The Forest Door is a new theatre offer for primary aged children, incorporating performance, interactive in-classroom activities, and support and resources for teachers and families.

Our local holiday workshops offer free creative activities alongside meals during the school holidays for families eligible for free school meals.

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We run four weekly youth theatre groups for ages 6-16 from our studio at Wellspring Settlement, Barton Hill, Bristol.

A day of workshops and performances for children and their families, organised in partnership with the University of Bristol.

Our local holiday workshops offer free creative activities alongside meals during the school holidays for families eligible for free school meals.

Our unique drama group for D/deaf and Disabled young people aged 7-16.

Our summer holiday workshops offered free creative activities alongside meals during the school holidays for families eligible for free school meals.

 An interactive workshop on facilitating work with children and young people.

A 3-year project exploring how drama techniques can be used to support and develop children’s speaking and listening skills.

A practical approach to making theatre for children and young audiences.

Spend a day exploring a poem, story or curriculum topic, using drama, music and movement to help pupils get creative, use their imaginations and perform to their peers.

An event that celebrated joy, light, creativity and the warmth of community.

A day of workshops and performances for children aged 5-10 and their families; tailored to exploring creativity, confidence and imagination.

A whole year group spends a week working with Travelling Light artists to produce a ‘Play in a Week’ based on a specific curriculum topic, learning through creativity.

A two-year Continuing Professional Development Learning project, which aimed to develop arts-based teaching in schools.

In summer 2024 we ran a summer school for D/deaf and Disabled young people in partnership with WECIL - West of England Centre for Inclusive Living.

A playful experience filled with warmth, sensation and gentle exploration, suitable for babes in arms and pre-schoolers aged 0-3 accompanied by their carers.

An early years project delivered in collaboration with two Bristol Nursery settings - Little Hayes Nursery in Fishponds and Hartcliffe Nursery and Children’s Centre.

ActionSpeak was a free theatre group for young D/deaf and Disabled people aged 16+, which we ran for 5 years in partnership with WECIL (The West of England Centre for Inclusive Living).