Younger Audiences
The Royal Exchange has a rich tradition of commissioning and producing work for younger audiences. Every June, our Studio is devoted to celebrating theatre that we’ve specially made and imagined for a new generation of theatre goers. Take a look around this page to see highlights from our commissions and co-productions of recent years…
POWDER MONKEY
2010
Writer: Amanda Dalton
Director: Matthew Peover
Designer: James Cotterill
In a production for aged 9+, POWDER MONKEY followed the fortunes and friendships of Stella, Worm and AK against a backdrop of far-away wars and close-to-home family problems.
Click here for POWDER MONKEY resources
LITTLE LEAP FORWARD
2009
Director: Alison Duddle
Designer: Bob Frith
This partnership production between the Royal Exchange, Horse and Bamboo and Barefoot Books told the story of Guo Yue and his childhood in China during the Cultural Revolution for a family audience.
LITTLE LEAP FORWARD
2009
Director: Alison Duddle
Designer: Bob Frith
This partnership production between the Royal Exchange, Horse and Bamboo and Barefoot Books told the story of Guo Yue and his childhood in China during the Cultural Revolution for a family audience.
DR KORCZAK’S EXAMPLE
2008
Writer: David Greig
Director: Amy Leach
Designer: Miriam Nabarro
Set during the last days of an orphanage in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942, this play was inspired by the real life of Dr Korczak, a pioneering paediatrician, and his young patients.
STRAWGIRL
2007
Writer: Amanda Dalton
Director: Sarah Frankcom
Designer: Liz Ascroft
This production was an adaptation of the children’s novel by Jackie Kay and followed Molly 'Maybe' Macpherson, whose life on a Scottish dairy farm was turned upside down by the arrival of an extraordinary Strawgirl.
2007
Writer: Amanda Dalton
Director: Sarah Frankcom
Designer: Liz Ascroft
This production was an adaptation of the children’s novel by Jackie Kay and followed Molly 'Maybe' Macpherson, whose life on a Scottish dairy farm was turned upside down by the arrival of an extraordinary Strawgirl.
Click here for STRAWGIRL resources
IN THE SHADOW OF TREES
2006
Writer/Designer: Bob Frith
Director: Alison Duddle
Set in a mysterious woodland, this production by Horse and Bamboo told the story of a young girl who grew up nurtured by nature alone, until one day she realised that she wasn’t the only human in the woods.
IN THE SHADOW OF TREES
2006
Writer/Designer: Bob Frith
Director: Alison Duddle
Set in a mysterious woodland, this production by Horse and Bamboo told the story of a young girl who grew up nurtured by nature alone, until one day she realised that she wasn’t the only human in the woods.
THE BABY AND FLY PIE
2005
Writer: Lavinia Murray
Director: Iqbal Khan
Designer: Angela Simpson
For audiences aged 12+, this was an adaptation of the book by Melvin Burgess, and showed the adventures of three homeless teenagers, who find a kidnapped baby worth £17 million in ransom money.
