In 2012 we became a National Portfolio Organisation and obtained charitable status in 2014. The first year of this collaboration saw the co-production The Girl Who Lost Her Smile adapted by Andrea Earl, and also Mike Kenny’s Jack. Our work also shifted from devised work to commissioning – hiring writers for each production. In 2005 Wendy Harris took the helm as Artistic Director and moved us to Hillcrest Primary School in Chapeltown, Leeds, and began a long term co-producing partnership with York Theatre Royal.
In 2000 we became a resident company at the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield and produced middle-scale family Christmas shows- Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Firebird, and Cinderella- in addition to our small-scale national touring productions.
