Over the course of the 2023/24 season we will hear from a wide range of local people who have benefitted from Arsenal in the Community projects. Here we find out more about how Abdul, 35 and from London, has gone from the football pitch to the theatre stage thanks to a link-up between Arsenal in the Community’s Adult Learning Disability Football group and Islington’s Almeida Theatre.
Name: Abdul
Project: Arsenal Adult Learning Disability Football
Established: 2007
Weekly participants: 40
Sessions: Every Thursday at The Arsenal Hub
Arsenal in the Community and the Almeida Theatre in Islington have been working together for the second time, bringing together the combined strength of Arsenal’s community outreach and Almeida’s artistic expertise to offer local young people, many of whom have not previously been involved in theatre, the opportunity to experience an exciting part of the community which is completely new to them.