate young people and adults into action.
Enterprise Challenge Days
Our enterprise challenge days inspire learners to develop key enterprise skills in teamwork, communication and presentation, as well as developing the right attitude to succeed, though a range of business-focused activities.
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Process Drama
We often learn best not by being told about things but by experiencing them. Process drama is an invaluable learning tool that can be applied across the curriculum, where students enter into an imaginary dramatic world to explore a range of issues, using a variety of creative, practical and research skills to complete the story.
Greek Theatre
Come on a journey back in time, to where it all began. Learn how the ancient Greeks invented theatre, and how the rules they set out in 550BC, still form the basis of even our favourite TV soaps today.
Forum Theatre
Originating in Brazil with the ‘Theatre of the Oppressed’, Forum Theatre is an established theatre-form that effectively deals with sociological and political issues by inviting the audience to intervene and change how the story ends. By getting involved and considering the consequences of the characters’ actions, the audience inevitably learn ways they could deal with difficult situations in their own real lives.
Devising Masterclass
Always getting stuck for new ideas? Don’t know where to begin? Discover a set of tools that mean you will always be able to tap into your creative side and create brand new original performances from scratch.
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Film making
Join our experts to go through the process of film-making, from devising
an original script to editing your own short film.
Learn to make and edit your own shorts
Whether you are interested in writing, film composition, story line
development, editing, being in front or behind the camera our range
of short film courses could help inspire you to develop the skills
necessary for telling your own stories.
Upload onto YouTube, share with your friends, families and fans!
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Singing
By yourself? Duet? In a choir? A band?
However you like to sing, we can help you develop your skills…!
Music Composition
Interested in composing your own music? We can help you develop some of the key techniques to help bring your music compositions to life.
Music Technology
Using technology in music is a great way to help experiment, develop and refine your music-making skills. You can conduct a whole orchestra at the touch of your fingertips.
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How to build a creative curriculum
This professional development workshop will give teachers or other professionals responsible for creating structured learning environments, the knowledge and tools needed for integrating creative learning into every level of your curriculum. Why is creativity important? How will it help to develop your learners’ experience, skills and understanding? How can you continue to develop your creative curriculum in small manageable steps?
Supporting students ready for
the 21st century
We’ve all seen the film:
Shift Happens
But what can we do about it?
This practical workshop for professionals working within formal and informal education offers some key principles for why we need to be educating students for the 21st century, what that really means and how we can begin to do this in ways which can liberate learners, teachers and organisations.
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Design a project
Do you have a more specific
project or subject matter in mind
that isn’t listed here? Then talk
to us about designing a bespoke
project for your school or group.
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Contact
info_off-the-rails.org.uk
www.off-the-rails.org.uk
07885 765 251
