ARTISTIC ARCHIVE

LAStheatre creates playful theatre, outdoor arts experiences and interdisciplinary projects shaped by curiosity, collaboration and community. Across our productions runs a shared interest in imagination, place and the big questions young people ask about the world around them.

Stories For Stage

Playful adaptations of books, myths and original stories for theatres and touring spaces.

THE LITTLEST YAK

Supported by Arts Council England, Marlowe Theatre, Backstage Trust, Kent County Council & Folkestone Town Council
A musical adaptation of the award-winning children's book with beautiful puppets, catchy tunes and an uplifting tale of self-acceptance.

For humans (and yaks) aged 3-7

Nominated for four OffWestEnd Awards - Best Performance, Writing, Music and Design!
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THE LIGHT PRINCESS

Commissioned by Albany & Arc Stockton
Supported by Arts Council England, Backstage Trust & the Sylvia Waddilove Foundation
A new musical production about a floating Princess, a Queen who worries about keeping her little girl's feet on the ground, and a friendship that changes everything.

A family show for audiences aged 3+
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THE GIRL OF INK AND STARS

Supported by Bath Spa Productions and the egg, Theatre Royal Bath
A sell-out production of the award-winning YA novel by Kiran Millwood Hardgrave.

Isabella was raised on her father’s tales of the faraway lands he once mapped, Joya’s mythical past as a floating island and the warrior-girl Arinta. But when her best friend disappears, her hero tale begins.

Venue: the egg, Bath Theatre Royal
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Commissioned by Folkestone Quarterhouse. Supported by ACE.
Hard-hearted Scrooge hates Christmas and all it stands for. Join him, as the bell tolls, for visitations by three (very silly) ghosts determined to show him the error of his ways.

A music adaptation of the classic tale suitable for brave souls aged 5+.

Venue: Folkestone Quarterhouse
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THE ASTRONOMERS STORY

Supported by ACE, Wild Rumpus & Barnaby Festival
In the heart of Macclesfield a strange and remarkable tale unfolds. But all is not well.

Find out why the town is filled with stars, why the moon sits on the roof tops, and how you can help!

A bizarre, fast-paced, actor-muso show about fake news and lunar beavers.

Venue: Christchurch, Macclesfield
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LOVEWRIGHT

Supported by ACE & Folkestone Quarterhouse
A non-verbal, circus-infused production inspired by The Story of Mrs. Lovewright And Purrless Her Cat by Lore Segal. 

A tale of a woman who wants a cat to cuddle and stroke. A kitten that will purr and sit on her knee. BUT when the cat arrives, it doesn’t behave as expected.

Together they find a love that's right for both.

Venue: Folkestone Quarterhouse
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Wild Places & Public Spaces

Outdoor theatre and large-scale adventures created for beaches, streets, festivals and unexpected places.

CASPIANS STORM

Commissioned by Applause, 101 Outdoor Arts and 1DegreeEast. Supported by Arts Council England
Happy in his rockpool, Caspian loves cleaning and collecting stories from passing squid and curious sea snails. But when humans come and build a town near his home, everything changes!

A tale for landlubbers aged 3+ about our relationship with nature and never being too small to make a difference.
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THE LOST CARNIVAL

Supported by ACE, Wild Rumpus , So It Is & Cheshire East Council
Over a century ago an incredible carnival, the most enchanting in all the world, suddenly stopped touring at the peak of its popularity. Mysteriously, they have resurfaced for one last spellbinding spectacle!

An immersive family festival filled with musicians, jugglers and warring acrobats.

Venue: Burrs Country Park, Bury & Queens Park, Crewe
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THE RASCALLY DINER

Commissioned by Without Walls & Just So Festival. Supported by ACE, 101 Outdoor Arts & artsdepot 
Cook up a stink as part of Rufus Skumskins O’Parsleys’ kitchen crew or bring a pot to bang and ward off evil cakes in this fun-filled, messy performance about food. A silly, song-filled, riotous performance for humans aged 5+.

Tour Inc: GDIF, Brighton Festival, Just So, Norfolk & Norwich, Point Eastleigh, Chichester Festival Theatre
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THE LION INSIDE

Supported by Arts Council England, house, 101 Outdoor Arts & Harrow Arts Centre.
Mouse lives in a house under a rock. At the top of the rock lives a Lion with the loudest roar of all the pack.

