The Garden in My Living Room
A show which celebrates nature, play and imagination, about getting lost but not too lost.
Suitable for children ages 3-7 and their grown ups
Running time: 45 mins
Commissioned by Attenborough Arts Centre; in association with Mansfield Palace; supported by Derby Theatre and Nottingham Playhouse
creative team
Lead Artist - Laura Ryder
Executive Producer - Rafia Hussain
Assistant Producer - Humaira Imtiaz
Devisers and performers - Dylan Bull & Catriona James
Assistant Director - Octavia Nyombi
Dramaturg & Early Years’ Theatre Consultant - Sarah Argent
Set & Costume Designer - Maria Terry
Design Assistant - Samantha Faulkner
Production Manager - Simon Birchall
Stage Manager - Elspeth Goodman
Sound Designer - Ivan Stott
LX Designer - Tom Robbins
Movement Director - Harry Kingscott
Artist Wellbeing Practitioner - Nikki Disney (The Artist Wellbeing Company)
Assistant Director for 2022 R&D - Meera Joshi
Photo credits - One Brown Bear
Poster Image - Illustration by Hannah Robinson and Graphic Design by Laura Whitehouse
Reading list:
The Nature Connectedness Handbook - Miles Richardson and Carly W. Butler
Last Child in the Woods - Richard Louv
Barrable, A. and Booth, D. (2020) ‘Increasing Nature Connection in Children: A Mini Review of Interventions’, Frontiers in Psychology, 11(March)
Chawla, L. (2020) ‘Childhood nature connection and constructive hope: A review of research on connecting with nature and coping with environmental loss’, People and Nature
The House without Windows - Barbara Newhall and Jackie Morris
The Lost Words - Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris
Theatre Alibi - Why We Make Things podcast series
Wellcome Collection - The Root of the Matter podcast series
What Do You Look At When You Look at A Tree? - Emma Carlisle
I Stand for What I Stand On - Wendell Berry
