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“It was magical to see how the pupils engaged with the show. The staff are so highly skilled and adjusted to every students’ needs”. Antonia Peters, Lakeside School.

Moon Song tells the story of Morgan who falls asleep and dreams of going to the moon where they encounter silvery creatures, flying saucers and shooting stars. Welcomed into the performance with relaxing music, audience members are invited to join Morgan on a space-themed adventure.

This enchanting, intimate production is designed to put audience members at ease throughout, giving them space and time to move freely and experience the show in their own way.


Tour dates:

Week 1: 24th – 27th Feb 2026 (Fully booked)

Week 2: 3rd – 6th March 2026 (Dates available – South London/Surrey area)

Week 3: 10th – 13th March 2026 (Dates available – North West area)

Week 4: 17th – 20th March 2026 (One date left in Midlands)

Week 5: 24th – 27th March 2026 (Fully booked)

>> Register your interest here


About Bamboozle’s shows for autistic audiences:

These performances are intimate shows for a maximum group size of 6 children accompanied by their teachers, carers, or family group.

Keeping audiences small allows our experienced Bamboozle performers to give each child focused, personalised attention. Our team are highly experienced in adapting to, and interacting with, children and young people who have a variety of complex and differing needs. Where there’s a need for 1:1 with the young people, we will advise 4 young people attend.


What you need to know:

Recommended age range: 6 – 14 years

Performances: We’re able to provide up to 3 – 4 performances throughout the day, each show for a maximum of 6 children.

Floor space required: 11m x 8m x 3.5m high minimum. We require exclusive use of the space for the duration of our visit.

Please note: The show includes moments of loud acoustic music, loud voices and interactive props but our team will always adapt the needs of the young people.


Cost:

For schools: £1710

Find out about methods of funding for your school here.

If you any queries, please get in touch with our Tours Co-ordinator India at india@bamboozletheatre.co.uk.

For theatres and venue enquiries, please get in touch with our Theatre & Touring Project Manager Jennifer at jennifer@bamboozletheatre.co.uk.


Further information and resources

Watch our short film about the show

  Watch our longer film (20 minutes) with commentary from Artistic Director, Christopher Davies.

Listen to our Moon Song theme by artist Tayo Akinbode.

Moon Song Companion Pack for Teachers and Support Staff

Moon Song Marketing Pack

“ … the sky was alive with immense blue, radiant amber and lustrous purple … lightning danced across the sky. Thunder roared like a lion – showing the ferocity of the storm ahead …” – Extract from Eye of the Storm, written by Amy Mayo

Join the Airship’s crew on a rescue mission to the eye of the storm to find Countess Amelia’s missing companion, Giffard the duck. During the show, audiences will be immersed in the clouds, experience the workings of the airship and maybe even have time for a cup of tea. Pack your bags, hold on tight and prepare for lift off.

Airship is Bamboozle’s latest immersive, sensory show made for audiences who may be described as having profound and multiple learning disabilities and who are wheelchair users and is co-produced by Curve Theatre. It will feature Bamboozle’s signature elements of puppetry, original music and multi-sensory interaction. 

There are no words that could adequately describe how amazing our session was today. Your props and songs made our students so engaged and involved in the story. It was magical to see. Shelley, Pendle Community High School and College 

The initial inspiration for this new production came from Amy Mayo’s book ‘Eye of the Storm’. Bamboozle has known Amy since she was five and she has been attending our family events for 17 years. Amy has cerebral palsy and has been described as having profound and multiple learning disabilities. She wrote “Eye of the Storm” last year to raise funds for Bamboozle. Copies of the book can be ordered from our website here.


About Bamboozle’s shows for PMLD audiences:

These performances are intimate shows for a maximum group size of 6 children accompanied by their teachers, carers, or family group.

Keeping audiences small allows our experienced Bamboozle performers to give each child focused, personalised attention. Our team are highly experienced in adapting to, and interacting with, children and young people who have a variety of complex and differing needs.


What you need to know

Recommended age range: 6- 14 years

Performances: We’re able to provide up to 3 – 4 performances throughout the day, each show for a maximum of 6 children.

Floor space required: 11m x 8m x 3.5m high minimum. We require exclusive use of the space for the duration of our visit.


Dates:

December 2025 – January 2026 is fully booked.

New dates to be announced.


Fee:

For schools: Prices will be announced with the next tour.

