Theatre Companies

Richard and Abby Young founded Tall Tails Theatre Company in February 2019 in order to make theatre accessible for people in Somerset, the south-west, and for national and international festivals. They believe that everyone should be able to enjoy theatre, and make their shows with that in mind. Tall Tails shows kindle a supportive environment for audiences and artists where individual and collective creativity, imagination and...

We create original, visually stunning, transformative performances, sometimes inside theatres but often in other public spaces. We create atmospheres and experiences for the audience which are thrilling, surprising and memorable, which always feel 'live' and in the moment, where the unique reality of this audience, in this moment, right here is acknowledged and celebrated.

Teatru Malta serves as a local and national platform for Malta's artistic community. Founded in 2017 we are a project-led theatre making company, travelling from location to location across Malta and Gozo one venue at a time, making theatre that counts for every kind of audience. It was imperative that we didn't create theatre in one space for the same audience, we wanted to create theatre...

Teeny Tiny Theatre is a pop-up venue and children's theatre company hosting the best of small scale theatre for children and offering our own exciting programme of interactive Drama workshops and classes. Based in South Liverpool, we aim to provide regular opportunities for families to access live performance and drama experiences.

Tell Tale Hearts devise new stories and play with old tales to deliver interactive theatre experiences for primary children, younger years and their grown ups too. Through a unique mix of creativity and interactivity we aim to give children the opportunity to experience the imaginative power of stories by using well crafted theatrical techniques.

Based in Bristol, UK, we create theatre with and for children which unites families, offering an engaging and stimulating theatrical experience for both adults and children. You might meet us in a traditional theatre setting or in the middle of a field. We aim to inspire communities who may not have access to theatre with topical stories, a bold physical language and a few puppets along...

Bubble art, tricks, science and fun. Louis Pearl is one of the world's leading bubble-ologists. He began in 1980 by making, demonstrating, and selling a toy called the Bubble Trumpet on a street corner in Berkeley, California. Eventually his toy company had 147 products with international manufacturing and distribution but Louis found that he preferred playing with the toys over selling them. He sold Tangent Toys...

From the team that created The Doodle Dance Show, a magical hour of building, music and dancing. Let your imagination run riot as hundreds of boxes are stacked, squashed and rebuilt. Help create enticing caves, wonky castles and fabulous creatures, as together we learn that the strongest thing we can build is friendship.  Award winning performers Tom Roden and Anna Williams create an enchanting, ever-changing playground...

The Coterie Theatre, named "One of the Five Best Theaters for Young Audiences" in the U.S. by TIME magazine, provides unique theatre experiences for families and young audiences. The company is nationally recognized for its one-of-a-kind programming that features a year-round season of live plays and musicals on the company's mainstage, for which individual, group, and season tickets are available. The Coterie offers acting and theatre...

The Listies make live comedy for kids aged 5-500 million (dinosaurs allowed)!

Theatr Iolo is the leading Welsh children's theatre company, creating high quality experiences that are stimulating, surprising and meaningful for children and their adults. Theatr Iolo has been at the forefront of theatre for children for over thirty years, delivering performances and workshops to babies, children, teenagers, parents, pupils and teachers across Wales, the UK and internationally.

Theatr na nÓg is on a mission to ignite the imagination of the nation. We believe in the power of outstanding theatre to inspire life-long change, and enrich the lives of people of all ages. Rooted in the Welsh Valleys, we create original theatre in English and Welsh that inspires and engages audiences of all ages across Wales and beyond. Our name means theatre of eternal...

Theatre Alibi have been making work for adult and family audiences from its base at Emmanuel Hall in Exeter since 1982. Theatre Alibi are contemporary storytellers, creating work for all ages that moves freely between the intimate and the epic and aspires to be inventive, joyful, moving, vivid, intricate and ambitious. Our productions are marked by a passion for the live event actors as storytellers absolutely...

Since 2006, we have been playing for you on streets, squares and theaters throughout Europe. In our performances we try to connect all theatrical techniques, especially puppet, clowning, pantomime and some circus skills.

Theatre Fideri Fidera aims to create new theatre for children from the ages of 2-7, using their characteristic mix of story-telling, puppetry, physical theatre and song. Our aim is to approach each show as if it were the audience's very first visit to the theatre and to ignite a deep-rooted passion for live-performance. For us, children's theatre needs to be accessible, entertaining, engaging, inspirational and offer...

Award-winning company Theatre-Rites is a field leader in the creation of experimental theatre for children. Acclaimed nationally and internationally, our touring productions and site responsive works stir the imagination and stimulate thought. We specifically promote understanding and enjoyment of object-led theatre and celebrate the power of visuals, puppetry and animation by working in genuine collaboration with designers, visual artists, film-makers, puppeteers, musicians, composers, actors and dancers.

