Between 2013 and 2017 Creative Darlington supported ODDMANOUT theatre company. ODDMANOUT focused on bringing new writing to the stage, and in 2017 they led the Encountering the Other programme with the Market Theatre Laboratory as the culmination of an exciting international collaboration between both companies. This production was a passionate, riotous, and often hilarious examination of what womanhood in 2017 meant. A collection of voices, stories and experiences of young women and men living across two hemispheres were brought together through a fusion of music, dance, comedy, and the internet.
Encountering the Other was performed by young people from South Africa and the North East of England in Johannesburg in October 2017 and at Darlington Hippodrome on 27 November 2017, with 19 education, participation or training sessions delivered in the North East in advance of the performance.
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Encountering the Other dress rehearsal. Phot Credit : Scott Akoz www.scottakoz.com
Creative Darlington supported a programme of engagement activity based in Darlington in the week before the performance on 27 November 2017. 19 education, participation or training sessions were delivered, including work with CLIC and Darlington After Care Team students, north east artists, Teesside University students, Darlington Youth Theatre, Northern Stage Young Company and Darlington Community Chorus.
