‘A multi-functional, flat-pack, interactive set - that can fit in a school hall or a 400 seat theatre’ is the usual (very broad) brief we give our set-designer, Simon Hall, at the start of each project. Thankfully he doesn’t ever flinch and is a joy to work with. Simon has created the sets for children’s theatre shows for many years with his own company, Quirk. Therefore he is fantastic at giving us suggestions at how to create a set which will spark children’s imaginations a

I have been taking trips to Topsham for as long as i’ve lived in Devon and to my shame never been to the Topsham museum before. Later this year the museum will host us for a performance of Clare Hollingworth and the Scoop of the Century, either in the cafe space or if the weather holds in their beautiful garden overlooking the estuary. The museum is a testament to Topsham's maritime history - an old merchants house furnished with period rooms and crammed full of exhibits, ran

This Summer, we were very lucky to work with 23 talented 6-11 year olds for a whole week. This was one of our Theatre Weeks, which we ran this year with Exeter Northcott Theatre. The idea is that a group of children will work together for a week, learning drama skills and creating their own original work which, at the end of the week, they share back on a professional stage to their friends and family. This time, we wanted our group to tell a particular story - Clare’s. We we