Travelling Light Theatre Company creates outstanding theatre for and with young people that inspires their thinking, engages their emotions and fires their imaginations.

Travelling Light has created professional theatre for young audiences since 1984, and they have toured award-winning productions to schools, theatres and festivals around the UK and internationally. They are deeply embedded in the community of Barton Hill, Bristol (within one of the most deprived wards in the UK), where they have been working for over 20 years.

They offer a thriving participation programme for children and young people aged 7-25. This includes an extensive Youth and Community programme, including weekly theatre groups where children can share stories and ideas, and family activities in the school holidays, bringing children and families together to enjoy drama games and crafts, share healthy food, have fun and socialise.

Their Creative Learning programme provides engaging activities to support pupil confidence, self-expression and curriculum learning.

Travelling Light’s work is underpinned by the belief that every child is entitled to create, imagine and experience great stories told through theatre. They proactively engage with children who would otherwise have little or no access to arts and cultural activities through their productions and participatory work.

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