THE MAKING OF A PLAY. THE MAKING OF A YOUNG PERSON.
Read a letter from our Artistic Director, Michael Wicherek, about the Summer Youth Theatre project.
THE 2026-2027 SEASON
We are thrilled to announce that from Autumn 2026 to Spring 2027 we will be touring A Christmas Carol, Macbeth and Romeo & Juliet. School bookings are now open. The Hate Play will also be returning to schools in London and Lincolnshire. To find out more…
MARK AND THE MARKED IN LINCOLN
Rehearsals in Residence in local schools form a very important part of our commitment to the students of Lincolnshire.
Dynamic start to 2025
No sooner were the New Year festivities over and the routine of school life re-established than our vibrant and thrilling production of Macbeth hit the road, starting off in our home base of the East Midlands before heading south to London.
MADE REGIONALLY, TOURING NATIONALLY
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THE HATE PLAY
Spring 2026 & 2027
A gripping and interactive performance that confronts bullying, hate crime and peer pressure head-on. While laying bare the emotional toll and social fallout faced by young people when their friendships come under pressure, it also challenges its student audiences to think carefully about their own community and behaviour and what they can do to ensure the safety, both emotional and physical of all its members.
MACBETH
Spring 2026 | Autumn 2026-Spring 2027
The darkness and danger of Shakespeare’s vision of early medieval Scotland are brought vividly and terrifyingly to life as Macbeth’s slaughter of Duncan sets him on the path to destruction. Fight scenes and murders are intense, music and lighting heighten both the mood and emotional torment, while the combination of faithfulness to Shakespeare’s text combining with contemporary dialogue and audience interaction adds clarity and injects excitement.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Autumn 2026-Spring 2027
Our version of Dickens’ Ghost Story of Christmas blends lively action, music, audience participation and text accuracy. As Scrooge, hard and sharp as flint, is made to face his past, present and potential future by three contrasting supernatural powers, his long-suppressed laughter and goodness surface to thaw the ice in his heart.
ROMEO AND JULIET
Autumn 2026-Spring 2027
This fast-paced adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragic masterpiece draws the audience quickly into the heat, sound and dangers of Medieval Verona, where love ignites, and violence and hate simmer. The lovers are brought to vivid life while a Narrator brings to the stage the characters who surround them and help to determine their inescapable fate. Truly there never was a story of more woe.
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MARK AND THE MARKED
GETTING THERE
A bold, physical and visual performance that pulls children into the centre of a bullying scenario, something that could unfold within their own school. unfolding within their own school community. Told entirely without words, it shows how bullying and hate can go unnoticed, and invites the audience to play an active role in in caring for both their friends and everyone in their community.
For Local Authorities.
Energetic and entertaining, this play follows a safety conscious, overbearing father and his son, who is desperate for independence. As the pair navigate the journey to school, young audiences are drawn into the action and encouraged to think carefully about their own choices, whether walking, cycling or taking the bus so that they will always be safe.
For Local Authorities
UP LATER
GETTING THERE
Energetic and entertaining, this play follows a safety conscious, overbearing father and his son, who is desperate for independence. As the pair navigate the journey to school, young audiences are drawn into the action and encouraged to think carefully about their own choices, whether walking, cycling or taking the bus so that they will always be safe.
For Local Authorities
MARK AND THE MARKED
A bold, physical and visual performance that pulls children into the centre of a bullying scenario, something that could unfold within their own school. unfolding within their own school community. Told entirely without words, it shows how bullying and hate can go unnoticed, and invites the audience to play an active role in in caring for both their friends and everyone in their community.
For Local Authorities.
TIME FOR THE GOOD-LOOKING BOY
2026/2027
BOX FEST
2025/2026
SIXTEEN
An urban ghost story.
In this gripping and moving solo performance, a young nineteen-year old is locked out of his home after an argument with his mother and faced with the need to discover who he is and the elements, among them family and love, that make him. In the process he takes the audience on a spell-binding and unpredictable voyage of discovery from bravado to vulnerability and from humour to heartbreak.
Box Clever’s strand of public performances. Join us for a medley of live performances, Q&A sessions, and great company!
The raw vulnerability of first love and the awkward, messy realities of teenage intimacy, told through fractured couplets and performances that resonate long after the final moment.
TIME FOR THE GOOD-LOOKING BOY
An urban ghost story.
In this gripping and moving solo performance, a young nineteen-year old is locked out of his home after an argument with his mother and faced with the need to discover who he is and the elements, among them family and love, that make him. In the process he takes the audience on a spell-binding and unpredictable voyage of discovery from bravado to vulnerability and from humour to heartbreak.
BOX FEST
2025/2026
Box Clever’s strand of public performances. Join us for a medley of live performances, Q&A sessions, and great company!
SIXTEEN
The raw vulnerability of first love and the awkward, messy realities of teenage intimacy, told through fractured couplets and performances that resonate long after the final moment.
OPENING THE BOX
A shared process makes for a stronger product.
The Company prioritises engaging its audiences in the scripting process, in the rehearsal process, and in its interactive style of performance. We are also passionate about offering opportunities for young and emerging actors and creatives to develop their craft and their careers. There are three programmes of activity central to the Company’s artistic approach to making work.
REHEARSALS IN RESIDENCE
WORDS OF MOUTH
YOUTH THEATRE
The anatomy of creativity. Students witness and participate in professional creativity in progress in their own schools.
Nurturing young writers. Inspiring new writing.
Young people doing it for themselves.
OPENING THE BOX
A shared process makes for a stronger product.
The Company prioritises engaging its audiences in the scripting process, in the rehearsal process and in its interactive style of performance, whilst at the same time offering opportunities for young and emerging actors and creatives to develop their craft and their careers. There are three programmes of activity central to the Company’s artistic approach to making work.
REHEARSALS IN RESIDENCE
The anatomy of creativity.
Students witness and participate in professional creativity in progress in their own schools.
WORDS OF MOUTH
Nurturing young writers.
Inspiring new writing.
YOUTH THEATRE
Young people doing it for themselves.