Plink & Boo
Summer 2024 preview dates
Saturday 13th July, 5pm
Bean Tree Cafe garden, Staple Hill, BRISTOL
Some might be Plink and others are Boo. Why does it matter, what’s the to-do?Jumbled up people and boxes too small. Come play in our den and discover it all...
Welcome to the topsy turvy world of ‘Plink and Boo’. Using acrobatics, live music and mountains of toys, join us in an interactive circus theatre adventure to explore what happens when people don’t fit into boxes (even if it is the neatest place to put them!).
Saturday 31st August and Sunday 1st September (times tbc)
Freedom Festival, HULL
“Plink and Boo is an important, thought-provoking, entertaining piece of theatre that encourages audiences to think outside the box.”
Flossie Waite, Children's Theatre Reviews – read the full review here
Show info
Creative team
Director Catherine Boot
Designer Laura McEwen
Set Builder Tim Brierly
Prop Maker/Set Maintenance Matt Pang
Graphic Designer Dominic Mallins
Child Psychotherapist Cathy Harwood
Circus director Martha Harrison
Movement Director Laïla Diallo
Mentors Nina Hajiyianni, Matilda Leyser, Ivor MacAskill, Mark Powell
Devised by:
The Company
Original concept by:
Catherine Boot
Plink - Jake England-Johns
Boo - Hobbit England-Johns
Musician - Harriet Riley
“This is a company who know how to work with young children... a beautiful, pertinent and engaging production”
Kate Kavanagh, The Circus Diaries – read the full review here
Buy the soundtrack
Take the music from the show home with you! Composed by the hugely talented Harriet Riley (who also performed in the show!), all profits go towards supporting our artists & company to make more work like this in the future.
Accessibility
We want our shows to be accessible to everyone. We made these videos for people who might like to know more about what to expect when they come to see a show. If you have any ideas about how we could improve these, or any other aspects or our approach to accessibility, please let us know!
Research Library
We did A LOT of research whilst creating this show – and built an evolving library with further reading, activities & videos for you and your child!
Created in collaboration with children, parents and childcare professionals across Bristol & Swindon, ’Plink and Boo’ played to over 2,500 people, generating over 300 days of paid freelance work.
Plink & Boo toured during 2018-2019 at the following venues:
Oxford Playhouse / The Gulbenkian, Canterbury / Half Moon Theatre, London / The Place, Bedford / Matson Library & Gloucester Library (Strike A Light) / Lancaster Library / Ellesmere Port Library / Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal / z-arts, Manchester (Big Imaginations Festival) / Stratford Circus, London / Déda, Derby / Kidderminster Town Hall / Pound Arts, Corsham / Pavilion Dance South West, Bournemouth / The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury / artsdepot, London / Birdhouse Theatre, Grimsby / The Civic, Barnsley / The Tramshed, Woolwich / Emerson's Green Hall (Circus City Festival), Bristol
