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Care experienced journalist Sophia Hall spoke to Isabelle Kirkham, Founder of the upcoming theatre\/arts company Unredacted<\/em><\/a> about her care experienced led project, and her degree.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who are you and what do you do?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hello! I\u2019m Isabelle Kirkham, I\u2019m a 24-year-old care leaver and I\u2019m currently in my third year of University at the Central School of Speech and Drama-where I study Drama, applied theatre and education (DATE for short)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My area of work is normally around drama and how I can use drama to have an impact on people’s lives. I\u2019m currently working on how to change the stigmas and stereotypes around care experienced people-in particularly that representation within the media. I want to use drama\/art to challenge those stereotypes and form a better representation of care experienced people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m also interested in blending technology with theatre and how we can use technology within theatre\/art to make it 1) more accessible 2) more immersive. I\u2019d love to make a play that\u2019s fully viewable in VR or a sound only play listened via headphones!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why have you chosen to combine your degree with your care advocacy work?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a few of reasons behind this, I\u2019ll list three of the most important:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. I want to change the representation of us in all aspects, but in particular with the media\/fiction deceptions of us. I want to challenge and get rid of these stereotypes and stigmas by creating work about care, by care experienced people. Allowing us to create our own representation.<\/li>
  2. Art in any aspect is powerful, if that\u2019s graffiti on the side of a bus, a youth theatre in a little village or someone singing in the shower- it gives people the space to be themselves and to (IMO) be free without any boundaries.<\/li>
  3. Growing up I always found theatre to be my safe space (I still do) I want to create that space for other care experienced people and give them the space to feel safe enough in tobe themselves, use their voice or just be free.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    What is your dissertation on?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In short, it\u2019s about Tracy Beaker and how that representation has an impact on<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    on care experienced people (the good & bad sides of the show) I also discuss a lot of the ongoing stigmas and stereotypes care experienced people face due to the shows and how we as care experienced people need better representations of us- that aren\u2019t Tracy Beaker, serial killers or superheroes\/villains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What is Unredacted?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The unredacted company is a theatre\/arts company I\u2019ve set up that produces\/makes work by care experienced people and platforms that work. The company was an idea I had in 2019\/20 but only became a reality while I started to do research for my dissertation. I want to create a space for us to create our own representations. Alongside this it\u2019s also a company that only has care experienced people involved (from creating the work, the \u201cpr\u201d to the editing)- this is one of the main things I wanted the company to have set in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    My \u201cgoal\u201d for the company is to show the unredacted view of real-life care experience and to give care experienced people the space to tell our own stories. But it\u2019s also to give a platform to care experienced people to not only be seen\/heard but to also showcase the work they create. We are a pretty talented community and that needs to be shouted from the rooftops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I\u2019m currently working on setting up a podcast which will be a space to read the work created by care experienced people and discuss their work, alongside with a \u201conline\u201d art museum for care experienced people to get involved in by submitting any form of artwork (if that\u2019s a poem, a picture, a song or even a tik tok).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Our first project is also in the early stages of development, which leads me onto me talking about my workshops I\u2019m currently doing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Can you tell me more about your workshops?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I\u2019m currently working with 3 other care experienced young people on a project for my course\/the unredacted company- we are in the early stages of writing a collaborative piece of spoken word around the topic of care and what it means to be care experienced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    So far, the workshops have been getting to know each other\/making the space safe ready to start working on the piece of writing, and the themes of the writing. Our last workshop we spent the afternoon creating a document on \u201cguidelines \u201d for us all to follow when in the space. This consisted of us setting boundaries, self-care rules and deciding how we wanted to start\/leave the space as group. One of my personal favourite guidelines we\u2019ve set is that we always have a game to start of the session, that brings energy and silliness to the space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    How can people get involved in your work?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    People can message me directly via my personal twitter account which @IsabelleKirkham or via The Unredacted company\u2019s email address which is the.unredacted.company@gmail.com or visit our website and fill out our \u201ccontact us\u201d google form : https:\/\/www.theunredactedcompany.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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