Unicorn Theatre

The Unicorn Theatre was founded by Caryl Jenner as a touring company in 1947 with a commitment to giving children a valuable and often first ever experience of quality theatre, and a philosophy that 'the best of theatre for children should be judged on the same high standards of writing, directing, acting and design as the best of adult theatre'. 

'A VISIT TO THE THEATRE CAN STIMULATE A WHOLE TERM OF LESSON PLANNING AND WORK. THE UNICORN’S EXTENSIVE SCHOOLS’ PROGRAMME CAN SUPPORT YOU ACROSS THE CURRICULUM TO ENSURE YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH US HAS A LONG-LASTING IMPACT ON YOUR STUDENTS. ' 

Unicorn have a programme designed specifically for primary school children , involving teachers hugely and thus enabling theatre to reach many children that perhaps would have less opportunity to access it or would like better access and teaching. The programme encourages many different types of children from different levels of literacy. Teachers have also commented on its success on getting boys involved and engrossed too. 

Unicorn theatre highly value the importance of children's theatre and therefor it is hugely important for them to create really good theatre for children whilst also finding other ways through workshops to educate children in good theatre. 

Not only does Unicorn theatre have a project for primary school children it also has a Unicorn Young Company , thus highlighting the importance that youth is to the theatre . The work created is all about drawing inspiration from participants. In our own community project i feel we too have taken this idea on board. We have tried to create theatre that is true to what is happening today with the take over of technology and different children's imagination being opened when the screen is off. Plays that effect the audience directly is also extremely important to Unicorn young company. Our Ashcroft company is similar to this as we too have created a piece designed to effect the children watching therefor it is a play very much for the audience. 

Although Unicorn Theatre is on a very big scale in comparison to our Ashcroft company there are many similarities in our aims. Both Unicorn and Ashcroft want to create good un patronising theatre for the young that will open children's eyes to theatre and include them in an exciting process.