Ribbons, balls, tambourines, bean bags, sensory tiles, hula hoops….a bonanza of colour, texture, movement and sound! These are just a few of the resources that Opening Doors has purchased over the last few months as part of its ‘Resource Box’ project, funded by Aġenzija Żgħażagħ’s...
Opening Doors is pleased to announce a full day of workshops on 08th February 2020 at Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta, encompassing music, dance and theatre and featuring some of the best practitioners, performers, researchers and academics in the field. To book your place kindly email us on...
Opening Doors is pleased to announce a full day of workshops on 08th February 2020 at Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta, encompassing music, dance and theatre and featuring some of the best practitioners, performers, researchers and academics in the field. To book your place kindly email us on...
Opening Doors is pleased to announce a full day of workshops on 08th February 2020 at Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta, encompassing music, dance and theatre and featuring some of the best practitioners, performers, researchers and academics in the field. To book your place kindly email us on...
Opening Doors is pleased to announce a full day of workshops on 08th February 2020 at Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta, encompassing music, dance and theatre and featuring some of the best practitioners, performers, researchers and academics in the field. To book your place kindly email us on...
A Placement Experience with Opening Doors Shane Shelmerdine ‘Passionate, inspiring and committed’. These are the words I would use to describe every member of the Opening Doors team! For the last few weeks, I have been supporting the Opening Doors Level 2 Theatre Group, in the run-up...
A Placement Experience with Opening Doors Association. My name is Shane Shelmerdine and I’m from a small town in the North West of the UK called Horwich, where theatre and performance or the arts aren’t very popular. My aspiration of theatre started rather late in life,...
Last October, Opening Doors Association opened its first performing arts (music) group for adults with intellectual disabilities in Gozo. The six performers in the group have been meeting up every Saturday at the Gozo Visual and Performing Arts School in Xewkija. The group is supported by the Ministry...
NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FOR OPENING DOORS P Ilona Baldacchino has been appointed as the new artistic director of Opening Doors Association - an arts NGO for adults with learning disabilities. Ilona will continue developing the artistic vision and ethos of Opening Doors, following the tenure of Sandra...
Please support us ! Alert, alert! The countdown has begun! Only 3 weeks to go until the Opening Doors performers wow the crowd at the Opening Doors annual show being held at Teatru Salesjan on the 4th and 5th May. This year our two theatre groups, two...
Once again, Opening Doors is being nominated for Best Project in The Community by Arts Council, based on the year 2018. This award is being nominated for Opening Doors annual collective performance which was staged in April 2018 at Salesian Theatre. This production was made up of : A...
2018 is a celebratory year for Opening Doors – We celebrate 10 years of the Opening Doors’ journey so far, 10 years of collaborations, of participations, of tuition and dedication, and performances which have taken us beyond our shores. Jo Butterworth, President of Opening Doors, has...
I have been involved in the arts from a really young age but what I experienced in one of my first visits to Opening Doors was something new and unique. I have always believed that the performing arts are not a privilege and a talent...
‘Between the 5 and 7 April 2017, Malta hosted an international conference organised by the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education and the Ministry for Education and Employment involved around 180 participants from across Europe. This conference explored ways to raise achievement and...
Ilona has been one of Opening Doors’ dance assistants for the last two years. She is also a psychology graduate with a Masters Degree in Performance Studies in Dance and regularly teaches ballet as well dance and movement sessions for children on the disability spectrum. Next...