Alice Nicholas

Career Highlights

Alice trained at The Central School of Speech and Drama, London in Drama, Applied Theatre and Education. Whilst studying here where she completed a project abroad in Prishtina, Kosova, working with young people aged 11-16 years old to create a forum theatre project on the issue of child labour, which was then toured to local primary schools. Also, during her degree she completed a placement with The Hampstead Theatre creative learning department working with a number of different participant groups on drama/script writing projects. This included working with young people in the youth theatre, adult refugees and asylum seekers, as well as young people with mental health issues in a local hospital school. Upon completion of this placement Alice began working professionally for the Hampstead Theatre as an actor/facilitator and freelance practitioner.

In 2008 Alice was lucky enough to work with Augusto Boal when she attended his ‘Rainbow of Desires’ training, a truly inspiring and memorable experience.  Alice has also attended training workshops with Geese Theatre Company in Birmingham, who specialise in working in prison contexts with offenders using drama/theatre as a rehabilitation tool.

Alice has worked in a number of different contexts as a freelance practitioner,  facilitating workshops/projects with young people on inner city estates in East London and Birmingham, setting up her own youth theatre in Melton Mowbray and of course her local work with the wonderful Speakeasy Theatre Company…

Speakeasy Highlights