This is a live online event and we need your help! Whats at the top of the Beanstalk? ,YOU DECIDE! What does Jack see when he gets to the top of the Beanstalk? Will he find the promised riches and save his family from poverty? Who is the mysterious Beanseller anyway? And will anyone find out that Squirty Cream is really a Supreme Being? This is how it works: - Watch the Opening scene, and read the Story So Far (below). - Read The Question that needs answering - Send us your answer! (Make sure you answer the question!) ,Send us your answers by commenting on this post, or by email ,,info@treehou ..read more

Treehouse Theatre needs YOU! This blog post is actually an interactive version of ‘Goldilocks’ where YOU decide what happens next. Enjoy the first 10 minutes of this years Pantomime - 'Goldilocks, Adventures of a Porridge Thief' – then get your creative juices flowing! What happens when Goldilocks grabs the Bears Magic Porridge Pot and runs off with it? Will Baby Bear be able to get it back and fulfil his Coming of Age quest? What if the Big Bad Wolf gets his hands on the Magic Pot? And will Goldilocks ever be able to stop the Pot from cooking porridge? Follow the Story So Far (below) to watc ..read more

I’m very excited to share this wonderful drawing with you, created for ‘The Elves and the Shoemaker’ summer tour! It's drawn by the hugely talented Rositsa Vangelova, who’s based in Bulgaria. Like most of us, she’s been juggling home school and lockdown and working from home. We know just how challenging that can be, and we’re very grateful she was able to take on this commission for us. “This is one of my all time favourite classic fairy tales and I'm glad that I had a chance to work on it once again” We described the actors costumes to Rositsa so she could match the look of the Elves to the ..read more

The Show must go on! These are challenging times for theatre companies, and especially for our larger landmark venues which bring us all so much joy. I'm hoping they will be able to open their bars on 4th July so we can buy a drink and toast the arts - and showing our support at the same time. For Treehouse - a theatre without a theatre - in some ways its easier. We are small, flexible, responsive and adaptable. As a family business the full time members of Treehouse Theatre can continue to work together, planning, rehearsing, recording stories, fixing props and making costumes. Most of all, w ..read more

Wow, how the world has changed since March! Treehouse Theatre has been working hard since schools closed to investigate and explore ways in which we can adapt our performances so that both actors and audiences are as safe as possible. "We are passionate about Interactive Theatre. ,Blurring the boundaries between actors and audience to allow children to explore their creativity and practice performance skills in a safe environment, is the ethos at the heart of our work. We are determined to keep the audience at the centre of our performances and certainly not relegated to the role of passive ob ..read more

A socially-distanced performance for schools and venues - we have adapted our Pop-Up Story Theatre to be our main performance format this summer. Story-telling meets Interactive Theatre! Our Pop-Up Story Theatre invites members of the audience to be part of the action, so we can enjoy a great story together. Children can join in with the action, say lines, create the soundscape, and become interactive scenery, as we immerse ourselves in the fun of performing together, in a safe and carefully managed environment. (These photos are pre-Covid of course!) Early years and Key stage 1 ​The Gingerbr ..read more

Today was a very exciting day - we got to see the wonderful artwork created by children at St James Primary School in Bournemouth. Last week the children were asked to listen to some of the 'Tales from the Treehouse'. To get them started, we filmed a guided tour of our studio so they could see where the stories are recorded, and some of our secrets - like how we use the pantomime costumes to help deaden the sound in the space. The stories they listened to were 'Jack and the Beanstalk', 'Thor and Hrungnir', and 'The Magic Paintbrush'. The artwork they have created is just amazing! We are blown ..read more

‘The Binding of Fenrir’ is an awesome tale from Norse Mythology! Fenrir is a monstrous wolf, the son of Loki and the giantess Angabooa. It was foretold that Fenrir would kill Odin, and this story tells what the Gods decided to do about it. This story completes our collection of Myths and Legends. We’re having a break this week as we are busy writing a new play which will be performed in the Himalayas next summer – you can read all about it here We’ll be back next Monday with the next set of 10 stories, drawn from the oldest stories all over the world – from Australia to the Amazon rainforest ..read more

Thor’s Duel with Hrungnir is a classic story from Norse Mythology in which Thor, Father of the Gods, takes on Hrungnir, the mightiest of the Giants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozTaPWGWx1Q Told by Ben Lindsey-Clark, Tales from the Treehouse invite you to be swept away by your own imagination! Stories that we listen to (rather than watch) are immersive and engaging. The listeners' imagination is free to draw its own imagery and create its own world, inspiring future interaction with the story and its characters. Since we're working from home for a while - quite a challenge for a theatre com ..read more

This is one of the oldest written stories in the world. It was found written in Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs on a piece of 4000 year old parchment in the Museum of St Petersburg in Russia. Where it came from originally remains a mystery. The story is about a man trying to share a story of hope with someone who is seeing things in a negative way. Whether he is persuaded to change his mind, you will have to find out by listening for yourself... ‘The Ship-Wrecked Sailor’ also explores the way in which a person can be transported to a strange and bewildering place, only to return home again. This ..read more