In 2014 Get Changed Theatre Company - an arts and drama charity for adults with learning disabilities - carried out an impressive project called Get Changed Makes History in collaboration with the National Trust Castle Drogo. The project included visual and sound installations, glimpse theatre, Edwardian photo shoot and the grand finale performance Raise the Roof.

1. A collaborative project with National Trust Castle
Drogo in 2014

2. A three part project:
Element 1
Art installations in place
March 2014
• Silver sound trail
• Wind spinning portraits
• I Hear Here
• Windmill poppy memorial
• 11 ages of man

3. David squashes forks and spoons Drogo visitor plays the sound trail
D & S help with the task No castle silverware was used!

4. Our portraits were made double sided to show two portraits as the frame turned in the breeze…..what we did not anticipate was the
hurricane force winds across the Teign valley!!
Plan B: we recreated the portraits on a banner and displayed them that way……….

5. A series of poems were created by the Get Changed participants – here is the war
poem written by David and displayed next to our Windmill Poppy Memorial.

7. Inspired by
an inlaid box
in Mr Drewe’s
bedroom –
the 11 ages of
man were
recreated and
displayed at
Drogo in the
bedroom
corridor

8. A three part project:
Element 2
Glimpse Theatre
From April to August 2014
• The Lord’s Leeks (Silent Movie with seat of the
pants orchestra)
• Ghosts of Drogo Past
• White Stag of the Teign Valley
• Flash Bang Wallop - Edwardian picnic
• Hide and Seek (Victorian style)

9. Filming for the Lord’s Leeks
Live performance to Drogo visitors

10. Girls and lads were filmed in Drogo rooms
and alcoves (next door) and projected live
onto various Drogo ceilings!!
Children and
adults were
encouraged
to direct the
projections.

12. Real time flash accompanies the 1900 camera. Visitors to Drogo pose for picture.
“Bun Sir?” “I couldn't possibly.”
Get Changed member gets to grip with camera.

13. The Hiders
and
the Seekers
To promote Raise
The Roof, our
members dressed
up and played
with the visitors at
Drogo – teasing
them by telling /
asking them if
they had seen the
others. The
‘others’ having
told the visitors to
say they had not
seen them!

14. A three part project:
Element 3
Promenade performance
4-7 September 2014
A celebration of Victorian life
and the history and stories of
the Drewe Family
during that era.

16. Early
ideas
for the
show
and
creating
musical
ideas

17. Getting ready for showtime! To view pictures of the show www.getchanged.com

26.  I think having this group around and working with
staff and volunteers over the last several months has
created more confidence for the team in
understanding how to welcome and engage with
disabled visitors which is really positive.
Heather, General Manager of Castle Drogo
 I was able to be there unexpectedly and was
amazed by the humour and enjoyment that the play
provided – the atmosphere was brilliant and the skill
of the group, both leaders and participants was clear
to see. There were points when it was genuinely
moving (the rendition of Old Man River by Mr
Marconi was a highlight for me). Ruth Lewis, Visitor
Experience Consultant, National Trust

27.  I want to congratulate you on such a brave and
interesting project and partnership. The show
was one of the most inspired and funny I’ve ever
seen at an NT site.
Hannah Jones, Volunteering and Community
Involvement Consultant, National Trust
 That really was a tremendous evening, so
special & very kind of you to ask us.
Bunny Johnstone (Julius Drewe’s great-grandaughter)

28. Thanks to the following funders