Why This Autumn Will Be Our Best Yet

I can’t believe how quickly the weeks have flown by. We’ve all managed a little break away (though I could have done with longer!), and it’s been just the recharge we needed. Because this autumn isn’t just busy, it’s special.

Alongside the funding bids to write, projects to manage, and a Christmas show to prepare, we’re also celebrating something huge. Babbling Vagabonds turns 25!

That milestone makes this season feel full of promise, energy, and excitement and we are hoping it’s our best yet. But for now, I’m clinging to those last warm days and final swims in the river before more creative adventures begin.

a view of a river with trees on the lefth and side and a dog on a pebbly beach sniffing the ground

Post Office Of Possibilities

Chesterfield Children’s Festival at the end of July was great fun and it was good to trial our new interactive experience for families. We put many smiles on faces that weekend and we aim to do the same again in a couple of weeks. The great thing about this is that it’s flexible and can be adapted to suit most spaces.Our Post Office Of Possibilities is at The Full Shebang on Saturday 6th September. It’s a great festival in Mansfield town centre with lot’s going on. So if you live that way, it’s worth checking out.Photo credit: Junction Arts

Theres an actor in a bright sparkly jacket pretending a silver spoon is a microphone and he is interviewing a young girl in a beige hoodie. Two other actors stand on looking dressin bright red long waistcoats. They are in a park and they are near a yellow umbrella

REC Is Award Winning!

At this years Buxton Festival Fringe REC Youth Theatre were nominated for 3 awards and scooped “Best Youth Ensemble” We are so proud of the way they all work together and we are looking forward to getting back to a new term. If you know of a young person who might enjoy our youth theatre then share the link on our website.

6 young people with their backs to the camera are gathered around a large brown suitcase. They are in a darkened theatre space and their shadows fill tyhe floor behind them

Children’s Stories Take Root In The Forest

Today at Rosliston Forestry Centre we’re sharing The Lost Tales Of Rosliston. These stories were dreamt up by local school children and we helped to rewrite them into magical tales to tell. This special literacy and arts project celebrates creativity and the wonder of our National Forest, and has been proudly supported by the National Forest Arts Grant. You can listen to the stories here

Children gather around a storyteller. They are outside in a clearing with green bushes surrounding them