A Daryl & Co. and Half Moon co-production
Available for pre-booking for performances between 25 May – 27 June 2026.
Deadline for pre-booking is the 31 May 2025.
For more information contact Bradley Travis | 020 7709 8902 or bradley@halfmoon.org.uk
Boxed In
Meet Derek and Jon, two friends trying to understand life’s strange instructions. When “stop” means “go”, “up” turns into “down” and no one explains why – what do you do? Everyone else seems to know the way, but what if you just don’t get it?
Boxed In is a playful and thought-provoking journey about feeling left out, not because you’ve done something wrong, but because the world doesn’t always play fair. It’s a story for anyone who’s ever felt a bit confused, a bit left out, or a bit boxed in.
Through movement, visual storytelling, humour and a touch of chaos, Boxed In explores the invisible rules of behaviour, the way people act and what others think you should do – and invites us all to imagine a world where everyone feels they belong
A co-production by Daryl & Co. and Half Moon, Boxed In is an exciting collaboration between a ground-breaking Disabled-led theatre company and the UK’s leading small-scale young people’s venue and touring company.
Boxed In is largely non-verbal. This makes it accessible to a wide range of people, including d/Deaf, hard of hearing, BSL users and non-English speakers. Accessible. Inclusive. Made for everyone.
Images, trailers and assets
There are a range of assets are available for Boxed In at the Dropbox link below, including production photos, trailer, rehearsal story videos, review graphics and press quotes, plus a short film about the development of the production.
A full play script is available to read on request.
Download images and PR assets
About the Experience Offered
We don’t educate, as such, as there are not always correct answers or solutions when talking about equality and inclusion. Like any good story, the aim is to allow the audience to join up their own dots, think creatively and ask questions so they can discover their own answers.
- Booking Boxed In is an opportunity to accelerate inclusive practices and programming by diversifying the offer to audiences, improving knowledge of Relaxed experiences and so accessing new and diverse audiences.
- Boxed In is largely non-verbal. This makes it accessible to a range of people, including d/Deaf, hard of hearing and non-English speakers. It is accessible to BSL users without BSL/captions and is presented by companies experienced in providing Relaxed Performances suitable for Disabled audiences.
- Boxed In offers a wide range of audiences an exciting visual experience with a charming soundtrack, both filled with humour and fun.
- Boxed In is a wonderful opportunity for young Disabled audiences to see themselves represented onstage and for family audiences to enjoy a unique story with universal appeal.
- Boxed In will give little ones and their grown-ups a way to think about how rules work and whether they work for everyone, supporting them to include everybody.
- An Access and Engagement Officer is a core part of the delivery team for this project. They will support the creative and producing team to provide partners with toolkits and resources, including education materials, accessible formats, access riders, easy-read synopsis, audio description introduction and touch tour provision. By providing these resources, we aim to support venues/partners to develop inclusive practices and reach Disabled audiences above and beyond our visit with Boxed In.
About our work
Our 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, Boxed In allows 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 adventure.
Show information
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- Performance lasts 45 minutes, including post-show playtime (no interval).
- 1 or 2 shows per day.
- If a 2 show day is booked, a minimum of 2 hours between the start of shows is required (e.g. 11am and 1pm).
- Due to the intimacy of the piece and the age focus, capacity should not exceed 100: please take this into consideration when allocating the performance space/auditorium size.
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- Get-in: 3 hours before half with pre-rig completed prior to get in.
- Get-out: 1 hour
- Venue Configuration: End on. Performing area minimum 5m meters (wide) by 5m (depth) with 3.5m (height)
- Lighting: A full 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.
- Staffing: On tour, there are 2 performers, access worker plus a company stage manager who will operate lighting and sound, but we do require 1 in-house technician to assist with get-in, focus, plot and the get-out.
- Parking: For a sprinter size van.
- Facilities: Dressing rooms for 2 performers.
- Access: A full Access Rider will be provided however please note:
- There needs to be step free* access into the venue/auditorium for both artists and audiences.
- There needs to be step free access onto/into the performance area for both artists and audiences.
- One accessible, secure and heated dressing room and accessible toilet facilities near the performance space.
- Step free routes between the dressing room, backstage and performance area.
*Step-free access means lifts, ramps and level surfaces where you don’t have to use stairs or escalators. Even just one step means it is not step free and not accessible.
N.B. for those venues who are providing transfers, hospitality or accommodation, this should be wheelchair accessible and step free. Please enquire.
Technical Requirements (non-traditional spaces inc rural/community touring spaces and libraries):
- Note that the piece can perform self-sufficiently without blackout as we can tour our own sound. All we need is 1 contact to help with get-ins. Set-up times are 90 mins, exit within 45 mins. This flexibility allows families/children to access the work where they live, go to school or spend their free time.
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- Dedicated support from the marketing/PR and technical team at Half Moon supported by Daryl & Co. including accessible formats, touring riders, easy read synopsis, an Audio description introduction and touch tours up request.
- Up to 500 A5 colour flyers and 15 A3 colour posters. (NB: overprinting will be at an additional cost, please enquire)
- Images, production photos and other digital assets for venue or broader publicity usage.
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- 3 day block price: £3,300 + VAT
- 1 day block price: £1,325 + VAT
- 1 or 2 shows per day .
- Please note: for venues that at a very long distance from London, an additional supplement of £100 per day may apply. Note venues that require a get-in the day before may be subject to a fee supplement. Please enquire.
- Please note that these fees 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).
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- A Teachers Resource Pack will also be available free of charge. On request at additional cost, bespoke workshops for groups on the themes of the performance and/or on the creation of original theatre, plus CPD workshops for teachers.
Reviews of Boxed In
“Boxes, bubble wrap and bananas all add up to a fabulously fun show about rules and how they can be confusing… A cleverly considered piece of work that is full of laughter but also full of interesting questions”
“This is a really funny, entertaining piece of work – also a wonderful experience of normalising disability for children and encouraging them to think about how others share their space. Plus, there are bananas! 
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“This is the best show we’ve seen in a long time! It was hilarious and touching at the same time. My little boy and I laughed a lot during the performance. Thank you for a morning well spent and for allowing us a glimpse into the world of people who experience the world differently and that we can all learn to live together in harmony if we try to understand each other.”
“It was such a stimulating (and thought-provoking show) and my boys continue to refer back to it playfully. Our eldest has dyspraxia and the subtlety of the rules seen/followed or disruptive to individuals was such a topical subject for us all, in such a wonderful format. I was unaware at the time of booking how relevant your show might be to us as a family – I hope that many more families (children and adults) benefit from your wonderful show. We will look out for further performances by your company.”
“We really enjoyed it, and thought the show was so well done. Everything from the rules at the start of the show through to the interactive parts at the end were so well thought out. So effective, expressive, funny and enjoyable, my kids were enthralled!”
Bradley Travis | 020 7709 8902 or bradley@halfmoon.org.uk