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'Streets Together, Streets Apart' is a forum theatre production about three neighbours who live on a street in Nelson, Lancashire. The piece was developed in partnership with Nelson Borough Council and has been performed numerous times in the community.

The play features three neighbours who although they live side by side are fearful of each other, and don't want to try to understand each other better. In the course of the performance the audience are invited to help the characters to find better ways of living together, and help take small steps towards making their future happier.

 

Streets together... was developed in close partnership with Nelson Neighbourhood action team and we used local oral histories to create the script and monologues. The piece explores the perspectives of an older white woman, a second generation British Pakistani man and a young, recently arrived Polish immigrant. As in all of our pieces we wanted a real authenticity to what the characters thought, said and did. We cast actors with knowledge of the issues and who spoke Punjabi and Poish. The piece has now been performed over 15 times and both a BBC audio recording and a DVD have been produced.