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: TBA It’s up to Chester, Esther and OOK to save the world from being gobbled up by the All-Devouring Piggy Bank of Doom. An ancient curse! A lost city! A lake of crocodiles! OOK! Navigating a course somewhere between Coronation Street and Indiana Jones, OOK! [...]

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 [...]