We are excited about 2019 and have three performances of Ribbet Ribbet Croak in two brilliant London venues to invite you all to in January.

Come and join in the froggy fun with Grandma and Grandpa Frog at Pickled Pepper Books in Crouch End and Poplar Union, Poplar, on these dates and times:

Sunday 5th January - Pickled Pepper Books, 10:30am

Saturday 19th January - Pickled Pepper Books, 10:30am

​Sunday 27th January - Poplar Union, 2pm

You can click on the venue names to book your tickets. 

It will be great to see you in January - and keep reading the blog for more performance dates throughout 2019.

For now we hope you are all keeping warm and singing along to all the Christmas tunes!

Hello there!

2018 started really well for us-with sold out shows for Ribbet Ribbet Croak at The Blue Elephant Theatre, Streatham Library, Komedia (Brighton), Proteus (Basingstoke) and Southampton City Art Gallery. The help and funding of Arts Council England made that happen for us, so HUGE thanks to them!

We’ve had a busy summer here at Moulded HQ- Emily has been to Milan, Soniya to Rio and Natalie to Canada on her honeymoon. So we are now preparing for 2019! 

We can exclusively reveal the title of our new show ... drumroll please... SWISH! 

SWISH! will focus on three key elements:

1. Plastic in the ocean.
2. Collaborating with RNLI to reinforce their Respect the Water campaign
3. As with Ribbet Ribbet Croak, we want to make accessible theatre for young children and audiences with complex needs.

We are fortunate to be collaborating with RNLI and The Makaton Charity, as well as continue our links with The Blue Elephant Theatre, Discover Children's Story Centre and Southampton City Art Gallery. 

However, to make this show we need YOUR help! Alongside other funding, we have set up a crowdfunding campaign and would LOVE your support. There are rewards! Please pledge and share this to anyone you know who loves theatre, has children, or just wants to make a positive different to our planet! You can visit our crowdfunder campaign page here.

In the meantime, while you are eagerly awaiting this new show, here are some simple ways you can help save the planet:

1. Carry a spare bag with you at all times! How many times have you gone to the supermarket and been annoyed that you had to pay 10p for a new bag? If you buy a tote bag and carry it round you’re not only saving yourself 10p a go, you’re helping save the planet.
2. Buy a reusable water bottle. We LOVE them! And you can even get ones that have times of the day on, so you are making sure you drink enough water! 
3. Buy a reusable coffee cup! In most chain coffee stores you’ll get discounts if you bring your own one in!
4. Ditch the washing liquids in plastic bottles and try an Eco Egg! 
5. RECYCLE! Always read the packages to make sure what you think is recyclable is definitely recyclable!

Thank you for your continued support and for looking after the planet!

​We hope you have all had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2018!
 
We have so many exciting plans for 2018-including performing our final dates of Ribbet Ribbet Croak, as part of our successful 2017 Arts Council Grants for the Arts funding application. 
 
If you haven’t had a chance to see Ribbet Ribbet Croak yet, we will be in venues in London and around the UK!
 
Sat 4th Feb-Blue Elephant Theatre, Camberwell
Tue 6th Feb-Blue Elephant Theatre, Camberwell
 
For times and ticket prices please see below:
 
http://blueelephanttheatre.co.uk/ribbet-ribbet-croak?platform=hootsuite
 
Wed 14th Feb-Streatham Library, 2.30pm free admission
 
Sat 25th Feb -Komedia, Brighton
 
For times and ticket prices please see below:
 
https://www.komedia.co.uk/brighton/kids-shows/sundaeclub/
 
Sat 31st March-Proteus, Basingstoke
 
For times and ticket prices please see below:
 
http://www.proteustheatre.com/whats-on/ribbet-ribbet-croak
 
Sat 7th April-Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton.
 
Free entry but booking essential: 02380 834536 (Lines open 10am-3pm)
 
We also have plans to start a *BRAND NEW SHOW*! So keep your eyes peeled for more information.
 
We are really excited about what 2018 is going to bring, and always appreciate your feedback and comments on our shows, workshops and anything else Moulded.
 
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We were delighted to be able to perform Ribbet Ribbet Croak at Clapham Library on Saturday 7th October, as part of their Fun Palaces day. 

For this phase of Ribbet Ribbet Croak, the audience development, we are partnering with the charity Froglife. As part of our tour we are working with three Lambeth libraries, a hospital nursery, Little Miracles (a charity for complex needs families) and Southampton City Art Gallery to deliver both Ribbet Ribbet Croak  and an interactive Wildlife workshop, facilitated by froggy experts at Froglife. 

The first of these sessions we delivered at Clapham library - here are the results of our frog-tasically fun day!

September has got off to a really good start for Moulded, hoorah! We are very happy and grateful to announce that we have been granted funding from Arts Council England, Grants for the Arts, to develop the audience reach for Ribbet Ribbet Croak, both geographically and digitally. 

