InterACTion
Membership
Open to all.
Our youngest member is 11 and the oldest is 96.
We welcome disabled and non-disabled people from all cultures and backgrounds.
There are 20+ members.
Activities
The group learns music and theatre skills, write and perform their own shows, led by experienced professional artist/facilitators.
There have been opportunities to gain training and accreditation through the Open College Network. Members are also encouraged to lead parts of the sessions.
As well as performing, the group can go on theatre trips and join in other social events.
Meeting Day and Time
Thursdays during term time from 5-7:30 pm
Meeting Place
Ponders End United Reformed Church Hall, College Court (Off Ponders End High Road) EN3 4EY and Face Front Studio, 52 Market Square, Edmonton, London N9 0TZ
Cost Per Session
Pay what you can
History
‘InterACTion’ began as a project creating a large scale community show about the people of Ponders End.
The project was so successful that a legacy inter-generational group was set up.
It has thrived making and performing many plays based on the local area.
Mr & Mystery (2021)
Welcome to the wedding reception of Jake and Natalie! Two people in love celebrating the start of the rest of their lives, surrounded by friends and family. Mix in high emotion, cheesy music, cake, and too much alcohol - What could possibly go wrong?
Except this isn’t like any normal wedding reception... The bride and groom are nowhere to be seen! Where are Natalie and Jake? Are they stuck in traffic? Did they get lost? Or is someone at the reception the cause of their disappearance?
Meet the suspects, learn their motives, and CHOOSE who you think is to blame for the happy couple not arriving. Oh - and keep away from the buffet. There's a rumor going around that it's POISONED!
Between the Wi and the Fi (2019)
From mobile phones to virtual personal assistants, from drones to androids - technology is everywhere in our modern lives.
At the same time, loneliness is a growing epidemic effecting everyone in society.
This inclusive play with music explores the impact of both on a busy modern family.
Written, devised and performed by a cast aged 11 – 94!
The Originators (2017)
The Originators are immortal beings. Their role, over millions of years, is to create humans, populating worlds within parallel universes. They decide to make an unprecedented visit to observe their creations.
Landing in the Ponders End and Edmonton area, the Originators have come to investigate life in 2017.
They are amazed at the human’s strength in adversity but are concerned at the direction their future seems to be taking.
Exploring themes of immigration, isolation and the struggle for identity, the InterACTion drama group created an entertaining, moving and unforgettable journey using humour, drama and original music.
The play was performed at the Dugdale Theatre in 2017.
Determined and the Damned (2015)
A musical play contrasting the stories of two local women from history with contemporary life.
The play followed the lives of Elizabeth Sawyer from the 17th century, who was known as the ‘Witch of Edmonton’, and Gladys Aylward, a cockney missionary who had tremendous adventures including saving over 100 orphans.
The play was performed at the Dugdale Theatre.
Tales of the New River (2014)
A historical musical play to celebrate the 400 year anniversary of the New River, which runs through Enfield and on to central London.
The play was researched and co-written by the group and professional theatre/music makers.
It was very successful and played to packed houses at the Dugdale Theatre and Forty Hall in Enfield and at the River Head in Islington.
No Fixed Abode (2014)
A musical play based on experiences of homelessness within the group.
The play was performed at a local festival raising awareness of homelessness and to support a new shelter in Enfield.
Health and Happiness - 2012/2013
A revue commissioned by local groups to raise awareness of the importance of keeping healthy and happy and the activities available to help.
Ponderful People (2012)
‘Ponderful people’ was co-written by local people and a professional script writer and was performed in a giant marquee in Ponder’s End Park in 2012.
Funding
InterACTion is, and was, funded by Comic Relief, Enfield Council Capacity Fund, Enfield Residents Priority Fund, Fairshare (Lottery), People’s Health Trust, People’s Postcode Lottery, Reaching Communities (the National Lottery), The Leathersellers’ Company Charitable Fund and Anonymous.
To Join
The InterACTion Theatre Group is currently full - but if you would like to added to the waiting list please contact the Face Front office on 020 8350 3461 or email info@facefront.org.