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Send One Christmas Wish to schools this winter
Mitcham, Greater London, United Kingdom
Aim
Help us get our show on the road, and bring a little Christmas mayhem to children in schools!
HELP US GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD! LITERALLY...
One Christmas Wish is an immersive adventure where you are the hero, touring in our one-of-a-kind mobile venue, The Palace.
Children and their adults enter The Palace in small groups, and experience One Christmas Wish on wireless headphones in our bespoke immersive environment.
In a nutshell:
- We’ve got a high quality show that schools and venues want
- But we've got a funding shortfall that will stop us bringing it to them
- We need The Palace powered and road-ready for December
Read on below...
THE SHOW
The show is perfect for schools using Covid safety measures: we’ll ventilate and fog The Palace between bubbles, and we can provide a “Do It At Home” version for audiences who can’t come to us.
We piloted the experience at Culloden Primary - and they loved it - here's what the year 4 students had to say:
“This is the best story ever!”
“It felt like a really real story”
Through One Christmas Wish children explore:
- Loneliness and friendship
- Resilience in the face of difficult transitions
- Multicultural neighbourhoods
- LGBTQ+ characters
- Persevering to help others
WHAT WE NEED
Competition for Arts Council funding has approximately tripled since the pandemic with a success rate of 12%
We’re delighted the Arts Council have awarded us a project grant, but we didn’t get the full amount we originally applied for.
We’ve got the funds to support the show’s creation with our outstanding creative team, but we still need £7400 to power The Palace and give it some vital finishing touches.
We need:
- Vital finishing touches to make The Palace roadworthy, from the low cost (a number plate!) to the high cost (a bespoke frame and waterproof cover).
- 2x heavy duty lithium batteries to power the show, and a solar panel to drip charge
- A Covid-safety kit including anti-viral foggers
This is where YOU come in...
1. Support us with any amount, large or small, it will make a huge difference.
2. Telling your friends would be extra special to us -
We're a new social enterprise, launched in response to the challenges faced by children, schools and creative freelancers during and since the pandemic.
We only get your contribution if we reach our target, help us get there by telling your friends. Will you share on Facebook, email or tweet about us?
Will you get us to £7400, and get our show out to children this winter?
THANK YOU
As a huge thank you for supporting One Christmas Wish we would like to invite you down to our base in Mitcham to experience, first hand, the finished show.
Join us on the 20th and 21st November 10am - 4pm.
Leave your email when you pledge, and we'll be in touch with all the details: come down and meet the creative team, take part in the experience and have a festive drink and some cake.
Friends and supporters further afield, we haven't forgotten you: we'll send you a private link to an audio-preview of the experience.
And every supporter will be named in our magic One Christmas Wish illustration celebrating this momentus first step.
BREAKDOWN
Finishing the venue: £2,200
- Frame, cover, jacks & plates for our folding stage
- Tow bar
- Replacement for vandalised window
- Wiring
Powering the venue: £4000
- 2x 2400Wh Bluettie portable power station
(one charging, one powering the show) - 1x Bluetti portable foldable solar panel
(to drip-charge power during the show)
Covid safety measures: £1200
- Battery powered anti-viral foggers
- Eco-friendly disinfectant kit
WHO ARE WE
We're director Jo Tyabji, carpenter Gary Holness and producer Dan Ball. We launched Graphite & Diamond in response to the challenges posed by the pandemic, and the Climate Crisis.
Supporting us now means we can take a low carbon, Covid-safe audio adventure to children this Christmas, and sets us on a path to fossil fuel free theatre by 2023.
THANK YOU!
Gary, Jo and Dan
This project successfully funded on 24th November 2021