Co-Produced Sensory Trail at The British Museum goes live! | April 2024 Over the past year, we've been working with Jess Starns and the British Museum, alongside a group of adults from Mencap Islington Me Time service and London-based supported employment programmes, as part of the Wolfson Programme to co-produce a sensory trail. The trail goes live very soon, but for a glimpse into the Wolfson Programme and our work click here. More info to follow!
Double sensory delights | Fantastic For Families Awards 2022 We are absolutely delighted and overwhelmed to share that we have been awarded the Fantastic For Families 2022 award for Audience Impact & Innovation for the sensory tours, trails and activities we run in our home village. The work we do as Associate Artists atMK Gallery developing and delivering their sensory tour programme also won Best Familyt Arts Activity too!
For more information about all the winners and shortlisted organisations and projects click here.
Shakespeare Week 22 | Resources & Performances We had the privilege to work with Shakespeare Birthplace Trust as part of this year's Shakespeare Week. We wrote a sensory resource for early years and SEND exploring low-cost/no-cost ways to explore 'The Tempest' and 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. Each play's narrative takes the format of a journey through the plot and through environments and characters, using imaginative sensory play at home and in local parks and wild spaces . It is hoped the resource will be available online for purchase in the future, but for now it's being given free to families in Coventry and to audiences attending performances of 'Be Not Afeard'.
We also performed a day of 'Be Not Afeard' at Coventry Central Library, followed by two days at Shakespeare's own house with open air shows in the glorious New Place gardens in Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Feedback from the Shakespeare Birthplace Team: "[We were] blown away by ‘Be Not Afeard’ and how talented you and Ellie are. Not just your performing talents but the incredible way in which you interact with the little ones and how truly inclusive you are as a company. What you’ve achieved is unique, powerful and genuinely life-changing. Every child in the country deserves an experience with Collar and Cuffs!"