Starcatchers work with artists and companies to create high quality, inspirational, age-appropriate performances and visual art installations.
We work with artists and companies to create high quality, inspirational, age–appropriate performances and visual art installations. Some of the work we are developing at the moment is below:
Island
Heather Fulton / Frozen Charlotte
Heather is working on Island, which will be a new performance experience for babies. A collaboration between Starcatchers and Frozen Charlotte Productions, Island embarks on an adventure to explore ideas around the experiences of parents and babies and their relationships with one another. The joys of being in your own encapsulated little world and also the isolation that can come with it. Testing the water, checking if you are ready to send your child out into the world, out across the ocean… No! Not yet – too soon…? Exploring feelings of idyllic paradise juxtaposed with feelings of being marooned. Island aims to explore meaningful themes for adults with visual and sensory exploration for babies.
Every Colour of Light
Stephen Deazley
Inspired by an iconic multi award-winning illustrated children’s book of the same name by Japanese author Hiroshi Osada and artist Ryoji Araii, composer Stephen Deazley has been collaborating with Suum Studio and Starcatchers to research an immersive artwork, inspired by the book, that blurs boundaries between opera, music, live performance and immersive installation, intended for younger children, their grown-ups and intergenerational family groups.
Out of the Box
Skye Reynolds
Out of the Box will be a performative experience for early years working with cardboard boxes as a starting point. The research will explore schema patterns and dance as relational play. The aim is to develop ideas/material that could inform the creation of a performance & installation experience for 3-5 year olds.
Adventure
with Arron Sparks
Arron is developing ideas for an outdoor immersive performance, which blends traditional storytelling performance and improvised play.
Recently developed work:
Laaaunch!
with Dirliebane Theatre
Oringally titled Sit, Stand, Lie, this work was first explored through Starcatchers Playfund. Stage two development saw Rachel Colles and Fiona Ferrier, Artistic Directors of Dirliebane Theatre Company, creating clown theatre performances for children, young people and their families. Through development of Stand, Sit and Lie, Dirliebane observed and explored what babies up to the age of one are doing in the moment of these three positions and look for common or playful experiences they have to create a piece of work about connection that can speak to a very young audience. The resultant work is a beautifully responsive adventure for babies up to 12 months. Read more here
Float
with Kerry Cleland
Float has been developed through extensive workshops and sharings with audiences in Wester Hailes, including childcare settings and in Starcatchers Baby Playspace in Westside Plaza in 2022 and 2023. Float has become a durational performance set in an immersive world for babies from birth to 12 months old and their grown-ups, inspired by the healing properties of water. Read more here.
Starcatchers supports artists across all artforms at different stages of their careers – from those interested in learning more about working with this age group to those who are experienced and want to develop their practice.
Playspace is Starcatchers’ artist development programme for artists committed to working with or developing work for babies and young children.
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