Toolbox theatre

“One young person I supervise, it’s quite frankly changed his life!”







Toolbox Theatre is committed to providing high quality participatory theatre and drama for young people and their communities. All of Toolbox Theatre’s work is designed and delivered to be focused, engaging and inspiring.










Past projects 
Their past projects prove how much progress they have made as a company and are still making right now. They take their projects very seriously and most of these projects are based on the problems young people face today but are portrayed in a way of helping the performers and audience to understand easier. This company also seems like a lot of fun to be part of and they allow the young people a to be free to express themselves. 

COME CAMP WITH ME – June 2013 Performed by all 55 members of CYT, this original piece of work was a full mask romp full of tents, tears and tantrums. Set on “Faulty Showers Campsite” we followed the antics of two friends through the 70′s, 80′s to the present day. On the way there was plenty of sweet love, bitter rivalry and scheming trickery. Come Camp with Me was supported by Bishops Cleeve Parish Council and the Rotary Club of Cheltenham Cleeve Vale.

HO STOLE THE KING’S CAKE – March 2013 Over three months Toolbox Theatre worked with Creative Media Diploma students from Cleeve School and Chipping Campden School to develop a promotion event for the launch of Cleeve Youth Theatre’s new Beginners group. The students devised ‘Who Stole the King’s Cake’ – an interactive piece of theatre designed to enthrall, engage and delight 5 -7 year olds.

I WANT HIM BACK - November 2012 Cleeve Youth Theatre created work around the ‘I want him back’. With interpretations of the sentence spanning from stories of bereavement, bullying, mental health and magical journeys; the evening was a testement to the talent and creativity of CYT.

TOILETHEAD! – August 2012  Toolbox Theatre and Cleeve School teamed up to bring together young people from across Bishops Cleeve for Summer School 2012. The participant created a devised piece of theatre exploring the worries, fears and anxieties that go hand in hand with moving up to secondary school.

THE WILLOW PATTERN – APRIL 2012 Presented by Cleeve Youth Theatre in partnership with Cleeve School. A story of a forbidden love,betrayal and friendship based on a Chinese tale. Forty young actors from CYT told this funny, moving and thought-provoking story through puppetry, music and dance.

DOG DOWN! – AUGUST 2011 This thrilling ‘WHO DUNNIT?’ murder mystery show was produced as part of our summer school week.

A DAY IN THE HILLS – JUNE 2011 Based on the memories of Bishops Cleeve residents, A Day in the Hills was a highly successful piece of theatre devised by the whole of CYT. Imaginative, energetic and touching theatre about country life during the 1930’-40’s; full of puppetry, music, song and dance.