Our charity
As a registered
charity we are dedicated to the advancement of the arts in West Berkshire.
We offer open access
to disadvantaged groups in the community, the elderly, the differently abled, young people from all backgrounds, and those without easy access to the performance arts. Each play has a
huge impact on rural communities in West Berkshire providing art to those not easily able to travel to the bigger regional hubs, bringing people together and increasing their sense of
community.
In particular,
young people are encouraged to participate in and attend these plays. The majority of the cast is under 25 and half the cast are usually of primary school age. Everyone involved attends over thirty workshops in drama , dance and musical performance, all led by leading
professionals.
For the majority of the cast, this is the first such experience they have had and amongst other benefits for them
are:
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a new appreciation of the arts
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confidence from performing to a paying audience
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education in drama, dance and music
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an experience which is not available to many, particularly in rural West Berkshire
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an event that brings together the community of Boxford and surrounding villages, and by necessity has young and old, as well as disabled people working together in teams for a common cause.
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THANK YOU!
What an incredible week it was at Bellerophon: The 2021 Boxford Masques.
We are so incredibly grateful to all the people who volunteered, helped out, chaperoned, lent us equipment time and energy and to the excited and cheering
audiences!
It was undoubtedly not only a brilliant achievement through these pandemic ravaged times but the most community centred show we have ever done. Almost every aspect of the
production was created by local people; direction, choreography, sound, lighting, costume, the list is endless.
We could not have done it without you and from the bottom of our hearts THANK YOU!
Did you know that simply by shopping at Amazon, you can support The Masques?
very simple:
1. Go to Smile.Amazon.co.uk whenever you are shopping online,
2. Select Boxford Masques as your charity of choice,
3. Go shopping!
Or, you can go directly here: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/ch/1098753-0
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