Oily Cart Theatre Company

Background

Productions

• Splish Splash , a co-production with National Theatre Wales performed in hydrotherapy pools for audiences with complex needs
• Light Show, a show for audiences with complex needs which toured schools and arts venues across the UK and as part of Lincoln Center’s inaugural , “the world’s first month-long festival dedicated to programs for children on the autism spectrum and their families”
• Kubla Khan , a multi-sensory adaptation of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s epic poem created in collaboration with charity Sense, and the company’s first production with a version for young people who are deafblind/multi-sensory impaired
• In A Pickle , an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale for 3 – 5 year olds commissioned by the RSC, which toured the UK and USA
• Baking Time , an early years show in which audiences were given fresh bread baked live on stage
• The Bounce , developed with support from Ockham’s Razor, which was performed on trampolines for audiences with complex needs
• Something In The Air , also created in collaboration with Ockham’s Razor, which seated audiences with complex needs “in specially created ‘nest’ chairs raised into the air to fly in safety and comfort with the Ockham’s Razor aerialists.”

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