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Party

for ages 3-7 / family

A Half Moon production

LIVE IN VENUE TOUR – A quirky birthday party to remember exploring diversity for the very young.

Available on request for venue or non-traditional space formats at anytime. Please note, this show is only available for blocks of five or more days in one venue or part of a touring circuit including international touring. Please enquire.

Afonso wants to go to his best friend’s birthday party, but where is his invitation – has it been lost in the post, or maybe he wasn’t even invited? When it finally arrives the excitement and nerves become too much to handle. What should he wear? Will they have balloons? Will anyone play with him? And what about the cake?

Heartfelt, provocative and full of quirky humour, Party features striking, colourful designs and a glorious contemporary soundtrack. Let the warmth of a Portuguese summer take you to a place where difference is something to celebrate.

The show offers a poignant and high energy music driven theatrical experience exploring diversity for the very young.

Party toured to much acclaim throughout 2022/3 to over 30 venues including a residency at London’s South Bank Centre and MAC’s LGBTQ+ Outsiders Festival.

The alternative low-tech version of the production also toured to over 40 schools and libraries during the summer of 2022.

This show has very few words. This makes it accessible to a range of people, including d/Deaf, hard of hearing and non-English speakers.

Party, like all Half Moon productions don’t educate, as such, advocating instead that there are not always correct answers or solutions when talking about or addressing prejudice, social injustices, equality and social inclusion. Like any good story, the aim of Party is to allow the audience to join up their own dots, think creatively and ask questions so they can discover their own answers to complex issues even at a very early age through experiencing a high-quality theatre adventu

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On request: a professionally filmed version of Party with closed captions and a BSL interpreted version can be made available to programmers.

Show information

    • Performances last 40 mins (no interval).
    • 1 or 2 shows a day.
    • If a 2-show day, a minimum of 90 minutes between the end of the first show and the start of the next (e.g. 11am & 1.15pm) is required.
    • Please note, this show is only available for blocks of five or more days in one venue or part of a touring circuit including international touring.
    • Get-in: 90 mins minimum before half with pre-rig completed prior to get in.
    • Get-out: 70 mins
    • Venue Configuration: End on. Performing area minimum 6.5m meters (wide) by 5.5m (depth) with 3.5m (height)
    • Setting: Black box theatre presentation. No wing space required.
    • Lighting:  A lighting plan will be supplied. We will require the use of the venues Lighting Desk.
    • Sound: We tour a Mac with QLAB but will need to plug this into the venues P.A. system.
    • Technical staff: 1 technician to assist with get-in, focusing and the get out.  If Lighting and Sound cannot be operated together then the venue technician will be required to operate lighting allowing communication between them and our Company Stage Manager. We tour with a Company Stage Manager.
    • Parking: For a sprinter size van.
    • Facilities: Dressing rooms for 1 male performer.

    Technical Requirements (non-traditional spaces inc rural/community touring spaces and libraries):

    • Note that the piece can be performed in settings without blackout as we bring everything we need on tour. We just need access in the ‘performing space’ to 2 x 13A plugs. Please enquire for details.
    • Dedicated support from the marketing/PR and technical team at Half Moon.
    • A3 posters and A5 flyers. Print amounts based on deal agreed.
    • Images, production photos and other digital assets for venue or broader publicity usage.
    • On request.
    • Available on request for venue or non-traditional space formats at anytime.
    • Please note, this show is only available for blocks of five or more days in one venue or part of a touring circuit including international touring.
    • Please note, any fees agreed are subject to a small additional supplement if your venue makes a compulsory contra to us for your costs at the contracting stage (e.g. credit card/box office; get-in/out; marketing/brochure contributions).
    • Please enquire.
    • At additional cost, Party can be supported by bespoke workshops for schools and nursery settings, families and community groups. Please enquire.
    • We also have three online workshops that audiences can take part in at home, after they have watched the performance. The three video workshops explore different themes of Party, including movement and dance.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ “A funny, anarchic play that will capture the interest and imagination of children…. [Party] wowed the kids and kept them all gripped…the magical grand finale had every child in the room screaming with joy.”

Everything Theatre

“I saw Party at the MAC’s Outsiders Festival. My eight-year-old proper cried during the show, and this continued after the show had finished. He was touched by the feelings Afonso had and their reactions as he ‘knows those feelings’. Thank you for representing. 😍”

Audience member
For more details on Party, or if you would like to see the piece on tour, please contact:

Chris Elwell  | 020 7709 8902 or chris@halfmoon.org.uk