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Bright Star Theatre

America’s Most Affordable Professional Touring Theatre Company

Welcome to Bright Star Touring Theatre. We specialize in literary, curriculum and character-education based performances that are at home in any space!

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Our affordable rates include in-person professional productions, post-show Q & A sessions, and comprehensive study guides.

Every year we have over 4,000 performances in 35+ states and across the world, in a host of venues, from schools and libraries to museums and community events.

We’ve earned a national reputation for high quality performances that play to a young audience’s intelligence and meet National Standards of learning. Our programs are as educational as they are entertaining!

Are you looking to bring performance or residency outside of the U.S.?

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• Welcome Back, David Ostergaard! Celebrating New Beginnings at Bright Star Touring Theatre We are thrilled to share some exciting news with our community! Bright Star Touring Theatre  welcomed back our founder, David Ostergaard, who has returned to lead the company with renewed energy and vision. Under his guidance, we are making significant enhancements that will elevate our performances and broaden our impact. A Visionary Leader Returns David Ostergaard’s …
• ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ and ‘Peter Pan’ Two New Shows Launching this FALL!  Two new shows this fall are especially energizing the company.   Winnie-the-Pooh: This show is especially geared for younger grades. This 45-minute production brings to life all your favorite characters from The Hundred Acre Wood.  Follow Pooh along an unforgettable journey as he meets up with his friends and finds himself in adventure after adventure straight from the …
• Discover the Magic of Bright Star Theatre: 10 Reasons to Book Us This Season At Bright Star Theatre, we believe in the transformative power of live theatre. As the new school year kicks off, we’re excited to bring our unique blend of education and entertainment to schools and communities nationwide. Here are ten compelling reasons to book Bright Star Theatre for your next event or school program this season. …

Fun! Engaging! Exciting! Impactful!

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Bright Star Touring Theatre to your school, library, museum or venue.

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THE CHILDRENS SHOW THAT COMES TO YOU!

Capture the Children’s imagination

Fee fi fo fum i smell a show full of fun book this giant of a pantomime, for your venue/school, most ideal for children aged 3-11 years.

Available Nov 2024 – Jan 2025

“Fab! Fab! Fab! They really had the kids and adults attention. Please come again.”

The Arncliff Centre, Halewood, Liverpool

“ The best pantomime we have seen performed in the school. Thank you.” The Arncliff Centre, Halewood, Liverpool

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Welcome to Hurricane Productions, the UK’s leading touring theatre company. We pride ourselves on our outstanding theatrical shows, professional actors and unrivalled reliability. All our shows are written in-house for children aged 3-11 years (suitable for Key stage 1 and 2).

We specialize in bringing the wonders of live theatre to your venue; we bring scenery, beautiful costumes, magic tricks and audience participation. with our adaptable scenery we can perform in any size venue to absolutely any size audience., "it was amazing, the kids (and adults) loved it".

Greenwood Primary School

"A great show, the children really enjoyed themselves. Thank you!"

"brilliant as always".

Snaresbrook Primary School

"100 out of 100. My best day at school ever."

"a wonderful performance - very much enjoyed by staff and children. thank you.".

Gearies Junior School

"400 children absolutely enthralled - as were all the staff. Brilliant."

St Clare’s School

PROFESSIONALISM

Hurricane productions is one of the leading producers of touring theatre for children in the uk. all you supply is the audience. hurricane productions adapt to any size venue and all our productions are aimed at children aged 3-11 years old. why not book one of our shows and take the hassle out of taking the kids to the theatre no coach hire or expense, traffic queues or worry, as our actors set up in your venue., established for over 20 years, we have performed to over 3 million primary school children at over 15,000 venues across the uk over 15% of adults have seen one of our shows whether a school, business, leisure centre, sports club or party, let us come and entertain you, all of our actors are professionally trained and selected from britain’s leading drama schools; rada, italia conti, mountview, guildford school of acting, dsl and bsa to name a few..

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BRINGING THE MAGIC OF THEATRE TO YOU

W elcome to m&m theatrical productions.

M&M Theatrical Productions are the UK’s largest and most respected provider of theatre-in-education, specialising in Classic Literature Adaptations, Cinematic Theatre in Education and Pantomime Productions for Primary and SEN Schools and family audiences.

“M&M Theatrical Productions are an incomparable experience for our children – the value they bring is immeasurable”.

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“It was fantastic! Both the children and staff were fully engrossed: laughing, clapping, booing, cheering and singing along.”

Laura Mullen, Phase leader Victoria Park Primary School, Bristol

CLASSIC LITERATURE ADAPTATIONS

Our Classic Literature Adaptations are aimed at encouraging children to read for enjoyment, by bringing books to life, in particular classic fiction by long established children’s authors.

