Intergenerational media project with Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery, Groundwork South West, City College Plymouth, Age Concern and Plymouth Youth Service looking at art and sex and history.  Young people worked with artists for eleven days to make this stop motion animation about the effects of love, sex, and everything forever after.  www.lustintranslation.org

Trinity/Light: breathe (chip shop sequence)
DR

2005.  Effervescent worked over a year with vulnerable children and young people in a town in West Cornwall, creating three performances: in a theatre (Trinity/Dark); in a swimming pool (Trinity/Wish) and in a church (Trinity/Light).  The performances were about the fears, aspirations and hopes of a bunch of young people who largely identified themselves as [...]

effervescent monsters' ball
IP

Creative residency to inspire teachers working with autistic children to take creative risks.  Aerial acrobatics, film, underwater choreography, trampoline-dance. More to follow…

effervescent missing under water
SH

2008: Social Marketing project with vulnerable young people with a history of running away from home.  In partnership with RiO, Devon and Cornwall Police, Plymouth Young Runaways Project and Plymouth Children’s Services. More info to follow…

effervescent ugly screen grab
AV

Effervescent worked for a month with young bullies and bullied young people, to create a film about violence and loneliness.

eff projecting plymouth ducky
GE

Effervescent worked with twelve young people for a month to design and create a celebration event for 120 young people and youth workers at the National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth: dancers, underwater theatre performance, mocktails, sculptures, music.  More information to follow.

effervescent big fuss 2008 IMG_0512
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2008 theatre/conference design/training commission for Cornwall Mental Health Promotion an Cornwall Early Intervention Team. More information to follow

Lust in Translation web 20
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Digital media project with Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery, Groundwork South West, City College Plymouth, Age Concern and Plymouth Youth Service looking at art and sex and history.  Young people worked with artists Eloise Malone and Tom Stubbs for ten days to make this short social marketing advert discussing promiscuity.

HowLong Alex
MH

www.howlongwouldyouwait.com Commissioned by Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with Groundwork South West, Effervescent designed and lead a two week residential for young adults who had experienced a psychotic episode. The group was challenged to develop a film campaign to raise awareness of psychosis, increase and accelerate referrals to the Early Intervention Team, thereby [...]

project x dancing dolly preview
RC

Effervescent spent ten weeks working with ten young people not in education employment or training to help them overcome barriers to work, training and achievement through creative processes.

effervescent hopeful flamingoes
DR

A five week residency for 35 key stage 2 children to help them improve literacy, communication skills and creativity while building self esteem and raising aspirations.

effervescent playing with fire audience
DR

Effervescent spent six months working with a group of 8 young people who were looked after or were young care-leavers.

effervescent theatre - the sun princess
MH

Effervescent spent two weeks working with a group of eight 18-25 year olds identified as experiencing a first episode of psychosis, to create a piece of informative multi-media theatre which would raise awareness of psychosis in young people.