Dramatic Need

Dramatic Need was a UK-registered charity established in 2007¹ that sent international arts professionals to host workshops in underprivileged and rural communities in Rwanda and South Africa. The charity promoted creative expression as a tool for conflict resolution, social development, gender empowerment, and the assimilation of health messages in underprivileged communities. Dramatic Need was dissolved in 2021.

Dramatic Need was a UK-registered charity established in 2007 that sent international arts professionals to host workshops in underprivileged and rural communities in Rwanda and South Africa. The charity promoted creative expression as a tool for conflict resolution, social development, gender empowerment, and the assimilation of health messages in underprivileged communities. Dramatic Need was dissolved in 2021. ==Support and fund-raising== Significant supporters of the charity included Josh Hartnett, Helena Christensen and David Walliams. ===The Children's Monologues=== On 14 November 2010, the first production of The Children's Monologues, directed by Danny Boyle, was performed at the Old Vic Theatre in London, in association with Dramatic Need. it featured the adapted stories of children's first-hand experiences in South Africa being retold and re-interpreted by and performed by actors such as Sir Ben Kingsley, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston, Gemma Arterton, and Eddie Redmayne. Boyle co-directed another performance of the play in 2015 at the Royal Court Theatre, and again in 2017 at Carnegie Hall in New York City. ==See also== The Children's Monologues

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