Making hay…
Rumour has it that the sun will be making an appearance in London tomorrow so we are heading outside to remember how to be outside. Its been too long since we ventured outdoors with our willing groups of under 5s in tow patiently watching our efforts to engage their minds in our imaginings. Our Little Universe is [...]
School workshops
Yesterday I had the pleasure of working with some children from Hillside Primary School in Ipswich. This was the first of many workshops I will be delivering to schools who bring classes to see the show. What’s perhaps unique about our workshops is that its me, one of the directors, running them and so it [...]
How to tour a Forest
If you come and see The Forest, you’ll see a great big set made of gold metal and mirrors and real trees: eleven real trees on stage and even more dotted amongst the audience. It was once described as a “set that would be at home in Tate Modern”, which made us happy, but whereas [...]
Speaking as a parent…
When it’s half term and I scan the pages of the ‘what’s on for children’ sections of magazines I want to know that the experiences I choose for my children will be, to be honest, worth the effort, that they will enjoy it, that they will be enriched in some way, in any way, by [...]
What’s it all about?
The Forest: a dance piece… for children? Yes! The Forest is a dance, and it’s an installation, and a spectacle, and a piece of moving art, and it’s funny, and a bit scary, and lovely, and strange, completely bewildering, and at times just plain silly. When we made The Forest we talked and played with [...]