Are you ready to unleash your creativity and explore your inner apple, berry, and banana? Over two vibrant months, we invite you to participate in a unique and engaging project for people aged 50 and above.

Over two months, explore your inner apple, berry, and banana in this fun drama, arts & crafts, and film project inspired by the colourful world of fruits! You’ll create vibrant characters and costumes based on different fruits, embracing the creativity and diversity of nature’s harvest. Through the art of drama, you’ll bring your fruity alter-egos to life, and each week we’ll record film vignettes capturing their unique stories.
At the end of our adventure, we’ll gather for a special film-sharing event in March, where you and your friends can enjoy the completed film and celebrate your creative accomplishments. (Date to be confirmed)
No experience is required, and you are welcome to join us whenever it suits your schedule!
This project is part of the Grow Green – Grow Well initiative, a collaborative effort between Dende Collective and HCGA, aimed at promoting community well-being through drama and the arts. We are proud to be funded by the Westminster Healthy Communities Fund.
Details:
When: Fridays, 1:30–4:30 PM, January 10 – February 28, 2025
Film Sharing: March (exact date to be confirmed)
Where: Penfold Community Hub, 60 Penfold St, London NW8 8PJ
Ready to join the fun? Sign up by filling in the form provided. For more information, feel free to reach out via email at andre@dendecollective.org or call 07984 451 796.
Penfold Community Hub, 60 Penfold Street, London NW8 8PJ
Drama for Elders is part of Dendê Collective’s ongoing commitment to creative engagement with older adults. Sessions are free, fun, and designed to support wellbeing, self-expression, and friendship through the arts. Whether exploring pantomime, mask work, or clowning, each term brings a new creative focus.
A Dende Collective project in collaboration with HCGA, part of Grow Green – Grow Well, funded by Westminster Healthy Communities Fund.


Dende Collective is a registered charity that produces original, inventive and distinctively Brazilian theatre here in the UK. Our work promotes and develops Anglo Brazilian collaborations as well as encouraging diversity and integration. In particular our work also complements educational programmes for young people. To help us continue producing such innovative shows please join our Dende Friends Scheme or talk to us about sponsorship opportunities.
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