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TheWaxHouse
Oxford
We're aiming to raise £2000 to help us create an innovative, accessible play and tour it to the Buxton and Edinburgh Fringes as well as to Cambridge and London.
We’re really excited to present our show to audiences around the country, but we need your help to get us there!
We're a group of students from different colleges and years, led by Alex Hartley and Laura Day (both at Queen's) and Laura Aiton. Between us, we have a heap of experience in student drama and a mountain of conviction that student theatre is best when it's accessible and inclusive as well as sophisticated and experimental.
Doom's day is this year's OUDS (Oxford University Dramatic Society) National Tour. For years, the OUDS National Tour has been a platform for taking the best of student drama on tour. This year, we want to add a new focus on accessibility and outreach into the communities we're touring to.
We're performing in wheelchair-accessible venues and presenting Doom's day in several Relaxed Performances – which are specially designed to be accessible to people with an autism spectrum condition, sensory or communication disorder, or special educational needs.
In our workshops for young people, we'll be exploring the playfulness of unusual texts through games, ensemble work, and improvisation.
By donating – as with any drama crowdfunder – you are supporting the production and accommodation costs for our tour. But you're also supporting a vision of student theatre that strives to be more outward-facing and inclusive.
To get regular updates from the rehearsal room and the tour, be sure to follow us on our social media!
Facebook: waxhousetheatre
Twitter: @waxhousetheatre
Instagram: waxhousetheatre
With huge thanks to Richard Taylor for making our video!
Select this reward if you just want to donate to the project without receiving a reward.
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“THE FLASHLIGHT”: We'll send you a selection of Doom’s day stickers and memorabilia.
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Estimated delivery: 1 September 2018
“THE PEN KNIFE”: You'll receive a selection of Doom’s day stickers and badges, a personalised thank-you letter from the cast and crew, and a mention of thanks in our programme and on our website.
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“THE COMPASS”: You’ll receive the above, as well as two free tickets to a show of your choice in Buxton, Cambridge, Edinburgh or London.
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“THE FIRST-AID KIT”: You’ll receive all the above, plus four free tickets to a show of your choice in Buxton, Cambridge, Edinburgh or London. And we’ll send you a detailed report on the tour after we get back.
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“THE BLUE BARREL”: You’ll receive all the above (including four free tickets to a show of your choice in Buxton, Cambridge, Edinburgh or London). You will also receive in perpetuity a pair of free tickets to every new production and performance by The Wax House. And you’ll receive a personal ‘video diary’ from the cast and crew, in each location, telling you how we are getting on at each stage of the tour.
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Estimated delivery: 1 September 2018