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Deborah Bestwick MBE, Director
Dr Richard Golding
and
the Ovalhouse Development Board invites
to
‘This Is My Place’Launching our move - Ovalhouse to Brixton 2017
Tuesday 27 January 2015Drinks, canapés and celebrations
7.00pm - 9.30pm
Flat 1220, The Whitehouse Apartments
9 Belvedere Road
London SE1 8YW
RSVP by 12 January 2015:
Katie MiltonDevelopment Director – Capital Campaign
[email protected] 7820 7273
Ovalhouse, 52-54 Kennington Oval, London SE11 5SW
“This is my place: I first started working at Ovalhouse aged 13 where I attended youth drama classes for a few months.I was then asked to participate in a Work Experience placement which involved putting on a modern adaptation ofOthello and touring local secondary schools. I fell in love with the acting bug and as a result did two more promenadeproductions as part of their Summer School where I met some of my best friends to this day.
Through my teenage years I'd always felt different and struggled with my self confidence particularly throughsecondary school. Ovalhouse helped me overcome so much of that by showing me that I wasn't the only one - allthe young people I'd met were outsiders in some way. It felt like a safe environment and I don't remember feelingany different to anyone else, I could just have fun and enjoy making amazing theatre.
I learned to love characters, working with scripts, the whole process of making theatre seemed like such an excitingway to spend summer as a 16 year old. I now do not want it to end and couldn't be prouder of where I started.”
Storme now has a successful acting career, starring in The Inbetweeners Movie and recently landing a maincast part in the BBC series New Tricks, playing Nicholas Lyndhurst's daughter Holly Griffin.
“I now have a CAN DO IT attitude and will continue to work in the arts.”
“ If I hadn't discovered Ovalhouse I guarantee I wouldn't have pursued
acting as a profession.”
Storme’s Story
Shavani’s Story
“This is my place: my Ovalhouse experience started in 2006 in youth arts drama class. I then represented Ovalhouse andthe UK in Zambia on an Identity and Diversity project with over 200 young people from different countries. In 2008 Iwas part of the youth led production The Unfortunate Love Of The British Empire, which went to Cape Town South Africaas part of an Africa Economic Conference – Creative Arts Forum, and successfully completed a Gold Arts Award in2009 – a youth leadership and personal development project whereby I produced my own piece, Grandma’s Legacy,and led young people to take part in it. The play showcased at The Shoreditch festival.
Through the support and opportunities at Ovalhouse, I have grown in confidence and as a person.”
Shavani is currently appearing in the Channel 4 series Homeland.
From the Director...
It is my great pleasure, along with the Development Board and our generoushost, Dr Richard Golding, to invite you and your guest to our celebration ofthe launch of Ovalhouse’s Capital Campaign.
It has been a long held ambition to redevelop in the centre of Brixton and we now have theopportunity to build a new theatre, with the London Borough of Lambeth as our partners. In2017 we will move to a new, fully accessible, fit for purpose modern theatre. This will place usat the heart of a rich and diverse community, closer to the communities we seek to reach andproviding the facilities talented new theatre companies need.
The new building will provide additional capacity for Ovalhouse to develop its existingactivities including social inclusion and participation, maintaining an unchallenged reputationas a hotbed for developing emerging artists and encouraging those young people who havenever had the chance to develop confidence and skills through drama. Increased space willgive us the potential for earned income that will provide sustainability for years to come.
You will hear from some young people who share our vision of a new building and areproud to say: “This is my place”.
Pierce Brosnan was once such a young person who began his career at Ovalhouse: “I wentdown to Oval House Theatre club every night after work... When I found acting , or when actingfound me, it was a liberation. It was a stepping stone into another life.”
My very grateful thanks go to Richard for his hospitality and generosity this evening and toour new Development Board, lead by Robin Priest, Chair. I hope you enjoy learning aboutOvalhouse and if you can, join us on our journey. Feel free to talk to me and my colleaguesabout how you can become involved. It has been a dream for over 15 years and with yourhelp, we can realistically reach our goal.
With best wishes,
Deborah Bestwick, MBEDirector, Ovalhouse
I/We can/cannot attend ‘This Is My Place’ but pleaseaccept a donation of
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