'All of my life I've fought for a forever home where our members can belong, where they know they're safe and where they can grow without any stigma or any difference. She finished: 'This is just the start I think, but to be given a forever home for our members is like a dream come true. The theatre isn't being used for the watch party so that the children can have their 'Matilda moment', where they can have the magic of coming in first.Īnd Alisar hopes that this marks the beginning of a bright future for True Colours. There are a few nods to the build in the design too, most notably a huge glittering disco ball in the dance studio - which wouldn't look out of place on BBC One on a Saturday night.Īlisar Taylor, Founder of True Colours Theatre (Image: Craig Connor/ChronicleLive)ĬEO Alisar watched the show go out live with a small group of True Colours friends, but a bigger watch party is planned on Friday night in Newcastle, with the tradespeople involved and their families. Now the space in Wallsend has been transformed into an 'safe space' for the charity's members, consisting of a performance and dance studio, café, sensory garden, and sensory and break-out rooms.

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Its appearance on Wednesday night's BBC special showed the transformation of a derelict building into a stunning theatre ahead of the new academic year, which starts next month. True Colours is a theatre and charity which runs an inclusive theatre school for children and young people, many of whom have additional needs such as autism, ADHD, anxiety disorders, physical and life limiting conditions and various mental health issues. The founder and CEO of a charity who appeared on a DIY SOS and Strictly Come Dancing collaboration special has said it is a 'dream come true' to have a 'forever home' for its members.

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