Imagine Me / 2013 - 2016

With funding from Manor Park soft federation and 3i / commissioned by Community Links.

Imagine Me was part of a unique multi year outreach program within the Early Action Team at Community Links, a charity based in Canning Town, London E16. Working during school holidays with mixed groups of children aged 8 - 18 ‘Imagine Me’ explored making / play / performance as a route to building confidence and practical skills for young people referred to the programme having been identified by their schools as particularly vulnerable. Elizabeth worked alongside Leanne Mcleish a theatre practitioner to devise and implement a framework for child led creative practice culminating in varied artistic outcomes that were shared and celebrated with parents and the wider community. 

Including pictured: Shadow puppetry, devising performance and making of puppets / Shadow play, using the body.

Movement and sound experiments / singing.

Designing and making of performance aides - mask work, costume, props and scenery.

Mural design and creation