Archive
Here are all the shows that we have created over the years. We will be gradually adding additional information such as cast lists, photos & publicity information from each show:
NAMELESS (2010) 13 years +
We commissioned Soho young writer Shireen Mula to write a play using the experiences of local young people who we ran drama workshops with. The resulting show was performed by Fusion young company at Arnolfini. Read more
CELEBRATION FESTIVAL families, friends and children 8+
18 original short plays, performed by six actors in and around the Create Centre, Bristol. Read more
FALLING LIGHT (2010) 12+
Performed by Take Out Youth Theatre. Read more
HOW COLD MY TOES (2009-10) 2+ & families
Co-produced with Bristol Old Vic & Birmingham Repertory Company. Devised in collaboration with Champloo Dance Company, the show took the audience on a journey through the seasons. Read more
ALI BABA & THE FORTY THIEVES (2009-10) 6 years+ & families
Co-produced with the Tobacco Factory. Once long ago, there lived two brothers. Read more
PAPER WINGS (2009)
Written by Lucy Catherine, the show was performed by Fusion Young Company, Read more
HOME (2008) 3+ & families
Co-produced with Bristol Old Vic. Two old friends in search of a home find a house that is far too tiny for them. Read more...
SHADOW PLAY (2008) 2 - 6 years
A vibrant mix of music, dance, mime and design this show features four characters who transform a white space with their energy and creativity. Read more...
THE UGLY DUCKLING (2007 & 2008/09) 3 years +
Co-produced with the Tobacco Factory - Ducky is clumsy, scruffy and looks nothing like his fluffy yellow siblings. Read more...
LENNY The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Train (2007) 11 years +
A French-Canadian play about an undersized boy who is babied by his mother. Read more...
PAPA,PLEASE GET THE MOON FOR ME (2006) 2-6 years
Created from the
illustrated book by Eric Carle, the play tells the story of Monica,
who longs to play with the Moon. Read more...
MOTHER SAVAGE (2006) 14 years +
Inspired by a short story by Guy de Maupassant. Read more...
CLOWN (2005) 3 years +
Based on Quentin Blake’s wordless picture
book, the play tells the story of Clown who gets thrown in a dustbin
with other discarded toys. Read more...
TOO MANY COOKS (2004) 7 -12 years
In a kitchen in the depths of a castle, three cooks are preparing a feast – of fairytales. Read more...
CLOUDLAND (2003 & 2004) 3 years +A play created for the very young from the best-selling book by John Burningham. Read more...
THE STONES (2002 & 2003) 12 years +
The play was devised by
Zeal Theatre in Melbourne, and has been performed by the company
all over the world. It is based on the true story of two teenagers who
were charged with manslaughter after kicking stones off a footbridge
and killing a driver. Read more...
WALKING THE TIGHTROPE (2001 & 2002) 3-6 years
Grandad Stan
finds it hard to find the right words to tall Esme that her grandmother
has died, so he invents a new life for Nanna Queenie as a tightrope
walker. Read more...
THE LAST TYGER (1998 & 1999) 7-11 years
A young boy Amal runs away from home and meets another runaway, a tiger who has taken on human shape. Read more...
THE MELON BOAT (1997) 4-7 years
The play examines themes of love and
loss, change and growth through the story of a lonely old man who is
befriended by a young girl. Read more..
TIR NA N'OG also toured as INTO THE WEST (eight tours between 1995 - 2001) 8-12 years
Ally and Finn are two traveller children living in Dublin with their grieving and drunken father. Read more...
SORTED (1995) 14 years +
Carrie and Sean are good friends, until late one night when they climb a tree together. Read more...
FLUENTLY SPEAKING BIRDS (1994) 7-12 years
Echo has left the circus taking all the money, but he is followed by his old companions bent on revenge. Read more...
HORSEBOTTLE (1994) 9-13 years
A boy and girl truanting from school meet a vagrant who needs help. Read more...
FLYING COLOURS (1993) 14 years +
Terry, Sandre and Nasreen meet in a boarding house in Berlin. Taking flags and nationalism as its starting point. Read more...
THE STONE BOOK (1992 & 1993) 8-12 yearsThe company’s first literary adaptation was of book one in Alan Garner’s Quartet. The story is set in 1862 after the Industrial Revolution. Read more...
NOT SCREAMING BUT SHOUTING (1992) 15 years +
A young girl tries to
leave her family farm near Auschwitz and a troubled history for
the bright lights of Warsaw. Written following the company’s visit to
Poland, Read more...
BUGS AND SLUGS (1991) 5-7 years
Three caterpillar sisters go in search of food when their oak tree home is cut down. Read more...
SWEAT (1991) 14 years +
A show that reveals the true cost of
image and conformity, looking at the subject of Fashion though
interlinking stories. Read more...
WAVING GOODBYE (1990) 8-12 years
A high wall is being built to protect the inhabitants of a seaside town from the polluting effects of the tide. Read more...
STREETWISE (1989 & 1990) 9-13 years
Mr Thinwhite is a property developer. Mrs Thinwhite lives to shop. Read more...
TIN CAN ALLEY (1988) 7-11 years
A box, a tin can and a pile of rags teach a young girl that objects can have a future life through recycling. Read more...
THE POND SHOW (1988) 5-7 years
A group of pond creatures become sick and discover the cause. Read more...
ON THE DOTTED LINE (1987) 14 years +
A young trainee midwife becomes
pregnant and has to decide whether or not to have her baby after she
wins a radio competition to volunteer help in a third world country.
Read more...
GREEN DESERTS (1986) 5-9 years
Set in a future when humankind lives
underground, a group of children discover the last tree on earth and
set out to rescue it. Read more...
STARSEEKER (1986) 9-13 years
Jo, an ordinary library clerk, is suddenly subjected to a sequence of mysterious encounters. Read more...
PLAYBACK (1985) 11-15 years
Set in a toy factory, Barbie and Ken come to life as faulty versions of themselves. Read more...
PUT YOURSELF IN MY SHOES (1985) 5-7 years
Through a story set in an
alien land the show demonstrates how we can enjoy being different to
one another without fear or prejudice. Read more...
DOWN AT THE DUMP (1984) 7-11 years
Travelling Light’s first show was set in a rubbish tip where Beryl lives with the Boglets. Read more...