Theatre Porto
Reasons To Be Cheerful
A peer-education project centred around children’s creativity
For over ten years, Theatre Porto has proudly partnered with Cheshire College South & West on an aspirational peer education project that brings together learners of all ages.
Born from the DCMS-funded ‘Aim Higher’ initiative, the project was developed to inspire a love of creativity and learning, and open up pathways into education for young people from low socio-economic backgrounds, and those who face other barriers to participation.
Over the years, Theatre Porto has connected primary school children, secondary-school aged Young Writers, and College / University students across multiple projects which uses child-centred creativity and new writing as the basis of an inspiring performance project.
This year marks an exciting new chapter: for the first time, we’re teaming up with Cheshire Dance to co-create a new collaborative, dance-theatre performance, for primary schools.
Cheshire Dance would like to thank the Westminster Foundation for generously funding their part in this exciting project as part of Cheshire Dance’s NEXUS programme.
