Experience

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  Youth Offending Service

  • Reparation Worker

    • Apr 2020 - Present
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  Graeae Theatre Company

  • South West Uk

  • Playwright

    • Jan 2019 - Present
    • South West Uk
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  Loud-Word

  • Marksbury Road Library

  • Project manager - socially engaged artist

    • Dec 2016 - Present
    • Marksbury Road Library

    Community consultation, fundraiser, story-teller, writer and socially engaged artist. This project funded by CASS is a story telling project for local families that will raise mental health awareness and reduce isolation.

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  Have-A-Word

  • Writing workshop leader / Writing Coach

    • Sep 2013 - Present

    Devising and delivering creative writing workshops, to enable people to access their creativity and explore writing techniques.

  • Story Teller / Performer

    • Sep 1996 - Present

    have-a-word.orgLatest story telling performances have been at BANES carers AGM, Keynsham Youth Festival and Windmill Hill City farm. :)I am a story teller and performer, I write my own stories to create unique interactive experiences for audiences. I often work with a visual artist to create beautiful props and scenery. We work together to deliver a wonderful creative workshop to complement the story telling; audiences get the opportunity to make something from the story to take home.I have performed at various festivals including Shambala, Bath Childrens Festival, Sunrise festival amongst others.I have been the resident story teller at Keynsham bandstand for 7 years.In 2012 I becam part of the 'Trickster' story telling network , as part of this I was comissioned to write and perform a story about tricksters.http://trickstertales.org/network_member/anita-maccallum/

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  Misfits Theatre Company

  • Stokes Croft, Bristol

  • Theatre director / Socially Engaged Artist

    • Jan 2005 - Present
    • Stokes Croft, Bristol

    The Misfits theatre Company ( http://misfitstheatre.com/.) Misfits is a unique Community Interest Company.We have recently been awarded the National Lottery good causes best arts organisation.We are a theatre and social group led by people with learning difficulties.We are recognised for our role...

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  Theatre Royal Plymouth and Plymouth Cultural Ed...

  • Plymouth, United Kingdom

  • Playwright and theatre practitioner

    • Sep 2019 - Apr 2020
    • Plymouth, United Kingdom
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  Windmill Hill City Farm

  • Bristol, United Kingdom

  • Freelance project manager

    • Aug 2016 - Dec 2016
    • Bristol, United Kingdom

    Consult, collaborate and devise the design for a 'human sundial' with the local community. Liaise with staff at the farm and local community groups throughout Bristol. Deliver project creatively and to budget.

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  Creativity Works

  • Keynsham / Bath / Bristol

  • Socially Engaged Artist

    • Dec 2012 - Jul 2016
    • Keynsham / Bath / Bristol

    I am running a new 'My Time My Space' project over the next four months.I ran two My Time My Space projects with Creativity Works. I am also part of Creativity Works 'Creative Core.'My Time My Space (MTMS) is arts based project offering learning opportunities supporting women wi...

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  Bierkeller theatre

  • Writer

    • 2015 - 2015

    My play 'Tiny Truths' won a place in the new writing festival at the 'Bierkeller Theatre' Bristol. Why did I write 'Tiny Truths'?When my children were young, my best friend died of cancer, shortly followed by three family members and my next door neighbour. I found it hard...

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  Acta community theatre

  • theatre director / arts practioner

    • 1999 - Dec 2014

    'Acta uses the power of theatre to change people’s lives. We do this by involving people in creating their own original plays and performance projects. Our unique ability to actively involve the hardest to reach sections of society is universally admired and respected.'http://www.acta-br...

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  Windmill Hill City Farm

  • Bristol, United Kingdom

  • Lead Artist and Project Manager.

    • Dec 2013 - Jul 2014
    • Bristol, United Kingdom

    The project 'Windmills of Time' funded by the heritage lottery fund, ran from Dec 13 - July 14.I consulted, devised and created exciting sensory / history / creative trails for the city farm.I designed and created a 'Gardeners Friends' trail, it is a trail of hand made brass rubb...

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  Windmill Hill City Farm

  • Bedminster, Bristol.

  • Lead Artist, story teller, writer.

    • Dec 2012 - Sep 2013
    • Bedminster, Bristol.

    Farm Tales was a project funded by the Heritage Lottery. I was the lead artist on this project engaging the local community, schools and various integral groups at the farm, to share their stories. I re-engaged people and created events that were community led.We are gathered oral history, fire...

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  creative geniuses

  • collaborative witches and insulters

    • 1900 - 2013