Co-creating theatre is at the heart of what I do, and I have lots of experience leading workshops for children and young people of all ages. I can deliver sessions for schools, nurseries, youth groups, home-educating communities, Guides/Scouts, private groups, and more.

Workshops are tailored to suit the age group and setting, and always focus on creativity, confidence, and collaboration through drama.

All artists I collaborate with are DBS checked with Public Liability Insurance. 

Step into a world of imagination with The Imagination Station — fun, interactive workshops designed to unlock creativity and build storytelling and literacy skills through drama. Children will invent their own characters and imaginative worlds, then bring them together to create original stories — all through play.

Each workshop is packed with drama games, role-play, and collaborative storytelling, and can be tailored for either KS1 or KS2 groups.

Curriculum-Themed Drama Workshops

I can create a bespoke workshop tailored to your class topic, a specific theme, or even a particular story. During these sessions, we’ll play drama games, explore how to use our bodies and voices to bring characters to life, and work together to tell stories in small groups.

If you're preparing for a school play and want to build confidence among your pupils, I can help with that too. Previously, our practitioners have created workshops around historical themes (such as even joining school groups in Lyme Regis as Mary Anning!) and created workshops around curriculum stories. Get in touch to chat through the options — I’d love to support your class.

Through a single school day, I can guide a group of pupils in creating a brand-new play from scratch! It’s a fast-paced, hands-on introduction to my co-creation process — where we work together to build characters, shape a storyline, design props, and stage a short performance, all within the day. I’ve delivered these sessions with House Groups and mixed-year classes, supporting young people from across the school to collaborate on telling a story together. It’s a brilliant way to boost confidence, empower pupils’ creativity, and encourage teamwork and connection across year groups.

Working with children to co-create theatre is most effective when there’s dedicated time and space for the process. I’ve worked as an artist-in-residence at several schools across Devon, leading both focused projects with small groups and larger collaborations with whole classes.

In one long-term residency, I worked with KS2 classes across a full academic year to support literacy. Together, we wrote a play which the children performed as their school production at the end of the year.

I’m currently artist-in-residence at Riverside Community Primary School in Plymouth, as part of the Tiny Voices, Giant Ideas project. This work focuses on listening to children’s voices and co-constructing a curriculum with them — placing their ideas and experiences at the centre of their learning.

If you have a project in mind or a group of students you'd like me to work with, I’d love to hear from you — please do get in touch to discuss what’s possible.

At Above Bounds, I bring years of puppetry experience into the classroom through hands-on, engaging workshops that spark imagination and develop performance skills. Workshops can be tailored to suit different age groups and needs.

Shadow Puppetry
Participants will design and make their own shadow puppets and learn the basic techniques needed to create their own shadow play. By the end of the session, they’ll leave with the skills and inspiration to continue making shadow puppets and telling stories at home or in class.

Object Puppetry
In this playful session, participants will learn how to bring everyday objects to life. They’ll explore the fundamental rules of puppetry, experimenting with movement and voice to animate objects both individually and in groups.

The Rules of Puppetry
Using stick and rod puppets, participants will work together to explore the core principles of puppetry. This workshop is perfect for developing teamwork, communication, and creative confidence, as groups learn how to bring a puppet to life in unison.