Who are they? The Unicorn Theatre was founded by Caryl Jenner as a touring company in 1947. Their audiences are young children, hoping to give them a proper theatrical experience. On their website they say 'the best of theatre for children should be judged on the same high standards of writing, directing, acting and design as the best of adult theatre'. They perform to young people, on their website they explain how they are "dedicated to inspiring and invigorating young people of all ages, perspectives and abilities, and empowering them to explore the world – on their own terms – through theatre." This can help with what we are devising because they have a lot of lessons in their shows, and in the book we are performing has a really big lesson. We can use how they interact with their audience to teach lessons. When I saw Girls Like That at the Unicorn Theatre at the end they the actors came out and answered are questions, so maybe it would be nice if the children could talk to us at the end with any questions.
What's on at the moment?
ONE LITTLE WORD
Two characters play together, exploring new space, new objects, dressing up and taking turns. But there’s a bit of a struggle when one of them wants to be the ONLY captain of the ship.
ANCIENT MECHANICALS
Shoot down a castle with a Roman catapult, build an aqueduct to guide water to a village, try the Greek way of using the sun to burn the enemy’s ships, and bookworms can even learn to write their name in hieroglyphics.
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