Fed up of being ignored by the other animals, Mouse goes on an adventure to find their ROAR!

Tour Including: Theatr Clwyd, Watford Palace, New Wolsey, Corn Exchange Newbury, North Wall
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Supported by Bath Spa Productions and Visit Bath
Following a spectacular first act at Bath Abbey (featuring a cast of 25), spectres led the audience through the streets in this unique promenade production to save Scrooge.

On their journey to past, present and future they also encountered curious characters from Dickens’ other Christmas classics.

Venue: Bath Abbey and across the city
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HWEOL

Supported by Kew Gardens, Culture Creative & Raymond Gubbay
In the court of the Holly King, four hooded figures shelter from the storm, encircled by fire. Towering above them, the Holly King, 20 feet tall, waits for his ancient adversary - the Oak King.

Seen by audience of over 100,000, Hweol was a celebration of British folklore and the power of nature.

Venue: Kew Gardens
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THE CONJURER OF CWRTYCADNO

A LAStheatre, Taking Flight & Awen co-pro
Supported by Bridgend County Council’s Social Recovery Fund
A young woman researching her family discovers a mysterious book of incantations and a hidden ancestry of real Welsh Wizards! A celebration of folklore, magic and the changing of the seasons.

Tour inc: Taliesin Arts Centre, Pontio Arts, The Welfare Ystradgynlais, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Awen

THE STORY DISPENSERY

Part of Coney's The Golden Key
The Story Dispensers is a new production with co-creation at its heart. A rattlebag of shocking, hilarious, and wondrous tales collected from communities across the UK.

A timely reminder that no matter who we are, or where we are from, we share the same hopes, fears, and fantasies.

Venue: St. Dunstan In The East, London

Big Questions

Immersive productions exploring science, society and our relationship with the world around us.

ZOI

Supported by ACE and My Green Pod
ZOI puts storytelling at the heart of communicating the climate and ecological emergency. Material from interviews with real activists, scenarios from UN reports and game mechanics combine to create a dynamic space for audiences to discuss the future of our planet.

Venue: Studio 338, London
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DEADINBURGH

Supported by Arts & Business Scotland, BBSRC, Royal Society of Edinburgh & The Gate 
Deadinburgh places the audience at the centre of an epidemic. In doing so, it introduces them to the surveillance, epidemiology and expertise used in outbreak management. At the heart of this immersive production is the ethical and moral quandary: where do human rights begin and end in a crisis?

Venue: Summerhall
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NEW ATLANTIS

Supported by the Royal Academy of Engineering, ACE, STFC and UCL
Set in a future where clean, accessible water is scarce, and climate change’s devastating effects have taken root. This immersive production gave the audience just 90 minutes to meet the representatives of Industry, Reform and Defence, and decide who should lead New Atlantis (humanity) through the troubling times ahead.

Venue: The Crystal, London
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THE INSTITURE OF IMPOSSIBILITY

Supported by ACE, Coventry Mysteries Festival & the Big Bang Fair
In the heart of Coventry lies a mysterious and intriguing building - The Institute of Impossibility.

An immersive adventure, for families, exploring the evolution of all things from crops to legends, and satellites to stories! All in a rambunctious romp to save creativity from destruction.

Venue: Drapers Hall, Coventry

THE ENLIGHTENMENT CAFÉ

Supported by the Old Vic Tunnels 
An immersive production for aesthetes, geeks, bon-viveurs and enquiring minds. Attend ward rounds at the Royal Bethlem Hospital, experiment with the inebriating alchemy of gin distillation, dabble in revivification and purchase poison that could help "elevate" your situation.

Venue: Old Vic Tunnels
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Playful Worlds

Interactive installations, digital adventures and curious experiences for audiences to explore.

NEVERTHERE

Supported by Surge Scotland, Bath Spa University & Clwstwr
During the COVID-19 pandemic, LAStheatre hosted Neverthere Festival - a programme of workshops, conversations, residencies and performances exploring how digital technologies could open up new possibilities for live performance.

Bringing together artists, technologists and theatre-makers from a range of backgrounds, the festival created space for experimentation, collaboration and playful discovery during a period of isolation and uncertainty.

