A great activity for anyone who likes to play in the sandpit, with an added bonus of it being taste-safe. Make different sized sandcastles, write your name in the sand, bury your hands or even make your own beach scene with umbrellas and deckchairs - the possibilities are endless!
Read MoreFor those who don’t like the feeling of mess or wetness - this sensory bag is a wonderful option for feeling the squidge without getting mucky! Fill your bag and prod and poke to create blobs of different shapes and sizes.
Read MoreA great activity for anyone who like wet activities, and feeling different texture and temperatures through their fingers. Add in the fresh smells of peppermint to get that tingling sensations and even add some boats, toy or bubbles!
Read MoreOnce you have your play, your story, your sliver of something to share, you begin to build your team around you, but what happens when creativity alone is not enough? I know right, I too was shocked. It became abundantly clear very early on that if we were to tackle potentially triggering themes such as sexual violence and death in front of an audience, we were going to need help.
Read MoreWhen I wrote the first draft of When We Died in 2016, I focused predominantly on the experience of the woman at the centre of the play and her story. That draft touched on the character's love of her job but was very much about the cosmetic stages of the embalming process; at one stage I imagined her as being more of a make up artist to the deceased rather than an embalmer. I may have got a little overexcited by the fact that Whoopi Goldberg used to be one...
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