We are Middle Child, theatre that makes a noise. We are a Hull-based company creating gig theatre that brings people together for a good night out with big ideas. We tell untold stories which capture the electrifying moment when the beat drops, mixing original live music with bold new writing. Our events are live and loud, making sense of the modern world.
Mimbre is a female-led company creating nuanced, breathtaking and highly skilled acrobatic theatre. We use circus and dance innovatively as a physical language to illuminate human connections and promote a positive image of women. With an artistic voice that is physical and accessible, Mimbre build relationships with broad, non-traditional audiences and participants, creating unexpected moments in unusual spaces and reclaiming some beauty within the urban environment....
Magicians, time-travellers & all round spiffing chaps. Morgan and West met whilst studying at Oxford in the late nineteenth century. It was in that most reclining of seats of learning that the duo's love of deception and legerdemain was born, and they would have been joined at the hip ever since, were it not for the vast discrepancy in the height of their pelvises.
Moth Physical Theatre was founded in 2016 by physical actors Chelsey Lee, Amber-Rose Perry, Charlotte Irwin and Emma Crowley-Bennett. We pride ourselves in creating visually stimulating theatre using physical storytelling, puppetry and music. Our aim is to bridge the gap between creativity and money. We believe it's important to tell stories, but we also understand how difficult it may seem to be creative on a low...
We strive to create theatre that is accessible to all ages and provide opportunities to explore ideas and topics in order to fuel the imagination, as well as aiding learning processes in our tailor-made workshops.
Mr Millerman Presents Ltd is a theatrical production company led by producer Ben Millerman. The company is committed to showcasing talent through collaborations with venues, producers and writers. Our productions include both new and existing musicals, plays, pantomimes and concerts.
At the National, we make world-class theatre that is entertaining, challenging and inspiring. And we make it for everyone.
We tell the stories that need to be told. We take our work to wherever audiences are to be found. We showcase Scottish culture at home and around the world, telling stories in ways never seen before. We want to break down the walls that prevent people from engaging with our work, whether economic, cultural or physical.
Norwich Puppet Theatre is an excellent introduction to the magic of theatre with original shows, activities, workshops and masterclasses for all ages. Situated inside a converted medieval church, the Theatre is one of only three building-based puppet theatres in England. Home to a family of puppets spanning over 30 years, we produce new shows for families and children which play in Norwich before touring the UK...
Bringing the city to life with puppets and people! A Festival for everyone. One of the Festival focuses is on creating opportunities for disabled artists and participants, as well as encouraging new audiences through things such as outdoor performances, street-theatre and free workshops. A three-month community engagement programme precedes the main event. There is also a focus on developing greater advocacy of puppetry as an artform,...
We are an aerial theatre company who combine circus and visual theatre to make work that is arresting and entertaining. We specialise in creating physical theatre on original pieces of aerial equipment and create stories from the vulnerability, trust and reliance that exist between people in the air.
Oily Cart aims to reimagine theatre for young audiences to make it more inclusive. We create sensory theatre that can be enjoyed by children who are very young and those who are labelled as having complex needs including those with profound and multiple disabilities, with an autistic spectrum condition, and those who are deafblind and multi-sensory impaired.
Onceupona Children's Theatre Company adapts and produces original and traditional tales that are exciting and fun for everyone from the youngest in the audience to the oldest. Onceupona brings a unique and magical fusion of adventure storytelling and pure theatre performance and puts your children centre stage to become part of the play whilst capturing the hearts of the parents.
We're an award-winning theatre company, creating brain-stretching adventures with extraordinary artists, kids and scientists. Too many children grow up thinking that science, technology, engineering, arts, and maths are not for people like me. We're here to change that.
We use nonverbal physical theatre to collaborate with Young People with Learning Disabilities, creating quality art which reflects and celebrates their unique creativity. We wholeheartedly believe in the ability of young people with learning disabilities to contribute to the creative and cultural life of the places where they live, and work as advocates for their valued involvement as artists and leaders.
With over 18 years experience working with children from 4 to 11 years old, the Openbox team has evolved a diverse and exciting programme linked directly to key learning objectives in the National Curriculum. Our inclusive and energetic drama workshops are designed to stimulate and encourage; unleashing children's imagination to turn facts into fun - leading to tangible results in the classroom. Our shows bring the...
Agor Drysau - Opening Doors festival has finished for another year. Thanks to all of the people that came to see performances, to the volunteers, to the staff of Arad goch and to our sponsors. Agor Drysau - Opening Doors will return. Agor Drysau Opening Doors is Wales International Festival of Performing Arts for Young Audiences, which is organised every two years by Arad Goch. The...
