Co-creator of Positive Stories for Negative Times (Wonder Fools in association with the Traverse).
PSFNT is our flagship groundbreaking participatory programme that commissions some of the UK’s most exciting theatre artists to create work for young people in Scotland and around the world.
Key stats from the first three seasons of the project include:
8747 participating young people from 652 groups
17 countries represented
16 newly commissioned plays
PSFNT has commissioned Tim Crouch, Robert Softely Gayle, Leyla Josephine, Bryony Kimmings, Hannah Lavery, Sabrina Mahfouz, Douglas Maxwell, The PappyShow with Lewis Hetherington, Sara Sharaawi, Stef Smith, Debris Stevenson, Chris Thorpe, Bea Webster, Wonder Fools and Traverse Young Writer Ellen Bannerman.
Season 3 of the project culminated in four major festivals showcasing 22 productions in partnership with the Traverse Theatre, Eden Court, Perth Theatre, the Ayr Gaiety and YTAS.
“I would do it all over again, any time, a million times over, I would do it every day if I could!” PSFNT participant
“It’s taking youth theatre seriously. This is leading Scottish playwrights and a young and innovative theatre company saying that youth theatre matters.” Ayr Gaiety Theatre