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Traces: an outdoor show for autistic audiences
Leicester, United Kingdom
Aim
To create and tour a new outdoor theatrical experience for autistic children.
Who are Bamboozle?
We want to see a time when all learning disabled and autistic young people are heard, however they choose to express themselves. Our vision is to ensure every young person has equitable access to the power of creativity.
We achieve this by working in our local community with families, touring immersive theatre and providing creative projects in schools both in the UK and internationally.
What are we going to do?
We want to make an outdoor performance where everyone is included, and everyone is welcome.
For over 30 years, we have learnt how to enable autistic children to feel comfortable and accepted.
We have worked with hundreds of families in our outdoor spaces – parents tell us that being in nature is the best place for their children to feel comfortable; but we have never produced an outdoor theatrical show.
Why is this needed?
Two reasons:
1. Autistic children and their families feel excluded from public spaces that are often unwelcoming. Even a bus journey can be distressing when your child is judged and not accepted. This leads to a feeling of isolation.
2. We know that being outdoors in nature is a great place for autistic young people.
The result will be an outdoor performance accessible to everyone.
The show is titled: “Traces – Outdoor Theatre in the Landscape.” Autistic children and their families in Leicester/shire and across the UK will have a theatre show that they know is for them.
The show will be performed in woodlands, parks and at festivals where all children and their families will feel comfortable and be accepted. Everyone will be able to access the show in their own way and at their own pace.
What do we need?
This is where you come in. We need your help to make this happen.
We have been working for two years in partnership with ArteVox, an Italian company, to devise the show. The Italian version, 'Tracce', will premiere at the Vimercate Festival in May this year.
We need £30,000 to make the English version happen. This is so that we can create the setting, make the props and costumes, hire the actors, rehearse and then tour the show.
Creating and touring work is at the heart of our company but, like many other small arts organisations, the funding landscape has been challenging.
This is an exciting opportunity to help make something truly unique happen.
Funding method
Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made