ONE ROOF PROGRAMME
One Roof has made itself a regular fixture at ODAC through the rollout of the weekly programme this year. To launch the programme’s second year, titled Bricks and Mortar, we’re back to take over ODAC’s top floor for two whole weeks from 19-30th January!
If you have lived experience of homelessness in any form - including but not exclusive to rough sleeping, temporary accommodation, living at risk of violence, sofa surfing - stay tuned for an announcement in the next couple of months of the full plan and line-up of workshops, mini-projects, performances and opportunities to share your work.
SCRATCH NIGHT: FRIDAY 21st NOVEMBER, 6-9pm
Time again for the AHI x One Roof ODAC scratch night! If you have lived experience of homelessness and fancy trying out a poem, song, script, stand-up routine, dance, bit of live art, or other creative piece, in front of a supportive audience - or would like to come along to be in that supportive audience - look no further.
4 acts will be guaranteed a 20-minute slot to showcase their work and receive facilitated feedback (10 minutes to present, 10 minutes of feedback) - sign up to be one of them here;.
(NB: we will let you know if you have or haven't been allocated a slot, with decisions made based on getting a variety of art forms for a good mixed bill.)
There will then be some open mic time for anyone who gets inspired to share in the moment.
ONE ROOF FESTIVAL 2025
Term 1 will feature a series of morning workshops in different styles of stop-motion animation, led by Stephanie Griffiths of SomeString Different: a returning facilitator to One Roof for the past three years, Stephanie is looking forward to broadening the scope of One Roof animation outside of her popular string animation workshops, and passing on her skills in other areas. Afternoons will be theatre-based creative exploration workshops, led by Response Ability Theatre (RAT).
We are also delighted to announce a partnership with RAT in the coming months, with CEO Nell Hardy on loan to the One Roof Programme as our Year 1 Creative Producer. Working closely with One Roof Programme Manager, Claire Rivers, Nell will be using her extensive skill and experience in trauma-conscious and survivor-led work to ensure that the One Roof programme is an inclusive and authentically co-created endeavour. We feel extremely lucky to have her on board.
The 2025 One Roof Festival went down an absolute storm, with participants, facilitators, staff and guests alike all celebrating a fantastic two weeks of creativity and community. The best part of this is that unlike in the past - when we lived from festival to festival - we now have the support and funding to run workshops (for artists with experience of homelessness) throughout the year too! That’s right - Fridays at ODAC are going to be our One Roof Programme days, offering a morning and afternoon workshop every week, with a diverse and ever-evolving series of sessions, based on feedback from this year’s festival. We’ll be announcing these to the community term-by-term and are delighted to reveal that our first term of courses is now in place! We are running two strands for each 6-week term, one of which will be focused on either visual arts, theatre and performance, or creative writing and with a contrasting session running alongside it, in order to offer plenty of choice to our attendees. In addition to this, the One Roof producers will be on hand for 1:1 mentoring and advice sessions, and an open-door approach to visitors who just want to pop in for a chat and a cuppa.
With thanks to The Linbury Trust, Arts Council England National Lottery Good Causes, The Tedworth Charitable Trust and our other generous donors.
