Shakespeare at Backwell Playhouse

 Tickets now available! (click the poster)
The AliCaT seniors will deliver the goods once again with Shakespeare’s classic tale of sweet forbidden love – Romeo & Juliet.

Romeo and Juliet and all the cast, are excellent talents in the local theatre scene, all having handled their roles with aplomb; the setting is black-box, modern day and introduces Romeo and Juliet as contemporary teenagers.

One of the marks of a good production of Romeo and Juliet are the characters of Mercutio, Friar Laurence, Tybalt, the Lords and Ladies, and Juliet’s nurse’s, all in there own way bringing a good dose of humour and life to the stage every time they appear.

The low-key modern set will be bathed in subtle performances from all characters associated with the two households of the Montagues and the Capulets.

These young students are always exciting to watch, and Romeo and Juliet is brought to life in their hands. Come with your partner, your family, or even by yourself, and by the end of the night, you will definitely enjoy yourself. AliCaT Children and Theatre

Dear Parents, please come and support the AliCaT Juniors in their production of Archibald’s War at the Backwell Playhouse, Backwell, BS48 3HT.

Tickets are on sale now, just click the image below or click HERE and you will be taken straight to the ticketing website WeGotTickets.

…When Maggie is evacuated, her teddy bear goes with her. But somehow Archibald gets left on the train…
As the evacuees liven up the sleepy village, Archibald the teddy bear travels back to the city, and is adopted by another child, Jack. Through air raids and evacuation, the teddy bear is Jack’s constant companion. When Jack and Maggie finally meet, Maggie recognises her beloved Archibald, and there is a fierce struggle over the bear; whose is he now?

This is the story of ‘Eddie the Penguin Saves the World’. An environmental musical for children aged 4-8 years, written by Niki Davies, performed by AliCaT Children and Theatre 2015.

AliCaT Children and Theatre uses the theatre setting to nurture a learning environment that is safe to explore common themes or issues, develop interpersonal skills and support growth and connection in a creative way.

This story is the perfect backdrop to teach children about environmental issues occurring around the world. The play takes Eddie and his family of Penguins on adventures where they discover problems to solve from the pollution of our cities, excess energy used, the cause and effect of the chopping down of trees to landfill sites that are full and very very smelly!

On their journey they meet Polar Bears that are fed up with the situation, humans that are unaware of the effects of nasty pollution and energy wasting and finally a Prime Minister that is happy to support a clean up of the cities!

This story is an excellent resource to go on to develop extension activities that can really cement a child’s understanding of their responsibilities in this wonderful world we live in…

For further information on this production or an interest in supporting children’s learning, please contact Ali on ali@alicat.me

EDDIE THE PENGUIN SAVES THE WORLD

Eddie the Penguin and his family travel around the world helping everyone with their environmental issues.  He finally arrives home knowing they have done their best to educate the world in making it a clean, sustainable, safe and friendly place to live. Well done Eddie and the Penguins!

For tickets, email tickets@alicat.me or contact us 

’39 Steps’ the next forthcoming production by Backwell Playhouse Theatre Company is proving extremely popular with only 8 tickets left throughout the run!  I have to stay as one of the actors I have enjoyed this process immensely and am looking forward to the run in November.  I haven’t tread the boards for a while now but I am so lucky to be part of such a great production! www.backwellplayhouse.co.uk …Ali x

Very excited to be back in the rehearsal room.  This energetic creative play is already proving to be bags of fun.  The film in 1935 was directed by Alfred Hitchcock…

Tickets will be available soon!

Watch this space…Ali x

A Senior Production, ‘The King’s Men’ at Backwell Playhouse on Saturday 13 July 2019 @ 7.30pm and Sunday 14 July @ 7.30pm.

A story about theatre.  It follows a troupe of actors ‘The King’s Men’ through the ages. We discover how theatre has evolved from Primitive theatre to Renaissance and how we see the modern theatre of today… come along to learn the influences, the cultures and the changes in different countries that have evolved over the decades…

Good luck to the Senior Classes for this weekend for their end of year productions of ‘Through the Looking Glass’ (Adapted by James DeVita, Music and Lyrics by Bill Francoeur, Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.)

Saturday 14th July and Sunday 15th July, 7.30pm at Backwell Playhouse.  Tickets are available from our box office, contact us for more information.

An AliCaT Senior Production at Backwell Playhouse

‘Crystal Girls’ written by Cassie Brooks

It is a musical adventure that follows 3 rival school girls whose lives are turned upside down after discovering that they alone have the power to save everything we know and much more.

Meeting strange and mysterious characters along their way, they discover more about themselves than they anticipated in their desperate attempt to return to the life they knew before they were whisked away into something that resembled a dream.

With the clock ticking and with all at stake, can they see past their own lives to save the lives of everyone else and all that we know?

Please order your tickets by clicking on the poster or through our contacts page Just state which performance and  how many tickets you require and will we get back to you ASAP.  Many thanks for your support.

AliCaT production What a Knight (Sun)

What a Knight (2011):

When young squire Watt Cobblers is expelled from Knight School, he reluctantly becomes Merlin’s new apprentice. But trouble is never far away, and soon Camelot Castle collapses into chaos. Merlin has lost Excalibur, King Arthur’s daughters have been kidnapped and his brave knights have turned into chickens. Watt and his new found friends Dusty Dragon and wayward Princess Alice set off on the biggest quest of their lives.

AliCaT production of What a Knight (Sat)

What a Knight (2011):

When young squire Watt Cobblers is expelled from Knight School, he reluctantly becomes Merlin’s new apprentice. But trouble is never far away, and soon Camelot Castle collapses into chaos. Merlin has lost Excalibur, King Arthur’s daughters have been kidnapped and his brave knights have turned into chickens. Watt and his new found friends Dusty Dragon and wayward Princess Alice set off on the biggest quest of their lives.

AliCaT production of The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker (2010):

A group of children in a drought-ridden country embark upon a journey to find the Lord of the Rain.  Learning secrets about ‘medicine’ and ‘power’ from the animals of the Rainforest, Chep discovers his own true colours as he helps the Rainmakers to overthrow the evil Kongan Hab, recover the rain capes and finally discover the biggest secret of all from the Rainmaker himself.

AliCaT production of The Selfish Giant

The Selfish Giant (2009):

The Giant returns from his 7 year holiday with the Cornish Ogre to find children playing in his garden.  He builds a high wall to keep them out but the garden is then invaded by raucous characters that plague him.  Spring never returns and it is always winter until one day the giant meets a boy who needs his help.

“It is truly magical to see children (some of whom I thought prior to today were very short on confidence) performing so brilliantly and clearly really, really enjoying themselves and having enormous fun.  I think you are teaching the children skills that will be so invaluable during the course of their lives.  Thank you very, very much.”

               (K. Rowland, ‘The Selfish Giant’)