The Dreaming Place

three people dance onstage with open boxes and leaves at their feet

2005

The inaugural performance for the egg at the Theatre Royal Bath

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
two people and a boy dance onstage in white clothing

The Dreaming Place Bath 2005, photo by the egg

Commissioned by Theatre Royal Bath to celebrate the opening of the egg, a purpose built theatre for young people, The Dreaming Place was a playful response to the idea that the imagination of a child - like theatre - is a place where impossible, magical and brilliant things can happen.

Performed by two adult actors and a nine-year-old boy, the performance was structured as a series of improvisations accompanied by a live music score.

 
A child and two adults wearing white stand onstage

The Dreaming Place Bath 2005, photo by the egg

 
 
three people onstage, one playing double bass, and two opening shoeboxes onstage

The Dreaming Place Bath 2005, photo by the egg

 

Meet the team

Associate direction: Sam Butler

Design & direction: David Harradine

Light: Hansjorg Schmidt 

Music: David Leahy 

Performers: Audrie Woodhouse, Jack Levy,
Laura Cubitt 

Production management: Victoria Goddard

 

Commissioned by

 

the egg

 
 
Theatre2005, Childhood, Children, Intergenerational