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From Young Performer to Assistant Facilitator: The Impact of Youth Theatre by Bethany Green  

Our new Community Engagement Assistant reflects on her journey from Youth Theatre participant to working at Icon.

News
Icon Theatre receives major four-year support from Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

Icon Theatre receives major four-year support from Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

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The Snow Queen: A Woodland Adventure returns for a new festive season at ARC Stockton Arts Centre

The Snow Queen: A Woodland Adventure returns for a new festive season at ARC Stockton Arts Centre

News
Plays for the Planet: Icon’s New Schools Drama Programme Set to Reach Over 2,000 Children Across Medway

Our new free schools drama programme is set to reach over 2,000 children across Medway primary schools. 

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Sharing the Lens: Co-Creating a New Visual Identity for Icon’s Young People’s Programme by Bex Milner

How Icon’s young people worked withj photographer Manuel Vason to co-create images that reflect who they are and how they want to be seen.

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From a Hug in a Mug to a Circle of Joy: Reflections on an Arts and Wellbeing Chapter by Phoebe Marsh

Lead Facilitator Phoebe Marsh reflects on how weekly creative workshops built connection, happiness and wellbeing in Chatham.

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Unlocking New Creative Pathways: Noah’s Story from The House That Floated Away

Icon’s Incubator supports young people from Medway and Swale to become the artists, stage managers, lighting designers, sound engineers, set builders and costume makers of tomorrow.

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Icon Announces Development of New Climate Emergency-Themed Community Theatre Production: The House That Floated Away

Icon Announces Development of New Climate Emergency Theatre Production: The House That Floated Away

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Icon Theatre Launches New Environmental Policy and Action Plan Rooted in Climate Justice and Creativity

Icon Theatre Launches New Environmental Policy and Action Plan Rooted in Climate Justice and Creativity.

"Icon has been ahead of the curve in understanding that the arts have a role to play in bringing people together, helping them be heard by telling their own stories in their own way, and in the process creating a sense of pride in place and space"
— Lyn Gardner, Theatre Journalist
★★★★ "It is easy to take for granted the acting skills of a top theatre company. But when actors embody characters as superbly as this, you can’t help but notice."
— The New Statesman
★★★★ “Quite unlike anything you’ve seen before… irresistible… The crowd was rapt throughout.”
— Telegraph
★★★★ "A sharp, impeccably performed and blazingly impassioned piece of theatre…simply terrific."
— The Times
"It has been lifechanging. Lady Unchained has helped get my life changed, I’ve started to look for opportunities on the outside, and see that there is life after prison."
— Young Artist, Cookham Wood Young People’s Theatre Programme

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