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The Theatre for Change project is more than just a performance, it's a powerful tool for advocacy, healing, and education. Many care-experienced young people feel unheard, their stories reduced to statistics or policies written about them rather than with them. This project gives young people a voice, a platform to share their experiences, and the opportunity to turn their pain into power.
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Acting, writing, and performing are not just about telling a story; they are about healing and transformation. Many young people who have been in care have felt silenced, whether by professionals, systems, or their own fear of not being understood. Theatre gives them a safe space to express emotions, explore their identity, and develop confidence.

 

It helps them:

✔ Process Trauma in a Supportive Environment: Finding meaning in their past and developing emotional resilience.
✔ Develop Communication & Advocacy Skills: Learning how to articulate their experiences in ways that influence change.
✔ Feel a Sense of Community & Belonging: Connecting with others who have shared experiences and realising they are not alone.

 

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For too long, the realities of life in care, the instability, stigma, and challenges in education and relationships, have been misunderstood. Theatre offers a raw, emotional, and deeply personal way to express these truths, reaching audiences in a way that statistics never could. By bringing these stories to the stage.

 

we aim to:

🎤 Give Young People a Voice: Ensuring care-experienced individuals are heard, validated, and empowered to tell their stories in their own words.
💬 Make Sense of Their Experiences: Through creative expression, young people can process their emotions, understand their journeys, and reclaim their narratives.
💡 Educate Professionals & Wider Society: Challenging perceptions and inspiring systemic change by showing the realities of life in care through lived experience.
🌱 Empower the Next Generation: Encouraging care-experienced young people to become advocates for change, ensuring those who come after them face fewer barriers.

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Our current production, "Our Voice" My Things Matter,

Highlights:

The painful reality of bin liners being used for children's belongings. A symbol of instability and lack of dignity.
Struggles in school. From stigma to bullying and the constant feeling of never quite belonging.
The impact of moving placements, How disrupted education and relationships shape identity and self-worth.

This play is performed for schools, professionals, and policymakers, ensuring those working with care-experienced children truly understand the impact of their decisions. By seeing and feeling these stories unfold on stage, audiences are moved to take action.

 

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