Happy New Year! 2016 is upon us and we are excitedly preparing for the year ahead. We have submitted some important applications this week to develop The Ugly Duckling & Other Tales, a new theatre project for children aged between 4-7 and their families, inspired by Balinese Shadow Puppetry. We will be performing our initial ideas which we developed whilst … Read More

As Christmas approaches, it’s fair to say that it’s been a busy few months for George and I. I’m currently touring with Rainbow Theatre South West performing in Sleeping Beauty (it is Pantomime season after all). We are also writing our first Arts Council England Grant Application for The Ugly Duckling and Other Tales, a piece we developed whilst on … Read More

Last week, George had ventured to the Farm on his own to start work on our latest children’s theatre piece, the working title of which was ‘Shadow Stories’. Not really knowing what to expect on the farm, I set off from Devon on Sunday 30th August armed with my wellies, jumpers and waterproof jacket. The farm was in a beautiful … Read More

Since our return from Sardinia, it’s been all go for us at Above Bounds and we have some exciting announcements…. No.1 We are going to the Farm! We have been given a place on the Worboys Productions Farm Retreat 2015 in a gorgeous location in Suffolk. This is a safe place for us to develop and devise some children’s theatre … Read More

Our journey to Sardinia started back in April. George knew that some graduates from the East 15 BA World Performance course were setting up this festival in Sardinia and asked me if I would like to produce a piece of new theatre for the occasion. This sounded exciting and was something that would really put our skills in inter-cultural theatre … Read More

Hello everyone. After a very successful Kickstarter campaign we have been busy preparing to take Portrait to Rooted Moon in Sardinia. This week will be our second week of rehearsals hosted by the lovely people at The Seagull Theatre in Lowestoft. And we have one more announcement for you! On the 23rd July we will be performing Portrait for the … Read More

Yesterday we achieved 108% of our funding through Kickstarter! We are so grateful to everyone who donated and helped us spread the word. Now the preparations really begin. Outstanding rewards will be made and sent out, and we will begin rehearsals for Sardinia. We hope to announce some preview performances in the UK, so stay tuned for details. If you … Read More

We are so close to our goal on Kickstarter. With only 19 hours to go, we need to raise a final £97. If you think you might be able to help us. Give the page a look and please donate. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1935261728/portrait-by-above-bounds-theatre-collective

As I sit here in the summer sun I dream of performing our latest piece ‘Portrait’ in Sardinia at the Rooted Moon International Theatre festival this August. Since we started our Kickstarter campaign almost 3 weeks ago, we have received much support, including many retweets from friends and theatre professionals alike. (We have even been retweeted by Lyn Gardener and … Read More

We’ve been busy designing the poster for our latest piece, Portrait, which we are hoping to take to the Rooted Moon festival in Sardinia this August. Here is the poster so far: The main elements of the poster were drawn by hand before being scanned into a computer. We really wanted the poster to show the child-like nature of the … Read More