SEPTEMBER 2021 Dear friends, I hope you are well and have enjoyed a happy and restful summer holiday.  As we ready ourselves for the new Autumn term we are delighted to announce a brand new creative initiative available to every school across the country – Eastside Online. This new creative

Dear friends Congratulations on completing the 2021 summer term!   I hope you will be able to enjoy a relaxing break in the near future. As we come to another milestone in the Covid 19 pandemic, with restrictions lifting across the UK and the academic year coming to a close, I

Dear friends, I hope you are all doing well and enjoying the arrival of Spring. We are so pleased to be working with schools once again and sending our talented artists and practitioner teams to deliver much needed creative activities for teachers and students across London and beyond. Throughout this

Dear Eastside friends, Welcome to our March blog in which we send our WARMEST WISHES to our friends, partners, schools, students, young people and teachers across the country as we all prepare to make our return to school, college, university, workplaces and so on as society prepares to re-open.   At

As we gear up to celebrate World Book Day Eastside caught up with drama and storytelling facilitator Sarah Walcott. We asked her how she finds teaching remotely & quizzed her for some new & exciting tips on how to practically introduce set texts to students in a fun, creative way

What a year 2020 has been…for so many reasons it was a year to remember as well as a year to forget.  I am sure that everyone has had to work incredibly hard just to reach this point. I can honestly say that looking back over the year,  I feel

Dear friends, I hope you are all keeping well at this time.  We are excited to let you know that Eastside is taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge.   This year has been a struggle for everyone and we know how hard young people have been hit, with their

Dear friends, I hope you are all keeping well at this time.  We are excited to let you know that Eastside is taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge.   This year has been a struggle for everyone and we know how hard young people have been hit, with their

Dear all, I hope you are all keeping well at this time. It is great to be writing this blog at a time when schools are fully back although we know that tough times lie ahead as we face the continuing challenges brought about by the COVID 19 pandemic. Our

Females in Film is a 5 month mentoring programme specifically for up and coming female filmmakers and writers with a production budget. Theresa took part in the programme last year and Eastside asked her a few questions on how she found the experience. Theresa gave an insightful and honest view of