About Theatre Hullabaloo
Theatre Hullabaloo is a pioneering organisation that makes, tours & promotes theatre for young audiences, aged 0 – 16 years old, because we believe that they are the most important audience of all.
We create pioneering work which puts the young person at the heart of the creative process. Our work is driven by the belief that young audiences have an entitlement to theatre of the highest quality which inspires the imagination and challenges the mind.
Theatre Hullabaloo believes that going to the theatre should be part of everyone’s childhood, so we not only work closely with specialist creative teams embedding young people’s contributions at every stage of the artistic process to make and tour our own shows, we also support artists who want to develop work for young audiences and venues who want to offer great theatre for families.
“We think that going to the theatre should be an unforgettable part of everyone’s childhood.”
Laura Case, Executive Director
About our work
We make all our work in collaboration with partners who bring additional value to our projects and who share our child-centred values.
We believe that access to high quality theatre is a cultural entitlement of all children. Through our work in communities, we create unique creative opportunities that enrich young lives and support young people to negotiate an increasingly complicated world.
To top it all off, we produce TakeOff Festival, England’s leading annual festival of theatre for children and young people, and programme and promote a year round family theatre offer through partnerships with venues across the North East.
We are a registered charity and a National Portfolio Organisation of Arts Council England and are proud to bring our work to children in schools and venues in some of the most deprived areas of the country.
Our team
Theatre Hullabaloo Team
Miranda Thain
Artistic Producer
Laura Case
Executive Director
Sarah Churlish
Programme Coordinator
Kimberley O'Hara
Marketing Officer
Theatre Hullabaloo Board of Trustees
Sharon Paterson (Chair)
Associate Director Cultural Engagement MIMA and Teesside University
Anne Besford (Vice Chair)
Chief Executive, National Youth Choirs of Great Britain
Karen Race
Deputy Director of Academic Enterprise, Teesside University
Emma Gaudern
Solicitor, Partner at EMG Solicitors
Erica Morris
Assistant Festival Director, Ilkley Literature Festival
Terry Courtney
Retired Finance Director, various organisations
Matthew Jarratt
Arts Consultant and Manager, NE Cultural Partnership
Pauline Moger
Cultural Sector Consultant, Pauline Moger Consultancy
Join the team
Hullabaloo Host/s
£8.50 per hour
Contract: Freelance
Hours: Casual (Creative Play is open Monday to Saturday 10am until 2pm, this role/s will cover these times)
Theatre Hullabaloo is a pioneering organisation that makes, tours and promotes theatre for young audiences. Last year we opened The Hullabaloo, our flagship venue for children and families in Darlington, where creativity and play are at the heart of the venue.
This is an exciting role that will primarily oversee our Creative Play space which hosts installations for children and their families to participate in. We are looking for a pool of Hullabaloo Hosts to join our vibrant team as we get ready to open our next exciting creative play installation.
The Creative Play space hosts specially commissioned play installations which are part of the free activities offered at The Hullabaloo for families to enjoy. Our next installation Stardust is an interactive environment which welcomes very young children and their grown-ups into a gentle, shapeshifting intergalactic landscape, full of intriguing music, sounds and smells and will be with us until January 2018.
The Creative Play space hosts specially commissioned play installations which are part of the free activities offered at The Hullabaloo for families to enjoy. Our next installation Stardust is an interactive environment which welcomes very young children and their grown-ups into a gentle, shapeshifting intergalactic landscape, full of intriguing music, sounds and smells and will be with us until January 2018.
This role requires someone who is warm and welcoming and has experience of meeting and greeting visitors, in particular children and families.