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Removed
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This charity was removed from the register on 4 Mar 2020
- Charity no. 100851
- Date registered. 18/02/2015
Public benefits
Purpose 1: What Benefit flows from this purpose? -Members of various disadvantaged communities (socio economic by local). -Community members gain skills and experience in theatre making and theatre appreciation. -Audiences from across communities. -Emerging artists, often disadvantaged as regards employment and exposure, gain through
inclusion. Can you demonstrate this? These benefits are evidenced through: -We facilitate workshops and performance in areas of socio eco disadvantage through Rathmore Community Centre, Shantallow Community Arts, The Playhouse Theatre and the Waterside Theatre and encourage bridging across communities. -We offer classes and performance free of charge to the disadvantaged -Hundreds of community members and artists have attended workshops and /or created through AnNua. Is any harm or possibly of harm outweighed by the benefit? No Who is the benefit for? The charities beneficiaries are: The broader community and also members of various disadvantaged communities. Audiences seeking to critically engage with issues as raised through community consultation, seeking to celebrate and to link with others Is there any private benefit Yes The only private benefit flowing from this purpose is: All involved gain skills, profile their input and on occasion we use funds raised to hire professional artists. and this is incidental and necessary because: It is necessary to hire professionals for specific tasks, to educate all and to present input professionally. Purpose 2: What Benefit flows from this purpose? AnNua creates new work of particular relevance to the people of NI AnNua invite communities and individuals to become involved in creation and performance In a region that has no formal practical training in acting, design or direction, AnNua introduces professional practices and techniques Can you demonstrate this? These benefits are evidenced through: -Dozens of associates have registered with us throughout NI including beginners, emerging artists and very experienced artists. -We have involved hundreds or artists and community members in creating and performing -We survey all involved and audiences and have a store of positive feedback. Is any harm or possibly of harm outweighed by the benefit? No Who is the benefit for? The charities beneficiaries are: - Interested members of the community - Emerging artists seeking experience and skills and to showcase work. - Experienced artists seeking to mentor and skill share and showcase work. - Students of theatre and art at high school (as audience) and tertiary levels (audience and input) Is there any private benefit As Above The only private benefit flowing from this purpose is ...... As Above and this is incidental and necessary because As above Purpose 3: What Benefit flows from this purpose? - All involved in workshops, creative processes and performance gain skills development and can apply skills and technologies in new ways and across art forms - We use the technologies to record communities activities, expressions and ideas democratizing the process - We use audio and visual recording to gather from the social and physical environments and to incorporate this material into performance that reflects this interaction Can you demonstrate this? These benefits are evidenced through: In 2012/13 we created Derry 24 with broad input across the arts and broader communities. Success lead to inclusion in the official 2013 City of Culture program. We then involved the input of over one hundred artists in creating and performing. We received positive feed back, press and also through surveying audiences and artists. We received a great deal of positive press attention through BBC broadcasting house, in print media and on stage. Is any harm or possibly
What your organisation does
AnNua creates new theatre works that draw on Northern Ireland's social, cultural and physical environments, while educating artists and communities to this end. We create by going out into communities and digitally gathering opinions, stories and experiences while also recording artistic input (music, art, photography, writing, puppeteering, dance
etc) and environmental sights and sounds. We invite interested folk to become actively involved. We use this material to inform scripting and also incorporate it into the performance and design. In this way we can include broad community and artistic visual and audio input, and then represent this through innovative and professional performance. We hold workshops to increase skills and we mentor through the active involvement of those who wish to learn and contribute. We have registered upward of fifty professional artists and many less experienced contributors as AnNua Associated Artists and involve these in accordance with their interests and skills. During the Derry 24 project (which ran over 2 years) we directly involved over 100 artists and dozens of community members to create a performance that reflected the cities diversity, histories, present and future. We accept ideas and input from across communities and seek to include a range of opinions and voices in our work. We deliberately produce, rehearse and hold workshops in areas identified as disadvantaged and actively seek input from communities within these. Thematically, we seek to critically engage and to represent disadvantaged groups. To date we have investigated themes including mental illness, conflict, grieve, our various histories, migrant experiences, immigrant experiences and those of refugees.
The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Asylum seekers/refugees
- General public
- Specific areas of deprivation
How the charity works
- Arts
- Community development
- Cultural
- Education/training
Charitable purposes
The company is established to advance eduction, to promote the arts and to promote the benefit of the people of Northern Ireland ('the area of benefit') without distinction of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic identity, political or religious opinion, and in particular to: a) encourage appreciation for the active participation in performing arts activities, particularly amongst those who may have difficulty assessing such services due to social or economic services; b) to encourage appreciation of the arts and stimulate the artistic creativity of people in the area of benefit by provision of artistic performances, workshops, training, support and facilities for artistic expression and the use of this as a medium to explore contemporary social issues; c) to present, organise, manage and produce performances, workshops and exhibitions of works of cultural and educational value, including performances, drama, comedies, broadcasts, television shows, concerts, musical pieces, ballets, burlesques, film broadcasts, entertainments and exhibitions.