Our philosophy for producing children’s theatre is this: Make an excellent piece of theatre, then write “for children” on the poster. Teatro-Saurus is an Oxford-based company that produces and tours high quality masked theatre and workshops for children. Following our debut production of Volpone in 2005 , we have produced new writing and company devised [...]

An original play for children by William Tombs Next showing: Ashley Wood Festival of the Acoustic Arts, Tisbury, Wiltshire, Sunday 1st July 2012 (visit: http://www.ashleywoodfestival.co.uk/ for more information). Nova Festival, Bignor Park, Pulborough, West Sussex, 7th & 8th July 2012 (visit: http://www.novafestival.co.uk/theatre__comedy for more information). Just So Festival, Rode Hall Parkland, Cheshire, 18th &19th August [...]

Our masks are hand-made by William Tombs. He uses a variety of materials from wood and leather, to his own special recipe for papier-mache. A large number of factors influence the design, from such practicalities as strength, comfort and visibility, to more aesthetic concerns: a character-mask is not just another face worn over the actor’s [...]