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On Tour

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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Ten in then Bed

for ages 3-8

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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

Boxed In follows the journey of someone who can’t make head nor tail of the unspoken rules that surround us all. Sometimes stop means go and go means stop. Are you supposed to go this way or that? Sometimes it’s up and sometimes it’s down. In a world where everyone else seems to understand, it can all get a bit confusing. And when you get it wrong, you’re made to sit out, but you don’t understand why. It seems so unfair.

Boxed In explores the unspoken barriers of attitudes, social etiquette and behaviour that surround us. How do you know a barrier is there if you can’t see it? And if you can’t see it, how can you remove it? This heartfelt story is about being made to feel naughty, just because the rules don’t make sense.

Boxed in is a Daryl & Co. and Half Moon co-production; an exciting collaboration by a ground-breaking Disabled-led theatre company and the UK’s leading small-scale young people’s venue and touring company.

View the show trailer

“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.”

Everything Theatre

“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 to get 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 make an effort to understand each other.”

Audience member

2024 Tour Dates

1-6 Feb | Half Moon Theatre, London E1 0ND
10-11 Feb | Southbank Centre, London SE1 8XX
12 Feb | Chester Lane Library, St Helens
(presented by Wonderarts as part of the St Helen’s Storytelling Festival 2024)
14 Feb | Worksop Library, S80 2BP, and Retford Library, DN22 6PE
(presented by Spark Arts in partnership with Nottinghamshire Inspire: Culture, Learning, Libraries)
15 Feb | Beeston Library, NG9 1AE, and West Bridgford Library, NG2 6AT
(presented by Spark Arts in partnership with Nottinghamshire Inspire: Culture, Learning, Libraries)
16 Feb | Mansfield Central Library, NG18 1NH
(presented by Spark Arts in partnership with Nottinghamshire Inspire: Culture, Learning, Libraries)
17 Feb | Chadwell St Mary Village Hall, RM16 4NX
(presented by Green Light from Start Thurrock CPP)
23 Feb | Hat Factory Arts Centre, Luton LU1 2EH
24 Feb | Courtyard, Hereford HR4 9JR
(presented in association with ArtsAlive)
25 Feb | Wem Town Hall, Shrewsbury SY4 5DG
(presented in association with ArtsAlive)
29 Feb-3 Mar | The Egg, Bath BA1 2AN
4-6 Mar | Yate Library, Bristol BS37 4AX
8-9 Mar | Theatre Hullabaloo, Darlington DL1 1SG
10 Mar | Z-arts, Manchester M15 5ZA
16 Mar | Albany, London SE8 4AG
17 Mar | artsdepot, London N12 0GA
23 Mar | Grand Junction, London W2 5TF
24 Mar | Brighton Dome, BN1 1UE

Ten in the Bed

A Half Moon co-production for ages 3-8

Is it a bed? Or a boat? Or a giant slice of toast? For Naz and Iggy and their eight friends, their bed is a place where imagination can fill their tummies with tasty treats and take them to familiar warm places. Well, sometimes.

Join the boat-bed’s disparate crew as they dream up playful tales of pirates, misunderstood sharks and fishing trips that hook some unexpected catches. But what happens if the bed is not big enough to fit everyone in? How do they decide who gets to stay and who has to go?

This humorous and inventive new show celebrates the power of imaginary play and proves there’s always enough room to have fun, even when the world is at its most daunting.

Written by award-winning teenage fiction writer Steve Tasane (Child I, Blood Donors), Ten in the Bed sensitively explores the child refugee experience, where the power of invention offers an escape from reality.

View the show’s teaser trailer

2024 Tour Dates

4 May | Half Moon Theatre, London E1 0ND
8-12 May | Polka Theatre, London SW19 1SB
13 & 14 May | Grand Junction, London W2 5TF
18 May | Stapleford Granary, Cambridge CB22 5BP
22 May | The Beggar’s Theatre, Millom LA18 4HZ
23 May | Rosehill Theatre, Whitehaven CA28 6SE
24 May | The Kirkgate Arts Centre, Cockermouth CA13 9PJ
26 May | Norwich Playhouse, NR2 1RL
28 May | Mill Arts & Events Centre, Rayleigh SS6 7ED
29 May | Hat Factory, Luton LU1 2EY
30 May | The Curve, Slough SL1 1XY
31 May | Theatre Hullabaloo, Darlington DL1 1SG
1 June | Z-arts, Manchester M15 5ZA
4-6 & 8 June | Half Moon Theatre, London E1 0ND
9 June | artsdepot, London N12 0GA
10 & 11 June | Half Moon Theatre, London E1 0ND

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