Jefny Ashcroft: Drama Specialist
My latest project is Stories in Stone, working with both Wolverhampton Museums and Art Galleries and Telford Culture Zone
Secondary students from Ercall Wood Technology College and Madeley Academy have photographed buildings in Wolverhampton and Telford with me and will be using these creatively in the Spring term. The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) website features this project.
As of January 2010 I am talking to Wolverhampton Wanderers about a play for primary school children about the club's 1908 FA Cup win. The aim is for performances in May 2010.
In July 2009 I finished a six-month stint as Writer in Residence in the Wolverhampton City Archives, at the Molineux Hotel. In this role I researched, wrote and organised two highly successful children's plays (see below for details). Future plays for both children and adults are a possibility. Watch this space!
I also had a short piece for adults performed at Wolverhampton Art Gallery as part of their celebrations around the redesign of their Victorian galleries (see below).
Recent performances:
Theatre in Education
A is for Archives and George John Scipio Africanus were performed at Wolverhampton City Archives from 29th June to 10th July 2009. These are both Theatre in Education Plays. The first is for seven to nine year olds and the second for nine to elevens.
Other recent projects
My play, A Question of Interpretation is one of six short plays written by members of New City Playwrights. These professionally directed and acted plays were performed as part of the family day to mark the opening of the refurbished Victorian Gallery in Wolverhampton Art Gallery on Saturday 27th June 2009.
The plays celebrate some of the paintings and Asian art objects on display. Further shows ran from Tuesday, 30th June to Friday, 10th July 2009.
The plays were funded by the Arts Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund. Follow this link to see pictures of A Question of Interpretation
A Question of Interpretation features Frederick and Millicent, a couple with very different views about art!
Click here for a listing of my previous plays which have been performed.