To find out about co-funding opportunities available for schools located in Arts Council England’s ‘levelling up for culture’ areas, please email india@bamboozletheatre.co.uk.

For theatres and venues, please email jennifer@bamboozletheatre.co.uk.


To register your interest: 

If you have any queries, please get in touch on 0116 255 2065, or email india@bamboozletheatre.co.uk

“Amazing – awe-inspiring and thoroughly engaging. Beautiful and mesmerising. Thank you so much”. Lisa Boyes, Victoria Education Centre

Patience and Bird are waiting for rain in the dusty, dry heat of the American Dust Bowl when Clanky Jane arrives with her ‘Cloud-O-Matic’ rain making machine. Featuring captivating visual effects, puppetry, live music and a sprinkling of water, Rain Rain will immerse the audience in a safe and engaging adventure.

This intimate show for just 6 children is specifically designed for audiences of autistic children. The actors are highly skilled at creating a welcoming and calm space where time is given to accommodate the particular needs of individual children.


Tour dates:

Week 1: 2nd – 6th November

Week 2: 9th – 13th November

Week 3: 16th – 20th November

Week 4:  23rd – 27th November

>> Register your interest here


About Bamboozle’s shows for autistic audiences:

These performances are intimate shows for a maximum group size of 6 children accompanied by their teachers, carers, or family group.

Keeping audiences small allows our experienced Bamboozle performers to give each child focused, personalised attention. Our team are highly experienced in adapting to, and interacting with, children and young people who have a variety of complex and differing needs. Where there’s a need for 1:1 with the young people, we will advise 4 young people attend.


What you need to know:

Recommended age range: 8-16 years

Performances: We’re able to provide up to 3 – 4 performances throughout the day, each show for a maximum of 6 children.

Floor space required: 11m x 6m x 3m high minimum. Bamboozle’s requires exclusive use of the space for the duration of our visit.

Please note: The production features natural sensory materials including Children’s Play Sand mixed with organic cinnamon, diluted essential basil oil, (not applied directly to skin), cornflakes, rubber wellington boots and hessian sacks. The production also features some loud percussive sounds, and a light sprinkling of water over the audience.


Cost:

For schools: £1795

Find out about methods of funding for your school here.

If you any queries, please get in touch with our Tours Co-ordinator India at india@bamboozletheatre.co.uk.

For theatres and venue enquiries, please get in touch with our Theatre & Touring Project Manager Jennifer at jennifer@bamboozletheatre.co.uk.


Further information and resources:

Listen to our Rain Rain theme by artist Gren Bartley

Example of Visual Story

Rain Rain Companion Pack for Teachers and Support Staff

‘‘It was a magical, theatrical, atmospheric delight. Transporting our young people to a magical island, the interaction between actors and students created a unique shared experience.” Joni McAuliffe, The Avenue School

Inspired by Shakespeare’s Tempest, Storm tells the story of the magician Prospero, his apprentice Ariel and the creature Caliban.

Designed for autistic children and young people, this enchanting, intimate production has been carefully designed to put audience members at ease throughout, giving them space and time to move freely and experience the show in their own way.

Using elements of The Tempest and a limited amount of Shakespeare’s language, Storm tells a dramatic story of the sea, ships, islands and magic. Audience members will be welcomed into the performance space with relaxing music and during the performance will be invited to interact with the actors and the setting.

Storm has toured UK schools, featured at the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival, and toured to Shanghai and Egypt. A Chinese version of the show has been created in partnership with Shanghai Children’s Art Theatre.


About Bamboozle’s shows for autistic audiences:

These performances are intimate shows for a maximum group size of 6 children accompanied by their teachers, carers, or family group.

Keeping audiences small allows our experienced Bamboozle performers to give each child focused, personalised attention. Our team are highly experienced in adapting to, and interacting with, children and young people who have a variety of complex and differing needs. Where there’s a need for 1:1 with the young people, we will advise 4 young people attend.


What you need to know:

Recommended age range: 6 – 14 years

Performances: We’re able to provide up to 4 performances throughout the day, each show for a maximum of 6 children.

Floor space required: 10m x 7m x 3.5m high minimum. We require exclusive use of the space for the duration of our visit.

Please note: The show includes moments of loud acoustic music, loud voices and interactive props but our team will always adapt the needs of the young people.


Cost:

For schools: Prices to be announced when next touring.

Find out about methods of funding for your school here.

If you any queries, please get in touch with our Tours Co-ordinator India at india@bamboozletheatre.co.uk.

