Rosheen O'Hanlon

Workshop Facilitation and Community Theatre in Manchester

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Hello, I’m Rosheen (she/they), a Community Theatre Practitioner based in Manchester. I graduated with a First Class (Hons) in Drama and English Literature Graduate from the University of Manchester (2022).

Current Highlights

  • Assistant Director,What About Me? Breaking Barriers
  • Commissioned Art Piece on Care-work in progress
  • Lead Artist,Young Carers weekly theatre group- The Lowry
  • Co-facilitator, Changing Stories Prison Theatre Residencies- TiPP
  • Lead Facilitator- Schools, PRU's and Prison theatre work- ODD Arts
  • Co-founder and facilitator, The Edge-Spiral
  • Creative Evaluation Assistant, Lottery Heritage project 'Ella's Peas'- CHOL Theatre
  • Participant Coordinator, PROTEST!- lottery funded LGBTQ+ History and Arts project
  • 1-1 Creative Pastoral Sessions @ The Lowry
  • Our Long Goodbye, Exhibition Marketing

Project Roles

  • Creative Producer and Administrator Care Lab Team- monthly events and a Festival of Care at The Whitworth
  • Founder and Facilitator, Creative Collective (weekly community arts project)- UoM
  • Creative Pastoral Support Artist,Youth Employability Scheme- The Lowry
  • Film Producer- The Care Lab, Whitworth Art Gallery
  • Assistant Director, Stage Manager and Outreach Coordinator, Angry Girls - CHOL
  • Intern,Great Indecencies (play) The Edge- IAPMCR
  • Research Assistant, community play- English Touring Theatre and The Royal Exchange
  • Verbatim and Oral Histories Playmaking Day Course
  • Initiating a weekly creative YES Hub for NEET young people@ The Lowry

Lead Facilitator for workshops…

  • AFROCATS, Drama with 8-13 year old refugees
  • Young Carers Awareness, Schools Workshops and Assemblies-The Lowry
  • Young Producers @ Rochdale Darnhill Festival- Cartwheel Arts
  • Theatrical Tapestries- Timber Festival
  • Schools Social Justice assembly & workshops- Collective Futures Project
  • Creative Placement- Our Room
  • Creative Youth Voice- The Dean's Youth Centre
  • Filmed theatre project- Cheshire Youth Justice & TiPP
  • Music Inclusivity-Selector Support
  • Drama School for young people with ADHD, Autism & Down's Syndrome
  • Flags & Identity, LGBTQ+ Pride and Diversity event @ a Rochdale High School- Speak Up, National Theatre
  • School and PRU sessions-ODD Arts

Assistant Facilitator for…

  • Theatre and Local History @ Salford Primary School- CHOL Theatre
  • Visual Arts, Preston Prison's Drugs Rehabilitation Ward- TiPP
  • Music with Youth on probation- TiPP
  • Wolverhampton Probation Hub Sessions- ODD Arts
  • Creative workshops & celebration event for care experienced children- The Lowry
  • Weekly arts workshops, Chorlton Primary Schools
  • Education
    • University of Manchester
    • Ralph Thoresby High School and Sixth Form