In association with Théâtre Sans Frontières , Queen's Hall Arts and Northumberland Libraries. 

Touching and joyful stories of everyday life in the 1950s, told through drama, live music and songs.

The Make Do and Mend team have just returned from Amsterdam, after a lively, inspiring time being hosted by our sister Adult Drama Group led by Loes Hegger. We reunited the two theatre groups, seen here in Amsterdam Central Station. The Hexham group stayed with different Dutch hosts, they participated in a joint workshop led by Loes Hegger and also had an animated walking tour of central Amsterdam and a guided visit to the Archives and Colonial Museum. The whole trip was very successful, as well as
 challenging. The play performed to a full audience of over 80 in the lovely Plein Theatre.  This was  a joyful reuniting of two drama groups who first worked together on zoom in lockdown. The Amsterdam group were invited to perform last year in Hexham at Queen's Hall and TSF's Adult Drama Group have now reciprocated the experience in Amsterdam. 

• Friday 20th October 7.30pm  SOLD OUT!
  

PLEIN THEATER, Amsterdam

Comments from audiences:
Really wonderful and moving. Thank you.
Lovely concept, well written and acted out. Really engaged with audience.
Excellent show and performance. Thought provoking, emotional and heartfelt. Thank you!

Comments from the group:

I very much enjoyed the Amsterdam tour. The workshop we did collaboratively with the Dutch group was timely and I think helped the performance and overall the experience was fun and enriching.

Personally this international experience of staging a drama performance has really challenged me but has given me an increased self belief and confidence in what I can achieve with a supportive team of friends and colleagues both in Hexham and in Amsterdam. A unique experience not to be forgotten.

In association with Théâtre Sans Frontières , Queen's Hall Arts and Northumberland Libraries. 
Touching and joyful stories of everyday life in the 1950s, told through drama, live music and songs.

• Thursday 12 th October 7.30 pm
  HUMSHAUGH VILLAGE HALL, tickets from Humshaugh Village shop or 07979 758179

• Friday 13 th October 7.30 pm
  KNOTT MEMORIAL HALL, HEDDON, nlandlibs.eventbrite.co.uk

• Monday 16 th October 2.30 pm
  ANGEL COURT, GATESHEAD, by invitation only

Friday 20th October 7.30pm  SOLD OUT!
PLEIN THEATER, Amsterdam

TSF has had a marvellous tour to  UK schools 12th June - 7th July 2023.  Feedback from teachers was highly positive:

"Thank you for a fantastic performance on Tuesday. The children loved the whole experience, especially the songs and the zombie!" Parkinson Lane Primary, Halifax

"Just wanted to say thank you to your wonderful team and to say how much we enjoyed the show this morning. It was perfectly pitched for KS2 and the children and staff thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you!"
St Thomas More Primary, Saffron Walden

"We loved it all. There were good parts for the children to join in and it was great to follow."
Longhorsley St Helen's First School, Morpeth

Chantons! Practise the songs with your pupils. A video of Moi, j'adore les bananes is available along with other songs on our YouTube channel, as well as clips from the show and interviews.

TSF is delighted to have received funding from Thriving Communities to work in partnership with Bellingham Library to set up a new Community Drama Group in Bellingham. Gentle movement, fun games and creative improvisation. Opportunities to learn more about using the library's digital resources. Starting October 2023, Wednesday mornings. FREE sessions. For more information contact sarah@tsf.org.uk

We're delighted to announce that our adaptation of the popular Sherlock Holmes classic tale, The Speckled Band, which first toured UK venues in March 2022, will be returning to North East England venues in January 2023.
We'll then be taking the show to Tenerife, late January, where it will be performed at venues in Santa Cruz, El Sauzal and Adeje as part of a foreign language theatre festival.