For theatres and venue enquiries, please get in touch with our Theatre & Touring Project Manager Jennifer at jennifer@bamboozletheatre.co.uk.


Further information and resources:

Watch a short film about the show in a school setting

A short film of Storm at Hakawy International Arts festival for Children

Download our Companion Pack for Teachers and Support Staff

See an example of our Visual Story

If you’d like to book this show for one-off performance or event, please email our Project Manager Jennifer at jennifer@bamboozletheatre.co.uk.

The audience gathers. The music swells. The mist swirls. Anticipation. Then arriving in the playground the full-grown Firebird. Its five-metre wingspan hovers above the audience, circling, swooping and diving.

Based on the myths and legends of the Phoenix, this spectacular new production promises to bring an unforgettable experience into your school grounds or outdoor space. This production will include Bamboozle puppetry, comic characters and live music – including a chicken jazz band!

Watch our Firebird trailer:


About Bamboozle’s shows for learning disabled audiences:

This show has been devised for a wide range of learning-disabled students, including those sometimes described as SLD, MLD and some students on the autistic spectrum. While it is not specifically designed for those described as PMLD there will be Bamboozle’s customary mix of sensory possibilities, this will be more suitable for PMLD students who respond to sound, as there will be a lot of live and recorded music.

The performance takes place outdoors and will go ahead unless the Bamboozle team judge the weather to be so severe that it poses a safety risk. Therefore the school will need to ensure pupils have warm clothing, wet weather gear and umbrellas available to cope with the British summer! If you have a covered outdoor area, then we can also work with you to see how we could stage the performance such that the audience can stand under cover if the rains come.


What you need to know:

Recommended age range: 6 – 14 years

Performances: Firebird is an experience built through three scenes which will happen across a school day in different areas of your school grounds, with each class group experiencing each of the scenes (max 4 x class groups).

Space required: The space required will need to be discussed with each booking but we will require a large space for the third scene (like a school hall or field).


Dates:

This show is not currently touring.


Fee:

For schools: Prices will be announced with the next tour.

To find out about co-funding opportunities available for schools located in Arts Council England’s ‘levelling up for culture’ areas, please email india@bamboozletheatre.co.uk.

For theatres and venues, please email jennifer@bamboozletheatre.co.uk.


To register your interest: 

If you have any queries, please get in touch on 0116 255 2065, or email india@bamboozletheatre.co.uk

More information

Download the Firebird – Companion Pack for Teachers Summer 2022

If you’d like to book this show for one-off performance or event, please email our Project Manager Jennifer at jennifer@bamboozletheatre.co.uk.

“A magical, relaxing experience” Andrea, parent

Join Betty, Doris and Arthur as they explore the textures, smells and tastes of their World War II allotment. You’ll be visited by a mischievous mole and will escape to a magical and relaxing forest, where you’ll encounter bees buzzing around their hives.

Made especially for young audiences described as having profound and multiple learning disabilities, this multi sensory show creates a welcoming and enchanting world with music, puppetry and lots of invitations to take part in immersive interaction.


About Bamboozle’s shows for PMLD audiences:

Down to Earth is for 6 children and is specifically designed for children who might be described as having profound and multiple learning disabilities, along with their family groups or teachers and support staff.

Performances are tailored to each child’s needs by a team of Bamboozle performers who are highly experienced in adapting to, and interacting with, children and young people who have a variety of complex needs.


What you need to know:

Recommended age range: 6- 14 years

Performances: We’re able to provide up to 3 – 4 performances throughout the day, each show for a maximum of 6 children.

Floor space required: 11m x 6m x 3m high minimum. Bamboozle’s requires exclusive use of the space for the duration of our visit.


Dates:

This show is not currently touring.


Fee:

For schools: Prices will be announced with the next tour.

To find out about co-funding opportunities available for schools located in Arts Council England’s ‘levelling up for culture’ areas, please email india@bamboozletheatre.co.uk.

For theatres and venues, please email jennifer@bamboozletheatre.co.uk.


To register your interest: 

If you have any queries, please get in touch on 0116 255 2065, or email india@bamboozletheatre.co.uk


More information

Down to Earth Outdoor – Belgrave Hall – Guide and FAQs

Down to Earth Companion Pack for Teachers and Support Staff

If you’d like to book this show for one-off performance or event, please email our Project Manager Jennifer at jennifer@bamboozletheatre.co.uk.

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