OperaUpClose is an ambitious, Olivier Award-winning opera company, producing innovatively staged, unintimidating, affordable and - crucially - high quality English chamber re-imaginings of well-known works and premieres of new operas. We are an associate artist at The Old Church, an associate company of Soho Theatre and co-produce with the Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Tricycle Theatre, Kings Place and Malm├ Opera (Sweden). We tour across the UK as...
Oxford Playhouse and its Burton Taylor Studio present and produce a wide range of live performance. The programme includes the best of British and international drama, family shows, contemporary dance and music, student and amateur shows, comedy, lectures and poetry. The Playhouse produces and tours its own shows, hosts Artists in Residence and presents Playhouse Plays Out, an ongoing series of off-site events which happen at...
Page One Theatre are a company of collaborators creating visual theatre for young audiences. We believe that children should be offered inspirational theatrical experiences. We aim to inspire, challenge and feed imaginations. Combining movement and object puppetry we produce original and vibrant new performances for children and their families.
We are a modern non-animal social circus traveling the UK providing hands on family entertainment and circus training workshops.
BIG STORIES FOR SMALL PEOPLE Paper Balloon create exciting, original storytelling theatre for young audiences. We produce exclusively new stories for the stage, whether working with writers or devising. We develop work with our core ensemble of artists, featuring original live music and song through all our productions. We consistently work with young people through development, ensuring they remain central to whatever we create.
We're passionate about panto as a genre that can entertain AND enlighten! We present them throughout the year and in the most surprising places! Come and join the adventure!
Twisted Tales with a heart. Engaging, Challenging and Transforming!
Our vision is to create unforgettable early experiences of contemporary dance-theatre for all children. Peut-Être Theatre is an award-winning children's dance theatre company that creates ambitious, accessible, multi-disciplinary performances. We have a collaborative, play based approach to making shows working with diversely skilled artists and researchers across sectors.
Pied Piper specialises in new writing for young children. We are committed to making our audience's crucial first experience of theatre as creative, original, exciting and high quality as it can be; regardless of how or where they are able to experience it. For this reason we tour into small rural and big inner-city schools, tiny arts venues and large scale theatres bringing the same high...
Pigfoot is a multi award-winning theatre company, dedicated to making collaborative, carbon-neutral theatre. We make work with and for those grappling with the climate & ecological crisis. Our theatre practices what it preaches (The Sunday Times on Pigfoot) & protests from within an industry which, in London alone, has been shown to have a carbon footprint of 50,000 tonnes a year - roughly equivalent to driving...
Pins and Needles Productions is an award-winning, female-led theatre company in Bristol, based on a strong Director/Designer partnership between Emma Earle & Zoe Squire. We create imaginative theatre for all ages and are passionate about finding playful ways to tell stories full of heart, humour and magic.
Pirates of the Carabina are a trailblazing circus company of highly experienced artists, riggers and musicians from across the world who specialise in theatrical, highly technical shows with a very strong live music ethos.
Polka Theatre is one of the few venues in the UK which is dedicated to producing and presenting world-class theatre for children aged 0 - 12 years.
Professional Theatre for Children & Young People aged 5 to 25+.
Punchdrunk Enrichment is a charity that creates transformational theatre for children, adults, and communities across the UK and beyond.
The Puppet Animation Festival is the UK's oldest and largest annual festival for children and their families, celebrating its 38th anniversary in 2021. Since 2000 over 250,000 people have attended puppetry and film performances, and participated in workshops, at the Puppet Animation Festival. Each year we present puppetry and animated film performances and workshops by leading UK companies, in venues across every corner of Scotland. Usually...
Delve into our trunk of tremendous tales and join Really Big Pants Theatre Company on amazing adventures! Presenting theatre with serious messages in a playful way. Our awesome shows use the primary curriculum (and some really big pants) to inspire, educate, and entertain children aged 3-11 in your school, arts centre or community venue.
We make innovative, quality work for everyone under the age of 19: from the tiniest babies to the oldest teenagers, for disabled children and young people, for school groups, for families, for festivals. We tour locally, nationally and internationally taking shows to venues from Belfast to Broadway and lots of places in between.
As a registered charity, we remain ambitious about ensuring that our theatres are for everyone. We encourage young people to take part in our creative learning opportunities via bespoke schools partnerships and weekly activity at the theatres. Our award-winning, nationally recognised Get Involved programme engaged with more than 18,500 participants last year, attracting a broad section of our community, and also offering opportunities for nurturing new...