The programme included conversations around digital platforms, open-source technologies and accessible tools for creating interactive performance, alongside artist residencies and practical workshops led by experienced digital practitioners.

Neverthere also platformed innovative online performances and hybrid experiences, including a collaboration with Surge Scotland to present a digital showcase of outdoor arts work.

Part festival, part laboratory, Neverthere explored how audiences might gather, play and experience stories together in new and unexpected ways.

CURIOUS CASE OF ABERLLIW

LAStheatre & Taking Flight co-production in association with Awen Cultural Trust & Theatrau Sir Gar
The Curious Case of Aberlliw was an interactive outdoor adventure inviting audiences to join the Department of Strange Events and investigate the mysterious disappearance of colour from a small Welsh town.

Blending live performance, digital interaction and outdoor exploration, audiences followed clues, solved puzzles and planted seeds to help restore Aberlliw’s vibrancy. The hybrid experience combined an interactive app with live performers, creating a playful theatrical journey across parks, gardens and public spaces.

Developed as lockdown restrictions eased, the production explored new ways of creating safe, accessible and socially distanced experiences for families. Performed in Welsh, British Sign Language and English, the show featured integrated accessibility and a cast of Deaf, disabled and non-disabled performers.

Tour Inc: Unity Festival, Memo Arts Centre, The Big Splash (Newport), Span Arts, Treboth Botanical Gardens
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STORY STORAGE

Commissioned by the China Children's Book Expo
Story Storage was an interactive installation imagining a company with an unusual purpose: storing stories.

Originally commissioned for the China Children’s Book Expo in Beijing, the installation brought to life the events four flagship picture books - each created through collaborations between Chinese writers and international illustrators. 

Audiences were invited to step into immersive worlds inspired by the books, discovering interactive play spaces along the way.

Part interactive exhibition and part theatrical adventure, Story Storage explored imagination as something precious, playful and worth protecting.

Venue: Beijing Exhibition Centre

HOME

Supported by The Ragdoll Foundation
HOME was a geolocated audio experience exploring the meaning of home, belonging and the spaces that shape us.

Created in collaboration with five young artists during the Covid-19 pandemic, the project invited audiences to explore parks and public spaces across Lewisham using an interactive audio map unlocked through movement and discovery.

The R&D project also explored new ways of collaborating creatively with young people online and investigated geolocated audio as a tool for playful, socially distanced performance.

Locations: Hilly Fields, Brockley & Beckenham Place Park, Lewisham
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Making Together

Projects developed alongside schools, communities and creative collaborators.

FUTURE CITIES

Commissioned by artsdepot
Supported by John Lyon's Charity and Ove Arup Foundation
LAStheatre worked with pupils from four Barnet schools to imagine and build a future city - an inclusive and sustainable metropolis designed around two simple ideas: that it should be good for people and good for the planet.

Inspired by the Social Model of Disability, the project explored how the design of our towns and cities can either create or remove barriers to living sustainable, environmentally conscious lives.

Through storytelling, design and collaborative world-building, young people were invited to reimagine the future of the communities they might one day inherit.

Venue: artsdepot, London

CREATIVE CONNECTIONS

Commissioned by Royal Opera House and ICON Theatre
Creative Connections brought together teachers and artistic practitioners to explore how storytelling and play could become part of everyday learning.

Working alongside primary schools across the Isle of Sheppey, LAStheatre developed simple, imaginative approaches to supporting curriculum learning through creativity and collaboration.

The project later evolved into a CPD programme which LAStheatre has since delivered to hundreds of teachers across the UK.

BIG WEDDING MAKEATHON

Commissioned by the Southbank Centre
As Artists in Residence at the Southbank Centre, LAStheatre created The Big Wedding Makeathon — an interactive craft experience celebrating the hundreds of couples married at the Royal Festival Hall.

Inspired by real stories shared by the couples themselves, audiences were invited to create eco-friendly wedding decorations including origami pets, cake toppers, confetti balloons and handmade bunting. Alongside the making, participants were regaled with tales of romance, connection and celebration as the Royal Festival Hall was transformed for the big day.

Venue: Royal Festival Hall

Contact

Get in touch with Liz Bate (producer) & Barra Collins (director) using enquiries@LAStheatre.com.
+44 (0)7894908740
enquiries@LAStheatre.com
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