Backstage
Welcome to BACKSTAGE, our space to see news, behind the scenes, development and documentation of our projects.
19 Dec 2024
Kelton Hill Fair Paid Apprenticeship
Paid opportunity for young people interested in creative and backstage roles in theatre.
19 Dec 2024
Wonder Fools 2024 Wrapped
Wonder Fools 2024 Wrapped: A Year to Remember!
10 Jun 2024
Meet the Positive Stories for Negative Times Season 4 Writers
Wonder Fools and the Traverse Theatre are delighted to reveal the six new writers as part of Positive Stories for…
31 Oct 2023
The Kelton Hill Sharing Reactions
In October 2023 we spent a week rehearsing with our Young D&G Collaborators and six actors for our sharing of…
19 Oct 2023
549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War – Documentary
Created by Robbie Gordon and Jack Nurse – founders of Wonder Fools and writers of 549, the show was first…
23 Aug 2023
Positive Stories Festivals – Partners, Writers and Group Leaders
During the Positive Stories Festivals we spoke to the group leaders of the participants, the writers of each play and…
22 Aug 2023
Positive Stories Festivals – Youth Board Experience
The Wonder Fools Youth Board talk about their experience since joining the board two years ago, their journey with Positive…
21 Aug 2023
Positive Stories Festivals – Participants’ Reactions
The young participants of the first ever Positive Stories Festival tell us what was their favourite part of the experience…
26 May 2023
D&G Young Collaborators – May 2023 Development
In Autumn 2021 we delivered theatre skills workshops to schools across Dumfries & Galloway and through these workshops, employed six…
23 Feb 2023
Positive Stories Season Three – Panel Discussion
Our Positive Stories for Negative Times: Season 3 playwrights sat down for a panel discussion during our Positive Stories Festivals…
20 Feb 2023
PSFNT3: Are You A Robot? by Tim Crouch
Positive Stories For Negative Times: Season Three – Are You A Robot? Two groups of children meet. They look the…
30 Jan 2023
PSFNT3: Ms Campbell’s Class Fifth Period by Leyla Josephine
Positive Stories For Negative Times: Season Three – Ms Campbell’s Class Fifth Period A group of school students in the…
27 Jan 2023
PSFNT3: The Day The Stampers United by Sara Shaarawi
Positive Stories For Negative Times: Season Three – The Day The Stampers United Some say the day the stampers united,…
25 Jan 2023
PSFNT3: And The Name For That Is…? by Robert Softley Gale
Positive Stories For Negative Times: Season Three – And The Name For That Is…? Robert Softley Gale talks us…
01 Oct 2022
D&G Young Collaborators – Oct 2022 Development
In October 2022 Wonder Fools worked with five Young Collaborators from Dumfries & Galloway to come up with a concept…
01 Sep 2022
549 Educational Resources
549: EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Thank you for your interest in 549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War. We’ve put together some…
07 Apr 2022
Wonder Fools Youth Board – Revolting by Bryony Kimmings – Documentary
Follow the Wonder Fools Youth Board behind the scenes as they prepared and rehearsed for their own unique version of…
10 Jan 2022
St Roch’s Documentary – Positive Stories Season 2
In June of 2021, we worked in collaboration with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Fair Access Department to create a…
16 Nov 2021
Positive Stories For Negative Times 2: Bryony Kimmings
Positive Stories for Negative Times is an international participatory project by Wonder Fools in association with the Traverse Theatre.. Season 2…
20 Sep 2021
PSFNT2: The PappyShow with Lewis Hetherington
Positive Stories For Negative Times 2: The PappyShow with Lewis Hetherington Positive Stories for Negative Times is an international participatory…