Booster Cushion Theatre recently visited Lauderdale House with one of our fastest and funniest shows, Little Red Riding Hood and Friends – a solo show with lots and lots of changes! We specialise in the comical retelling of fairytales and this show mixes the classic tale with many others. Booster’s shows focus on lots of…
Booster Cushion Theatre recently got to visit Totton Library where we had lots of fun with a fully packed audience huddled in the children’s section of the library! We want to inspire children to take a greater interest in books and reading so our Big Book shows in a library especially are an ideal way…
Booster Cushion Theatre is a fun and engaging theatre group for primary schools. We have been touring throughout the UK for over 25 years and love working with primary schools. Below is some information on one of most mixed retellings – Alan In Wonderland and the Three Goats Plus… This show is a mixture of…
Booster Cushion Theatre specialise in traditional tales theatre for early years. We have found that traditional tales is a popular literacy topic for nurseries and sure starts to focus on, so have several fun, comical shows to encourage children to take a greater interest in them. Above is a picture from a popular Booster traditional…
Booster Cushion Theatre For Children specialise in performing fairytale shows for KS2. With our magical Big Book props, our solo storytelling shows are a great addition to your literacy curriculum bringing fairytales to life for all abilities. Lots of participation is encouraged from the audience and helps to inspire creative work in class. Below is…
Booster Cushion Theatre have specialised in making primary school productions for over 25 years. We are very interested in getting the best out of the spaces in the school, where productions may not normally be possible. A variety of our shows can be performed in nearly any space, inside or out. We always carry sufficient…
Our Booster Cushion Theatre Big Book Visits London’s Book Benches. The Booster Cushion Theatre team visited the Books About Town Book Benches recently. We had a great time following some of the trails and enjoying the views of London from the benches. Our Big Books got to come with us to! Our first blog post…
Booster Cushion Theatre’s version of the Dickensian Tale uses mime, voice, some sign language, a novel 60cm tall pop-up book and lots of audience participation to tell this classic Christmas Story. This engaging comical solo show has the children setting the scene and becoming part of the story by way of their actions and replies to the central character.
Hansel and Gretal are oven gloves and go on a journey around the world to find food. They become fit trying out all the sports that the woodland animals teach them. But they give into the Candy House and are trapped by the Ginger Witch. Can the Ginger Bread Man save them? This is a fast funny show with lots of opportunities to help. The audience carry out a relay race, learn how to say ‘hello’ in other languages, discover a map of the world and mime some of the sports featured in the London Olympics in 2012…
The diary of an oak Tree is brought to life by its bookmark. Using a giant diary containing stunning illustrations, the children trace the journey of the oak tree, on a huge map. We follow Oakie the oak tree to visit his relatives in the rainforest, but the chopper is also hot on the trail. The world’s oceans are crossed by plane and boat, and colourful characters met in luxury hotels. Our guide to the diary, the larger than life Bookmark, then introduces us to some of the animals and trees to be found in the rainforest and explains how their habitat is being destroyed…
