Underground Lights Community Theatre

18/06/2026

11 of us enjoyed watching the devised performance by 'Out in Cov' Belgrade Theatre, Coventry today! 🎭 Congratulations to all involved.
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18/06/2026

Lots of prop making fun at Creative Cafe yesterday😊

Well done to our placement students Leila (from Theatre & Performance Studies, University of Warwick) and Maya (from Royal Central School of Speech & Drama) for organising the activities 💫

Flowers, giant lily pads, and frog fingers were made! 🌺🐸

03/06/2026

Emma, a long term member of Underground Lights shares their thoughts and feelings about being involved in the upcoming performance of 'Our Public House' at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

'I'm looking forward to the Dash Arts performance tomorrow night. I enjoy working with new people and hearing about the speeches, which are really interesting to me.
I'm really looking forward to performing the B2 Stage. I'm not nervous.[..] It's good to be part of a new play. I feel happy they've invited me to the show in their play.
My advice to anybody else is just have a good time, it's gonna be good.'

We have been supporting ten of our members to take part in this performance since Dash Arts visited our Creative Café workshops and helped them develop speeches about issues they care about.

Find out more: https://www.belgrade.co.uk/events/our-public-house/

A funny and big-hearted show about change, in a pub where anything can happen.

02/06/2026

On Friday we had a trip to see 'Written on a Clean Sheet of Paper' performed and created by the Performance Ensemble x Belgrade Over 60s Hub at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry. Congratulations to all involved.

We thoroughly enjoyed the thoughtful performance - one of our trip attendees said it brought tears to their eyes. For one of our members it was the first time on a trip with us and they had a great time. We also enjoyed the humour, movement and balloons!

Special shout out to Andy who is also a member of Underground Lights Community Theatre! It was great to see him involved in more performance opportunities.

https://www.belgrade.co.uk/events/clean-sheet/

20/05/2026

The summer term is flying by for our Friday drama groups! Circle games have been helping members old and new relax, engage, get to know each other, build trust... and have fun!

19/05/2026

These beautiful birdboxes were put together and painted by residents at Harnall Lifehouse during our workshop on Saturday 🐦✨

They’ll help provide safe homes for local birds and bats, while adding a splash of colour to the community. The group also enjoyed getting creative with a bit of writing, and making poems during the session too! 🎨✏️

A wonderful workshop of creativity and teamwork. Thanks to for donating the bird boxes 💚🐦 And to everyone who made it a great afternoon ✨ The Salvation Army United Kingdom and Ireland Territory

08/05/2026

Check out Leila's blog about her placement with our Creative Cafe group.

"Attending these sessions has had a huge impact on my learning and development as an applied theatre facilitator."

We've really enjoyed having Leila in the sessions, seeing her grow in confidence, and watching her develop her facilitation skills, including by running a workshop for our members! Thanks Leila 🌟

https://undergroundlights.org/leilas-placement-reflections

30 Apr 2026 Leila’s placement reflections Posted at 9:00 AM in Behind the scenes by Leila Share I undertook a placement at Underground Lights as part of my MA in Applied Theatre at the University of Warwick, and I couldn’t be happier with how it went! I started in February, and will continue to ...

28/04/2026

We've started to explore 'difference' in our Creative Cafe workshops. Thoughtful contributions were shared by all involved. Looking forward to seeing how we continue to explore this issue.

21/04/2026

Check out this lovely blog about our Creative Cafe workshops by Kate, Chat Central & Voluntary Action Coventry Apprentice which features this wonderful feedback from the group:

'“This workshop has helped me overcome my struggles with homelessness and the loss of my family when I moved here. It has helped me make new friends and feel welcome in the community.”

Another participant explained how they “felt more confident and feel safe to be myself here.”'

Our Creative Cafe workshops run term time 2-4pm on Wednesdays at Coventry Central Hall, and our summer term starts tomorrow - so come along & join us!

https://www.vacoventry.org.uk/gic-at-underground-lights/

In her latest blog post, our Apprentice Kate reports on supporting the Get Involved Coventry community with a visit to Underground Lights

08/04/2026

We had two recent end-of-term event - our Creative Café sharing & Open Mic, and our Drama Groups Sharing 🎭✨

Such a joy to celebrate everyone’s creativity, talent, and hard work. Thank you to everyone who took part or supported us in the audience - what a lovely way to end the term! 💛