“Children were thoroughly involved throughout and uninhibited. Lots of useful activities that can be used in a range of literacy-based work”
St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School, Hampshire

Tale Enders

Interactive theatre for everyone aged 3 to 103!

“Absolutely everyone got involved no matter what their level of ability or communication” Darracot Day Centre, Dorset

Each Tale begins with a fast paced opening scene, but suddenly we freeze the action!

What happens next?….You decide!

Tale Enders is different every time as the audience decides the end of the story, and can volunteer to join in with the acting too.

Pantomime Time! The Magic Paintbrush
Why just sit and watch?
The Magic Paintbrush is an adapted version of the traditional Chinese folk tale. The audience will enjoy the exciting and funny opening scenes, then with the help of our 3-person acting team, they devise the rest of the Pantomime and its characters, and help to perform it.  An unforgettable, unpredictable and completely hilarious experience. Pantomime will never be the same again… 

Click here for Tale Enders or Pantomime Time performances open to the public

 
 

“Fantastic – a brilliant way to involve everyone and raise confidence, self esteem and motivation. Everyone had a fun time, lots of laughing.” BFDI Holiday club, Dorset
 

Play List

(click anywhere on list for more info)

Lost
The Gong
The Superhero Machine
Tufty and the Grey Invader
Vikings Invade!
Invasion of the Harlequin Ladybirds

Bespoke Tales
We are happy to write a Tale specifically for your event, to reflect a theme or issue of your choice.

“I liked the way people were encouraged to join in but no-one was forced to”
The Juniper Centre, Hampshire

Tale Enders is suitable for audiences of any age and ability More >>>

 

Schools enjoy Tale Enders as something special for book week, fun at the end of term, or perhaps a kick-start to some cross-curricular creative work. Outside of mainstream schools, we’ve performed Tale Enders at children’s centres, day care centres and special schools.

Tale Enders was originally designed for large public events – music and arts festivals in particular. It offers a quirky original flavour to the events on offer, and is perfect for family audiences
 

”Lots of children that wouldn’t normally contribute in class were eager to share their ideas”
Stourfield Junior School, Dorset

Because all the children’s ideas were accepted, they felt involved and happy to join in.
The shared class will be used and referred to in History and Literacy work”
Saxonwood Special School

Key benefits

Develops self-confidence, self-esteem and sense of achievement
Creative expression
Encourages cooperation and teamwork
Promotes listening skills and practice following simple instructions
 

Background
The Treehouse Theatre acting team use an inclusive and egalitarian story-gathering technique to help the audience devise the end of the Tale. As each scene is devised, the actors will ask the audience if anyone would like to help act it out – we use no props, costumes or scenery so all the characters, objects and effects are played by the actors and audience. The result is always hilarious and unpredictable, a truly unique experience. More>>>