The POP UP PANTO PROJECT
Our aim was to tour the Liverpool City Region, performing in school halls and playgrounds, keeping a Christmas tradition alive during the pandemic in 2020- safely- for ALL our primary school children!
Over three months during lockdown, we raised £20,000 from a variety of sources. From members of the public who have seen and supported our work to date, from the Liverpool Mayoral Inclusive Fund, to Hollywood actors, theatre and movie producers, and stage writers and performers.
Due to the limitations of lockdown, though, our Christmas tour was postponed, and went ahead in June 2021 with a group of two teams touring a brand-new version of Cinderella across the region's primary schools. Then in 2023 and 2024 we took another production of 'The Gingerbread Lad' across a number of Liverpool schools, celebrating the city's rich cultural history, its diversity and its people.
Our productions brought joy, creativity & laughter into our communities following years of challenges for so many of us- especially our children- and introduced live performance and entertainment to many of them for the first time.
Our production of Cinderella was seen by over 2,500 children in over 40 schools in 2 weeks.
Thank you to everyone who made this project possible.
Since then we have continued to tour to a number of schools with THE GINGERBREAD LAD- funded by Liverpool City Council and private donors. We also had in-kind support from The Liverpool Everyman/Playhouse. We have been developing new productions for 2026 and beyond.
FUTURE PROJECTS INCLUDE:
'A Christmas Carol'- schools tour.
'Stand up for Schools'- Touring Liverpool City region schools, bringing entertainment, unity, confidence and comedy to children.
To book a visit to your school,
contact Stephen Fletcher or Catherine Rice:
