Blue Sky Theatre’s productions have been comissioned by a number of significant venues including Midlands Arts Centre, artSites and Ludlow Assembly Rooms. These have toured nationally with funding assistance from Arts Council England and several local authorities. Our grateful thanks to them all! They helped allow a lot of very young children to discover the fun of theatre. Tour venues have included: BAC; Half Moon; Lyric Hammersmith; Komedia Brighton; Town Hall Bishop Aukland; Haverhill Arts Centre; MAC; Tricycle Theatre; Rotherham Arts Centre; Watermans Brentford; Trinity Arts Centre, Tunbridge Wells; Stafford Festival; Albany Theatre; Theatre Royal, Bath; Little Angel Theatre; Palace Theatre, Redditch; The Gatehouse; Stafford; The Gate, Goole. Local authority bookers have included Worcester CC; Bromsgrove DC; Wyre Forest DC; Redditch DC; Haverhill DC; Stafford BC; Walsall MBC; Wychavon DC and Cannock Chase DC. The company’s recent productions are shown below. They have always attracted 100% positive feedback. _________________________________________________ Pictured above are Topper and Dr. Drummer who - with the help of the storytelling Professor and a cast of many different styles of puppet - took the audience on an out-of-this-world musical adventure to stop the little star from losing its twinkle. _________________________________________________   Round and Round the Garden Like a Teddy Bear was developed from a highly succesful pilot project funded by ACE (WM). Aimed especially at the 2-5 age range the show was packed full of colourful fun and excitement with plenty of audience interaction aimed at the very very young as they joined in to help Indigo Teddybear and his nursery rhyme friends get ready for the Butterfly Birthday Party under the rainbow. As well as live music, puppets and storytelling the production also featured shadow puppetry mixed with projected animation. _________________________________________________   Puppets, storytelling and fun featuring tales and rhythms of Africa, South America and the Caribbean. Polly Parrot and her playmate Sukey have to ask the cleverest animals for their help in looking after Polly’s new egg. They meet Brer Rabbit, Anansi Spider and Ajapa the Tortoise who are full of tricks and have a lot of helpful ideas, songs and games to offer. Told with many different styles of puppet, live music, video projection and a whole lot of joining-in. Sing-along, bounce-along, clap-along musical storytelling with puppets. Featuring tales and rhythms from West Africa, South Africa and England. Join Tom Thumb and Old Farmer MacDonald as they rub shoulders with the clever Tortoise and crafty Jackal to outwit the teasing Elephant, trick the mischevious Monkey and catch the greedy old Wolf.   _________________________________________________   Feedback about Blue Sky Theatre's productions: "Our audiences loved it. They were booking up to come and see it again!. We completely sold out and there was really positive feedback from our Audience Questionnaire. Shows for under four year olds are hard to find - especially with such high production values and strong audience interaction. Thank you very much." Little Angel Theatre   "It provided a real boost to the Festival's portfolio, in that it was one of very few shows which were aimed very specifically at introducing very young children to theatre for the first time. Not only invaluable work, but great fun too and excellent puppets. What I liked was the fact that you didn't stint on the simple, effective manipulation of imaginative puppet creations." Andrew Smaje: Associate Director Theatre Royal Bath   "We were so pleased by the show and how well it sold, we have tried for the last few years to attract this age group into our Theatre with little luck so we were really delighted when your show sold so well." Palace Theatre, Redditch   "Two sell out shows to over 400 nursery school children. The children were enthralled throughout. The show was pitched at exactly the right level for the age group. An excellent production." Bishop Aukland Town Hall   One Two Zebra Zoo completely sold out a couple of months in advance! Now we're very much looking forward to your new production brightening up our Autumn. The Lowry, Salford   "I've never seen so many children have so much fun at the same time" Audience member quoted in Gloved Up   "The show is a visual feast"Walsall Community Arts Team   "A rich high-quality blend all presented in a wonderful set" The Tricycle, Kilburn   "A rich and stimulating experience" SureStart, Cannock   "What an amazing show! feedback has been very positive. I'd like to book for next year" The South Holland Centre   "Awesome." "Spot on for the age range." "A magical experience." A wonderful feast of storytelling" Audience members unsolicited comments