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Help Keep Moonstruck Astronaut Going
An honest update from our little spaceship. Following the outcome of our recent Arts Council England application, we’re looking ahead to the next chapter of Moonstruck Astronaut — and asking our wonderful community for a little help along the way. 💛
News Release – New Storytelling Drama Camps come to Telford Town Centre!
Professional Community Theatre Company, Moonstruck Astronaut, has been awarded an Arts Council England National Lottery project grant to deliver a series of vibrant, co-creative drama
Blog: Flowing Freely as a Female Leader
‘When a river meets a rock, it doesn’t try to move it; instead it embraces it and flows around it. This card invites us to…
News Release – Community Theatre Company all set to expand to Telford Town Centre
(From L to R) Hermione and Wayne Jenson (CEO of Meeting Point House), Hannah de Quincey, Balloon Boy and Belle Bennett about to eat Moonstruck’s
News release – Postcode Local Trust grant awarded to reach more of Telford’s children
Thanks to funding raised by players of People’s Postcode Lottery, Shropshire community theatre company, Moonstruck Astronaut is extending its’ reach into Telford town centre in
News Article – Watch as organisers explain benefits to children of drama in the forest event
Article by David Tooley, visuals by Jamie Ricketts of the Shropshire Star, published online on the 7th August 2024 Inclusive drama workshops where children create
News Release – Breakthrough Arts Council Project Grant for ‘Drama in the Forests’ 2024
‘Summer Drama in the Forest 2023’ Photo taken by Jamie Ricketts for the Shropshire Star. Moonstruck Astronaut Community Theatre Company has been given £35,943 funding
Blog: The Faith to Flourish in 2024
May elephants lead the way forward this year ???? Elephants have a ‘matriarchal society – mothers are revered, and they recognise that play keeps the
News Release – Theatre Company celebrates 6th birthday!
Moonstruck Astronaut community theatre company members, photo taken on the 14th December at our 6th birthday party at the Hub Newport Thanks to Waitrose and
News Release – NYT moves into Cosy Hall
NEWPORT YOUTH THEATRE COSYING UP FOR THE WINTER AT COSY HALL! Responding to clamours for more, Newport Youth Theatre (NYT) is to return to Newport
Blog: Divine Feminine Rising
10-15 minute read How to continue to establish a community theatre company based in Newport, Shropshire whilst managing the demands of being a parent and
News Release – Arts Council England grant
PRESTIGIOUS ARTS COUNCIL GRANT ENABLES NEWPORT YOUTH THEATRE TO STAGE PREMIERE OF SHROPSHIRE FOLKTALE! In September 2022, Hannah de Quincey, Artistic Director of Moonstruck Astronaut
News Release – People’s Postcode Trust grant
LOCAL COMMUNITY THEATRE COMPANY AWARDED 10K GRANT TO ENABLE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS! Moonstruck Astronaut community theatre company has been awarded a 10K grant
Blog: The Crumbling
A card from Rebecca Campbell’s ‘Work Your Light’ oracle cards. The blurb on this card speaks of ‘allowing what is falling away to tumble and
Blog: ALL OF ME: my part-time work triangle (Part 3 – the end!)
*End section of my blog post of 2020 – please read Part 1 and Part 2 for the full post. My son started primary school
Blog: ALL OF ME: my part-time work triangle (Part 2)
*Please note to understand this middle section of my ‘All of Me blog’, its probably best to glance over Part 1 if you haven’t read
Blog: ALL OF ME: my part-time work triangle (Part 1)
15th July 2020 – 11.11am. I’ve put 33 minutes on the timer. It’s the Wednesday before schools break up for the summer holidays in the
Blog: On ‘failing’ again and again
How to start to establish a community theatre company based in Newport, Shropshire whilst managing the demands of being a new parent and maintaining an
Blog: Walking the tightrope
How to start to establish a community theatre company based in Newport, Shropshire whilst managing the demands of being a new parent and maintaining an
Blog: Subtle steps forward answering the BIG question
How to start to establish a community theatre company based in Newport, Shropshire whilst managing the demands of being a new parent and maintaining an
Blog: STUMBLING answering the BIG question…
How to start to establish a community theatre company based in Newport, Shropshire whilst managing the demands of being a new parent and maintaining an
Blog: Starting to answer the BIG question…
How to start to establish a community theatre company based in Newport, Shropshire whilst managing the demands of being a new parent and maintaining an
Blog: The BIG question…
How to start to establish a community theatre company based in Newport, Shropshire whilst managing the demands of being a new parent and maintaining an