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Half Moon is the UK’s leading small-scale young people’s venue and touring company. In addition to performing shows at our theatre in East London, we also tour our live and on-demand productions for children, families and young people throughout the UK.

If you are a venue, festival, community setting or library and would like to book any of our portfolio of shows, please see the link below.

Venue Programming

Currently on Tour

Boxed In

for ages 3-6

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On Demand

Unmissable children’s theatre, whenever you want it.

Put your sofa in the front row with digital productions of some of our recent productions, recorded live at Half Moon Theatre. Watch a show whenever you want, and as many times as you like, for 48 hours.

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Boxed In

A Daryl & Co. and Half Moon co-production for ages 3-6

A playful show about life’s invisible rules.

Derek and Jon are trying to make sense of a world where nothing quite adds up – where “stop” means “go” and “up” is suddenly “down”. Everyone else seems to understand the rules, but what if you don’t?

Through movement, visual storytelling and gentle humour, Boxed In explores the hidden rules of behaviour and unspoken attitudes – inviting us all to imagine a world where everyone belongs.

It’s a largely non-verbal show for anyone who’s ever felt a bit confused, a bit left out… or a bit boxed in.

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.

Discover the production history of Boxed In

2026 Tour Dates

Boxed In tours the UK in May and June 2026.

21-23 May | Half Moon Theatre, London E1 0ND
25 May | Cambridge Junction, CB1 7GX
26 May | Redbridge Drama Centre, London E18 2RB
28 May | Smithills Hall, Bolton, BL1 7NP, in partnership with Bolton Library & Museum Service
30 May | Theatre Porto, Ellesmere Port CH65 6QY
31 May | Lakeside Arts, Nottingham NG7 2RD
6 June | Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse, Sheffield, S1 1DA
7 June | Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham, B12 9QH
12 June | Phoenix Arts, Bordon, GU35 0LR
13 June | Arc Winchester, SO23 8SB
20 June | Bingley Arts Centre, BD16 2LZ
21 June | The Garage, Norwich NR2 1NY
27 June | Tramshed, London SE18 6ES
28 June | Stanley Arts, London SE25 6AB

“Boxes, bubble wrap and bananas all add up to a fabulously fun show about rules and how they can be confusing… A wonderfully playful and engaging production that invites a young audience to think about how unspoken rules exist in society, and how behaviours can be different for different people… A cleverly considered piece of work that is full of laughter but also full of interesting questions… A playfully positive way to imagine a world where we’re all included and, with a little effort, everyone’s way of being can be accommodated.”

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