The 18th September sees us back in the rehearsal room so Grandpa & Grandma Frog can have fun with their slurping competitions, then we are off on tour! We would love to see you at any (or all) of these fantastic venues:

Saturday 23rd September 2017 - The Cockpit 
3pm performance 

Saturday 11th November 2017 - The Rose, Kingston
10:30am performance

Sunday 25th February 2018 - Komedia, Brighton - part of the Sundae Club
11am performance, doors 10:30am

We will be adding lots more dates to this list very soon, updates to come!

​You can find out more about The Makaton Charity and their work here. 

The Makaton Language Programme is used in many special educational needs schools and centres, as well as by some children's tv stars, such as Mr Tumble. Our aim has been to make Ribbet Ribbet Croak as accessible as possible, and by incorporating Makaton throughout the show, we have been able to reach out to audiences with complex needs.

We have also worked closely with Discover Children's Story Centre throughout the redevelopment and we spent a very happy Good Friday performing twice to two frog-tastic audiences! ​


​The previous weekend we had a great day at Cranleigh Arts Centre, where we were happily reunited with our friends from The Makaton Charity

​The feedback we have received to date has been both brilliant and really helpful. We are so grateful to everyone who has seen Ribbet Ribbet Croak throughout the redevelopment - to the staff and students at The Brook Primary School, everyone at Brixton Library and all our other brilliant froggy audience members! 

Last but not least, massive thanks to Arts Council England, who by granting us funding have enabled us to reach out to a wider audience and produce an accessible piece of high quality theatre.

Make sure you follow us on Twitter and Instagram @MouldedTheatre and find us on Facebook, for all the latest updates. 

Thanks to our Arts Council England funding, we have had four incredible days with The Makaton Charity learning 133 signs! All these signs will be in our redeveloped show of Ribbet Ribbet Croak and you can see these in action at the following venues:

Brixton Library: Saturday 25th March 2017, 2pm
Free of charge

Cranleigh Arts Centre: Saturday 8th April 2017, 11am & 2pm
£8.80 for adults
£5.50 for children
£20 for a family of 4 (2 adults and 2 children)
http://www.cranleighartscentre.org/?page=whatson&type=family_and_children

Discover Children's Story Centre: Friday 14th April 12pm & 2.30pm 
£6.50 per ticket -Includes 2 floors of play, garden and show
(Tickets on sale soon!)

Come along and join in the fun with Grandpa and Grandma Frog as they try and find a birthday surprise for their grandfrogs. Ribbet Ribbet Croak is suitable for ages 1-6, as well as audiences with complex needs. It is sensory, interactive and uses lots of Makaton. We hope to see you there!

For more updates, do follow us on Twitter @mouldedtheatre, Instagram @MouldedTheatre or find us on Facebook.

Things may have seemed a bit quiet here at Moulded HQ, but we have been working really hard on our Grants for the Arts funding application. We are excited and proud to officially announce that the redevelopment of Ribbet Ribbet Croak is being supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

What does this mean?

After the amazing feedback we received from our audiences in Edinburgh, we wanted to redevelop Ribbet Ribbet Croal to make it even better! We are working with The Makaton Charity to fully integrate Makaton signs and symbols into the production, as well as making the layout, props and set even more accessible for complex needs audiences.

What is Makaton?

Makaton is a language programme using signs and symbols to help people communicate. If you want to find out more about Makaton, have a look at their website. https://www.makaton.org/ You may have seen some Makaton signs on Mr Tumble shown on the BBC, or perhaps a local school uses symbols to help the pupils find their way around.

How is our show accessible?

With the use of Makaton, we hope to engage young children, families and complex needs audiences. Our show is sensory, interactive and very relaxed. We want to make theatre that everyone can enjoy, talk about and get involved with.

So where can you see us next?

Details will be coming up soon, but look out for us at Brixton Library, Discover Story Centre and Cranleigh Arts Centre throughout March and April.

For more info on Discover check out their website: http://www.discover.org.uk/
For more info on Cranleigh have a look here: http://www.cranleighartscentre.org/

And don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram @MouldedTheatre and find us on Facebook!

In less than ONE MONTH it will be Christmas! We are getting very excited at Moulded HQ, as we start to buy presents, plan Christmas meals and have a look at what’s on in London that will get us in the festive spirit.