Three Feathers is an exciting new children's theatre company based in London. Our process begins with workshops with a small group of children developing and adapting a story through what they do best, playing. What comes out of these workshops is developed into a performance to be enjoyed by audiences young and old. We feel that the best children's theatre can be enjoyed regardless of age.

Tim Bray Theatre Company was created in 1991 by Founder and Artistic Director Tim Bray, QSM. Tim was awarded the Queen's Service Medal in 2017 for services to children and theatre. In 2016 Tim was awarded a Scroll of Honour Award by the Variety Artists Club of NZ in recognition of the theatre company's 25 year anniversary. The company has been performing and touring children's theatre...

Timm Holmes is the author of The Mostly Made Up Adventures of Malcolm & Cooper picturebook series and the creator of Start A Story Workshop, The Start A Story iOS mobile app, Tell A Tale Workshop, and The Author Making Machine stage show.

Tiny Light is an Oxford based theatre company creating work for babies, children and young adults. We are generously supported by Arts Council England.

Tiny T's is a company for children offering all things IMAGINATIVE! Whether it is a class, workshop, camp or we are performing a story, our aim is to encourage children to use their imaginations and to be unique, creative and most importantly HAVE FUN. Each story is hand written and each event, class or workshop is catered to the children involved.

We are Todos Teatro which in English means Theatre for Everyone. Making excellent and accessible theatre to inspire positive ecological change for young people and their families.

Our work is rooted in the live event and thrives on a sense of spontaneity and risk, celebrating the unpredictability of performance. Through playful collaborative writing, anarchic physicality and a comedic sensibility we create genuinely spontaneous experiences for audiences. We consistently experiment with what art can be and who can be involved and, in doing so, our work blurs the lines between artist, participant and audience....

Travelled Companions specialise in creating original, imaginative and engaging theatre for young audiences. Using music, movement, storytelling and media, we create stimulating theatrical environments for children to explore.

Travelling Light creates outstanding theatre for and with young people that inspires their thinking, engages their emotions and fires their imaginations.

Since 2011, Trusty Sidekick Theater Company has captivated audiences with a unique brand of small batch theater in New York City and beyond. Based in New York City, Trusty Sidekick Theater Company creates bold, original productions for young people and their families. Hailed by The New York Times for blur[ring] the boundaries between the imagined and the real, Trusty Sidekick crafts new and exciting ways for...

Mission Our mission is to delight children with imaginative and meaningful theatre. Vision We want all children, no matter who they are or where they live, to have creative experiences that will stimulate their imaginations and allow them to engage in the wonder of theatre in order to help them make sense of the world.

Funny, eccentric and unmistakable juggling performance. TwoMuch is a circus company founded by David Sanchez and Maggie Bernay. Welcome to our juggling world.

Empowering, entertaining and educating throught dance. From sorting out your two left feet to building your confidence, to increasing your performance at work, we are here to take you on a journey of fun, laughter, and self-discovery. Empowering you through our mentoring, support, and coaching programmes. Entertaining you through the creation and touring of our immersive dance theatre production experiences. Educating you through our dance-based empowerment...

Upswing is a leading contemporary circus company. We use the human body as an expressive tool to entertain, inspire curiosity and ignite a desire to build connection.

VERBA SHADOW is the only theatre in the world which creates performances by combining shadow and light effects, acting and professional acrobatic layouts based on motives of famous films, TV series and cartoons. Over the years of performances, shadow theatre VERBA gained recognition and love from children and adults to its art that consequently led to creation of unique shadow project #familyshow: Shadow Hollywood, Kingdom of...

We are Visible Fictions and we love telling stories. For 27 years we have been creating innovative and dynamic theatrical experiences and creative learning projects for young people of all ages and adults. You can find our work on stage and screen, and in parks, boats, bikes, libraries, schools and wherever we can make them happen! We take these stories all over the world.  Our aim...

The Wardrobe Ensemble are a group of theatre artists working together to make new plays that dissect the twenty-first century experience. We consist of nine core members, one producer and a constantly growing community of associate artists. We are based in Bristol. Flashy, rough, silly and serious, we explore the big ideas of our time through intimate human stories. We are usually energetic, often irreverent and...

We serve food for thoughts dished up as immersive experiences. Based in East Kent, we are a female led performance and art company. We create work that relate to audiences in unusual ways. Our innovative performances always have a strong audience participation element and explore immersive possibilities, site specific and outdoor situations. Our long-term vision is to contribute to making the world a better place through...

We are a three-woman theatre company, who create inclusive, fun shows for the whole family. As a company we aim to always be environmentally responsible, which involves making our set and puppets from recycled materials or buying second hand - for example, it turns out an old grey handbag makes an excellent elephant! We also write all of our music and devise our own scripts. Our...

Emma Boor has created her puppetry company Wild Boor Ideas to spread as much joy as possible! Using a hodge podge of puppetry, theatre, music, costume and story. Wild Boor Ideas weaves its magic across Oxford and beyond.

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