Three Tiny Seeds - R&D advice

Hello there

I am developing a new piece of devised theatre for young audiences exploring the relationship between light and dark through the story of Persephone and the Underworld. The working title is Three Tiny Seeds.

We received Arts Council funding for two periods of R&D alongside some workshops in school to explore how the design, music and narrative of the piece are to be developed. The first R&D period happened in Sept '11 at the Unicorn Theatre as part of their Emerge programme and gave us loads to work from.

I am now looking for another venue who might be willing to support the second phase of this process. I have a very small budget for venue hire but was wondering whether anyone could recommend a venue who might be interested in supporting this crucial second stage. Working with a creative and production team including a designer, musician, dramaturg and performers we are hoping this second, fuller phase will begin to realise the piece with more emphasis on a participatory element to the piece. We'd love to have a sharing at the end of the week where we can explore the audience entering a more installation based performance environment.

Ideally, dates would be between Feb-March 2012. Any thoughts, inspirations or ideas are most welcome.

Thanks
Emma Higham

www.emmahigham.net