Catherine Wheels Theatre Company

Catherine Wheels Theatre Company is a Scotland-based charitable organisation formed in 1999 by Artistic Director Gill Robertson. In 17 years, Catherine Wheels has shown more than 21 productions to an approximate total audience of over 500,000.

The company's productions include:

Set from White, 2010. Design by Shona Reppe.

Other productions include Caged, Pobby and Dingan (TMA 2010 award winner for Best Show for Children and Young People), The Book of Beasts, Something Wicked This Way Comes (with National Theatre of Scotland), The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk, Hansel and Gretel,[4] Kes, The Lion of Kabul, The Book of Beasts, Cyrano, Snow Baby, The Story of the Little Gentleman and The Voice Thief.

A resident company at the Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh, Catherine Wheels Theatre Company is a primarily government-supported organisation, issued core funding via the Scottish creative arts council, Creative Scotland.

References

  1. Tomlin, Liz (2015). British Theatre Companies 1995 - 2014. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, p.78.
  2. Scullion, Adrienne (2005). "'And So This Is What Happened': War Stories in New Plays for Children", New Theatre Quarterly 21(4), pp.317-330.
  3. Fletcher-Watson, Ben (2013). "From stage to screen: adapting a children's theatre production into a digital toy", The Scottish Journal of Performance 1(2), pp.37-62.
  4. Reason, Matthew (2008). "Thinking theatre: enhancing children's theatrical experiences through philosophical enquiry", Childhood & Philosophy 4(7), pp.115-145.

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