Activities
Empowering your life.
Friday Club
Fridays 10am-3pm - Art and Drama for adults with disabilities and mental health challenges.
At the heart of Friday club is social inclusion and ownership. All practitioners are trained in a wide range of wellbeing techniques designed to reduce stress through creative learning.
Next Production - Wonderland
To be performed November and December 2026.
Sandwich Club
Sandwich and Salad Club, takes place at Arcadia every Tuesday from 11am-1pm.
It is a calm and welcoming space to come and sit, chat, do a bit of art if you choose to, meet friends and listen to pianist Daniel. As with all our activities Prospero staff and volunteers are on hand if you need support.
Cost £6 – this covers sandwich or salad plus a fruit salad
Social Nights
Social Night is held monthly at Arcadia, usually on the third Friday evening. Social Nights are 5.30-9pm, the food usually at 7pm
Members choose the theme, varying from Italian Night to The 80’s to Karaoke!
The chance to meet up with old friends and make new ones, and have the best fun
Cost - £10, which includes the meal
Art Club
Tuesdays - Art for Adults with learning disabilities and mental health challenges, 10-11am at Arcadia.
One hour art class, combining developing individual skills with working on collaborative pieces, with topics and projects chosen by the group.
Group pieces have been displayed at the Arc and other community venues.
Each week there is a wellbeing slant at some point in the session and there is plenty of time to chat.
Art Club is somewhere that people can come if they are ambitious about their art, but also somewhere where each person’s individual art and creativity is recognised and celebrated by every person who is there
‘It is a nice calm environment and everyone leaves with a smile on their face’ – regular attendee.
Create Together
Saturdays 2.30-5.30 at The Westway Centre, Caterham
Create Together is a joyous project that we have run since 2022 in partnership with the Westway Centre and Amareece Dance.
Each session is a stand alone topic, chosen by the members, that brings together drama, dance, art and singing, all on the theme of the day.
Every session is fully accessible and inclusive.
Cost £5.00
For details of upcoming session dates and themes email Beth on bethwood@prosperotheatre.com
Cinema Club
Cinema Club is held monthly at Arcadia, most usually on the first Friday evening.
Members choose the films which can be hugely diverse!
A great opportunity to meet with friends, cheer the heroes and discuss the merits of the film!
Cost - £10, which includes the meal Timings – Food at 5.30, film at 6.15, pick up at 9
Making Day
Making Day is one Sunday every month, 10.30-4pm,
We design and create the set, props and costumes for our shows and events, such as the Caterham Carnival and our annual Spring Ball. It is an opportunity to try an build new skills, share ideas, and work collaboratively.
We make sure that everyone has a chance to work on something that they will get a real sense of achievement from by the end of the day.
The day is punctuated by a nutritional lunch, and plenty of drinks breaks! It gives an opportunity for lots of socialising, with old friends and new.
After Hours Club
Twice monthly sessions Fridays 4pm -5.30pm
Monthly Makaton sessions, perfect for all levels
Monthly peer led sessions
Plus arts and crafts based around world events
Mindfulness Zooms
Thursdays 7-8pm– Monthly Inclusive Mindfulness Zooms
Each week is a different subject, around:
Managing Anxiety
Building Resilience
Developing Creativity
Participants explore a wide range of techniques from Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, learn how and when to use them to help themselves and other people, and the basic neuroscience behind them that makes them work.
The sessions are punctuated by work in breakout rooms where participants talk through the ways in which the content relates to them and how they can put it in place.
Mindfulness Zooms are taken by Beth and Tina, with two volunteers supporting.
One to Ones
1-2-1s are one-hour sessions with a member of the team. These can be used to talk about concerns, follow a mindfulness / wellbeing plan, go through lines for one of the plays, undertake a creative endeavour – whatever is most needed. And they are absolutely flexible and bespoke.
Members pinpoint the 1-2-1s as a real help in getting their anxiety levels down. The words that are most often used are that the sessions keep them ‘coping’ and ‘improving’. They also talk about the importance of ‘sharing’.
The 121s also feed directly into the high standard of the shows, as they give people a chance to go through lines, practise songs and talk about characters. And they provide an underlying support – if someone can’t remember lines in a rehearsal, they no longer get upset with themselves because they know it will be sorted out in their next one-to-one.