30 Jun Training on Co-facilitation
On 24 June 2023, Opening Doors hosted a day of training workshops which focused on expanding...
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11 Nov Opening Doors to the Performing Arts: Difference and Diversity
Opening Doors to the Performing Arts: Difference and Diversity Edited by Jo Butterworth Published by Opening Doors Opening Doors Association, Malta, is an arts organization that provides opportunities for adults (18+) with diverse intellectual needs in the performing arts. In 2018, we published a collection of essays written...
31 Jan TRAIN THE TRAINER – A FULL DAY WORKSHOP – ON 08 FEBRUARY 2020
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...
31 Jan TRAIN THE TRAINER – A FULL DAY WORKSHOP – ON 08 FEBRUARY 2020
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...
31 Jan TRAIN THE TRAINER – A FULL DAY WORKSHOP – 08 FEBRUARY 2020
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...
31 Jan TRAIN THE TRAINER – A FULL DAY WORKSHOP – 08 FEBRUARY 2020
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...
04 Jan My placement experience with Opening Doors
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...
17 Nov my experience with Opening Doors
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,...
05 Jun Opening Doors Gozo Music Group
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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...
18 May Opening Doors has a new artistic director !
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...
11 Apr Countdown to our Annual Show !
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...
28 Jan Opening Doors nominated for Arts Council Community Award
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...
11 Jan Leonie’s Internship Experience with Opening Doors Association
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Hello! My name is Leonie, I am 18 years old and from Germany and I had the great pleasure of accompanying Opening Doors for 1 ½ months as an intern in the dance department. I didn´t really have any expectations coming to Malta, firstly because...
02 Dec (In)Visibility – Opening Doors in a double bill Performance
(In)Visibility PHOTO//Brian Slater (In) Visibility is a double-bill performance by diverse capacity actors, dancers and musicians from Malta and Wales – Opening Doors’ Ensemble and Draig Tan Productions Ltd. It’s happening at Valletta Campus Theatre on 08 and 09 December 2018. This performance is co-produced by Opening Doors...
02 Dec We are 10 years old – and we need your help !!
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OPENING DOORS IS 10 YEARS OLD , AND IT NEEDS YOUR HELP ! Opening Doors have just released a video celebrating 10 years of artistic training for adult performers with a disability. It has already been viewed 17,000 times and counting! But as funds run thin,...
27 Mar 10 Years and Growing !
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From its small beginnings in April 2008, Opening Doors has, over the last 10 years , expanded its team, its number of participants, rehearsel and performing venues, but never its mission statement. We make the arts accessible to all – particularly adults with learning differences...
13 Mar 3,2,1 Action!
Today we will talk about the Theatre/Drama class Andrea Grancini puts together for the students of Opening Doors. These sessions are held every Monday from 6PM to 8PM at Spazju Kreattiv and are funded by the Arts Council Malta as part of a Cultural Partnership...
08 Mar The Great Ensemble by Athanasia Bartzoka
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...
07 Nov Difference & Diversity – Leadership Training For Social Inclusion
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07 Nov Difference & Diversity – Leadership Training For Social Inclusion
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07 Nov Difference & Diversity – Leadership Training for Social Inclusion
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17 Oct DIFFERENCE & DIVERSITY – leadership training
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Come join us for a leadership training programme from 10-12 November 2017. You will be able to participate in workshops, demonstrations, lectures and more. If you are interested in this training for social inclusion in the performing arts, apply today to benefit from our early bird...
17 Apr Opening Doors At USPA – University School of Performing Arts
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Opening Doors was present at the recent Performing Arts Festival 2017. Charlotte Stafrace & Andrea Grancini from Opening Doors contributed to the festival through a presentation about the opportunities we give people with intellectual disabilities through the arts, and the rewards of working in the field. We invited...
13 Apr meet Ilona Baldacchino – on Dance , Diversity, Inclusion
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...