“The children were fully immersed in the engaging re-telling of this classic tale.”

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Bursting with energy, magic and fun, our Pantomime Productions provide a colourful, musical and dynamic theatrical experience for the whole school; children & teachers alike.

“The panto in school this morning was amazing! Watching the children it is clear that we are building life long memories. Sheer joy and excitement on every face including Y6 who are not too cool for panto time!”

“Brilliant, fabulous, excellent, super-duper, genius, beautiful and extraordinary.”

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Watch and hear for yourself the reaction of children and teachers as we bring the Magic of Theatre to their school.

“I have been in education for over 20 years and this is the best on-site performance that I have seen! The cast were friendly, engaging, enthusiastic, well-rehearsed and talented”

Andrew Green Head Teacher, Leonard Stanley C of E Primary School, Gloucester

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• Production House, 7 Green Street Lane, Ayr, KA8 8BL
• 01292 618 500
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Educational Travel & Student Tours

Leader in student performing arts travel.

We craft custom student group performance tours for music, dance, and theatre groups that will wow your students and your budget. Whether it is your school’s Band, Orchestra, Choir, Dance Program, or Drama Club, EPT’s customized performance tours are designed to meet all your needs and exceed your expectations.

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Introducing Our Give Back Program

Designed to do just that – give back to your performing arts program.

First time student group travelers and long time recurring clients, can now earn rewards points with every tour booked with Educational Performance Tours! Not traveling this season – no worries – you can still earn rewards points with our Referral Program.

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Footsbarn presents Twelfth Night

• Gavin Stewart: Malvolio / Captain / officer
• Sophie Doyle: Viola / Cessario
• Bethany O'Halloran: Olivia
• Nathan Brocklebank: Feste / Priest
• Antony Rodrigez: Orsino / Antonio
• Lydia Keating: Maria
• Charlie Colburn : Sir Andrew Aguecheek / Curio
• Bill Hurst: Sir Toby Belch
• George Kirby-Smith: Sebastian / Valentine
• Sadie Jemmett: Musician
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York International Shakespeare Festival - 28 April 2024

Photography: Mike Darley

Twelfth night … or what you will.

After twins, Sebastian, and Viola, are shipwrecked at the start of the play, Viola must figure out a way to survive in the foreign land of Illyria. Since the Countess Olivia, the only potential female protector, is too distraught over her brother’s death to receive any visitors, Viola decides that her second-best course of action will be to enter the service of Duke Orsino. As part of her survival scheme, she discards her gown and masks her female gender with the disguise of a male page. Her masculine clothing proves to be such a convincing disguise that the Illyrians confuse her outright with her twin brother Sebastian, eliciting trickery and heartache in the courts of Olivia and Orsino.

The Production focuses on the classic story line of Love and Loss while drawing attention to the darker subplots of pride, hatred and revenge, which Shakespeare masterfully wove into the tale.  Swept along, in true Footsbarn style, in a frolic of rich costumes, live music and classic comedy clowning. This is a dark Shakespeare comedy by a heritage company, delivering a solid good night out.

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Our World, Your Stage

Bringing original, creative shows to you.

Taking a field trip has its own set of logistics. If you prefer, our original productions hit the road, allowing you to enjoy a great performance in your own space. Productions are designed for specific age groups, ensuring that the show is age appropriate.

Check out some of the creative, engaging traveling shows we’ve performed for groups throughout Northeast Ohio:

THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES

By Kathryn Schultz Miller Directed by Dennis O’Connell From the story by Hans Christian Andersen

A great audience participation for your school! When a silly and vain Emperor preoccupied with his lavish wardrobe meets a clever and swindling tailor, it’s laughs and lessons galore. A funny and wonderful story about conformity and authenticity.

MOTHER GOOSE TOURING 2024-25

Adapted by Adam Hoffmann Directed by Dennis O’Connell

She can fly to your school, library, church, just about anywhere! A delightful piece written by us expressly for your littlest audience. This very interactive experience will tickle your kids as they learn so many classic rhymes and songs from Mother Goose herself.

On Your Stage

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for the 2023-24 School Year

KidScripts: Helping Your Story Come Alive

KidScripts is an innovative program in which your students write stories and submit them to our talented team, who then brings them to life in theatrical form. Help students develop and expand their imaginations by creating stories they’d like to see on stage, then watch their creative confidence soar as they see their words and ideas morph into a world premiere, performed right before their very eyes – and the entire school!

Here are a few examples of KidScripts projects we’ve done.

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