Here are a few things we recommend this Christmas time:
​

1. Sleeping Trees – Scrooge and the Seven Dwarfs
   Fancy a bit of theatre this Christmas? Head over to Theatre503 to see this hilarious award winning company in a festive tale for all the family.
   ​https://theatre503.com/whats-on/scrooge-and-the-seven-dwarves/
   ​
2. The Wind in the Willows – The Rose Theatre, Kingston
   Fun for all the family as they say, The Wind in the Willows at The Rose Theatre is running all the way until January 3rd so if you are too busy before Christmas you can always for as a post-turkey treat.
   https://www.rosetheatrekingston.org/whats-on/the-wind-in-the-willows


3. Winter Wonderland-Hyde Park
   It’s always a quite jam-packed, but it’s totally worth it-Pretty lights, scary rides and lots of ICE ICE ICE!
   ​http://hydeparkwinterwonderland.com/
   
   
4. Ice Skating-All around London
   You could try The Natural History Museum or Somerset House … either way, bend your knees, lean forward and be brave!
   http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/ice-rink.html
   ​https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/skate-somerset-house
   ​
5. Try some Christmas markets!
   The market along the Southbank is always festive, sparkly and full of treats to buy just in time for Xmas.
   http://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/southbank-centre-christmas-market-2
   
   We hope you all have a really happy Christmas, and a great New Year 2017. We are going to take a well-deserved break and we are excited to see what 2017 will bring!

We have been a bit quiet on the blog front recently and that is because we have been recovering from our 19 shows at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016! Many of which were sold out – A massive thanks to you lovely lot for supporting us. We were overwhelmed by the amount of positive comments, great feedback, and even 4* reviews! You can read more about these here:
http://www.mouldedtheatre.com/edinburgh-2016.html

We were so pleased to have every show in Edinburgh as a relaxed performance, which meant we had all ages and abilities helping Grandma and Grandpa Frog on their search to find the perfect present for their Grandfrogs. Thank you to everyone who came along, tweeted us and tagged us on Instagram-We loved seeing all of your photos and comments and we hope to be taking Ribbet Ribbet Croak on the road again very soon. Do let us know if you want us to come to your school or community centre to perform the show, and we run workshops too!
If you want to find us on social media, you can contact us in the following ways:

Twitter- @mouldedtheatre
Facebook- Moulded Theatre
Instagram- mouldedtheatre 
Or go to our contact page on our website.

We also did a lot of tourist style exploring as we went to the top of Arthurs Seat, tried a fried mars bar for the first time (we wouldn’t recommend it!) and also celebrated Emily’s birthday!

We also saw some great shows too. We love supporting new and dynamic work, as well as seeing comedians, magicians, circus acts and theatre shows. On average we saw 2-3 shows a day! Here are some of our top picks to look out for in the future (in no particular order) :

• Pete Firman - Trix
  With tricks that will make you shout ‘HOW DID HE JUST DO THAT?!’ really loudly, this man is not just a very talented magician, but also very funny. His stand up alone is better than most, and his tricks are second to none.
• Showstoppers - The Improvised Musical
  ​Incredibly talented, we saw both the adults’ and kids’ version of this show. Soniya even saw the adult show twice, it was that good! With a different set of themes/ideas every night, and improvised from scratch, this company is definitely one to look out for. The children’s improvised musical is also just as funny, with the show being set in a sweet shop, a fish bowl and many many other hilarious and inventive places.
• ​Shlomo - #NewRules
  Soniya did a beatboxing workshop a few years ago with Sholmo and ever since then has been hooked on his incredible talent for creating songs with just his voice. We had a Moulded night out to his show at The Underbelly and it had us nodding our heads to the beat and staring in awe (while also attempting to beatbox on the way home…badly!)
• Colin Hoult/Anna Mann – A Sketch Show For Depressives
  A spontaneous theatre trip turned out to be one of the many highlights of our Edinburgh experience this year. Hard to describe in just a few sentences, this show was funny, random and surprisingly good.
• Sleeping Trees – Sci Fi
  Theatre friends of ours, Sleeping Trees always produce hilarious work, and this was no exception. If you ever get the chance to check them out, and fancy a laugh then go and support this brilliant company.
• Head First Acrobats - Elixir
  Talented, funny, and not too bad on the eye these incredible acrobats had us laughing, gasping and whooping at their piece about a zombie attack. Another spontaneous trip (to celebrate our director’s birthday!) we were pleased with our random pick and would definitely recommend them.
• Water on Mars - Juggling
  Words to describe this show: Amazing, incredible, jaw dropping, mind blowing, overwhelmingly brilliant… etc etc etc. If you want to see a great juggling show, go and support these guys.
• Dansema Dance Theatre - Puzzle
  One for the tots and tinies, this show was utterly gorgeous. From Lithuania, this company have produced a clever, endearing, very cute show which we would highly recommend for anyone who loves work for very young audiences, or has little ones themselves!
• Bootworks – The Many Doors of Frank Feelbad
  Our theatre friends Bootworks have made another great show, this one tackling the slightly darker subject of loss. Heart-warming and eye-watering, this show is absolutely fantastic for ages 4+ and their families and is deeply sensitive in its portrayal of Franks loss.
• Sirqus Alfon – I Am Somebody
  You may not have heard of this company before, as we didn’t before we went to Edinburgh, but this show, full of lasers, animation, music and lots more, is definitely one to watch out for. Very random but very good!