A family friendly tour de force of two itinerant baggage handlers conjuring up sights & stories of a round the world trip on board The Last Unicorn Airways- culminating in a sensory immersive tunnel installation filled with glittering memorabilia.
Last Unicorn Airways playfully blends the celebrated fairytale classic, The Flying Trunk, into an accessible immersive eco theatre experience, reflecting on the Coronavirus pandemic, climate change and our potential for systemic cultural rewiring. It reminds us to view everyday life as an adventure and to never take our world, or each other, for granted. It's aimed at children and families, with elements for all ages.
Co-commissioned by Barnsley Civic and ARC Stockton-on-Tees
CAST
WILL BATTY
Will Batty studied English at Clare College, University of Cambridge, before training at Mountview. He is also a writer and theatre-maker. Theatre includes: NewsRevue (Canal Cafe Theatre), The Life and Death of Martin Luther King (European Tour & Golden Goose Theatre), It's The Bean Show (Greenwich Theatre, Camden Fringe, Barnsley Civic [R&D]), Virtual Heroes (European Tour), Oppenheimer (Mountview). Television includes: The Family Man (Amazon & D2R Films). Short films include: '92 (Rocket Box Films).
Elizabeth trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Theatre credits include Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (440 Theatre), GLOW (Buglight Theatre), Roger McGough’s Money Go Round (UK Tour), Romeo and Juliet (Theatr Clwyd), Peter Pan (Illyria Theatre), Shake the City (Leeds Playhouse), Atalanta Forever, A Dog’s Tale, All Hands on Deck, Redcoats (Mikron Theatre Company), The Little Mermaid (Liverpool Everyman Theatre), Departures - A Song Cycle (Pleasance London), A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer (Complicité, National Theatre Studios), and numerous pantos across the country.
ELIZABETH ROBIN
Artistic Director George Stone is a director and dramaturg from Sheffield specialising in sensory immersive theatre. Her work includes; The Quest for Starry Night Flurry (The Blanket Fort Club) One Small Step (Leeds Piano International) Stable (Barnsley Civic/UK tour), The Night Constable (Ramps on the Moon), The Third Murderer (Sheffield Theatres), Showtime! (Sheffield Theatres) Winter Tales of Wonder (Sheffield Theatres), Twisted Heist (Half Moon Theatre).
Producer, Miranda Debenham works on disability justice in theatre with Ramps on the Moon, and previously Theatre Deli and Sheffield Theatres, working on the large scale productions. She has been involved in arts production and administration for the last ten years, including as an independent producer for emerging artists, as the Executive Director of The Local Theatre, and as Producer/Programmer at Theatre Deli Sheffield.
Sam Glossop is a Sound Designer and Composer Based in Sheffield. His recent design work includes; Boy on the Roof (UK Tour), Much Ado About Nothing (Sheffield Theatre/UK Tour) Home (Minerva, Chichester Festival Theatre); Flinch (UK Tour), The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (UK Tour); Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon (Southwark Playhouse).
Kevin Jenkins has been designing for theatre for 18 years after training on the Motley Theatre Design Course. He was previously a secondary school teacher and has a Masters in Engineering from the University of Durham. Being a father of two has been the perfect training to become fully acquainted with blanket fort building http://kjenkinsdesign.com
Malika Sykes is a Play Therapist with a background in drama and applied theatre. She believes in every individual’s ability to be creative and nurtures and facilitates this creativity in both her play therapy and drama work. She has facilitated and directed four shows for Sheffield Theatres’ Launchpad (a group a adults with learning disabilities and/or autism), as well as countless performances by children and young people in schools, summer schools and drama academies.
CREATIVE TEAM
LAST UNICORN AIRWAYS-EASY READ
THE QUEST FOR STARRY NIGHT FLURRY
The Starry Night Flurry, a once in a lifetime celestial event, is about to take place and our treasured Blanket Fort Club members are invited to join Snow, Ice and Wind for the celebrations.
A sensory immersive theatre adventure designed for 5 - 10 year olds and all children 5+ who would encounter barriers to access in traditional theatre experiences. This includes children with complex needs and disabilities and Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD).
Ideal for a school group or an experience shared with parents, carers and friends.
But with Snow and Ice falling out and Wind blowing in a strange change, will we be able to get to the observatory in time? An unforgettable adventure exploring infinite love, resilience and the joy in a moment shared.
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What can we do now we're stuck inside?
What can we do if we're blue?
Build marshmallow castles?
Or supersonic parcels?
Will things change now between me and you?
Marshmallow Castles and Supersonic Parcels is an interactive, in-character storytelling workshop where Snow and Ice, two imaginative characters stuck indoors on a rainy day with their friends, argue over what to create. In the end, they decide to build a blanket fort spaceship and embark on an adventure to an undiscovered planet. As the story unfolds, participants work together to construct the blanket fort, which becomes their vessel to launch into space.
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Supersonic Parcels
