SUITABLE FOR: 11 -14 YEAR OLDS
LANGUAGE: FRENCH

A community project involving primary schools, including Kielder, designed to take part in Hexham's Nordic Festival.  This project was based on Tales from the Nordic Myths, involving figures like Odin, Loki and Freya, whose magical apples gave the Norse Gods eternal life.
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The 25 strong Hexham Village Ceilidh Band  provided live music for the piece and members of TSF's Adult Drama Group took part in the Queen's Hall Library, along with the local children.
Directed by Sarah Kemp

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

The Play tells the story of Barbara, whose world revolves around archaeology.
Now it is turned upside down by the disappearance in Egypt of her husband Harold: her partner in both her life and work. Broken Pieces chronicles Barbara’s bittersweet process of remembering – tracing backwards through time to uncover, reclaim and honour both Barbara’s own experiences and Harold, the great love of her life. This was the play’s North East premiere. The production was supported by the Northumberland Cultural Fund. It was produced in association with Queen's Hall Arts and Northumberland Libraries.

SUITABLE FOR: 11 -14 YEAR OLDS
LANGUAGE: FRENCH

This project involves four half day sessions with up 30 year 7 or 8 students, creating their own play based on events in the French Revolution.
The play can be shown to parents and/or other students in the school.

Here is an example from Hexham Middle School students.

LANGUAGE: French
A project with a Middle school to re enact with a large cast TSF's version of 
Le Moulin Magique

Language: English

Touching and joyful stories of everyday life in the 1950s,
told through drama, live music and songs.
Produced in association with:
Queen's Hall Arts and Northumberland Libraries.
This production will tour the North East again in October 2023 before going to Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

Devised with the Gateway to the Community Group in Hexham, this was  a funny and joyful tale of how Queen Camilla lost her Fella and had to search for him across desert, jungle and undersea world.
Would she ever find him again?

With Designs by Alison Ashton, and original songs and Music by Ken Patterson

Directed by Sarah Kemp

Language: French

A project with Newcastle University Languages department led by Sarah Kemp, whereby students rehearsed TSF's version of Les Trois Mousquetaires, originally adapted by Edward Kemp. A performance was put on for other students and staff in the French department.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
In Hexham, Sarah Kemp  directed a short online zoom film with the Queen’s Hall Adult Drama Group in conjunction with TSF and supported by a grant from the Northumberland Cultural Fund. The film script is based on stories from group members and includes a collective poem created with poet Linda France. The group also collaborated with a sister drama group in Amsterdam run by theatre director Loes Hegger. The two groups have exchanged lockdown experiences and each makes a guest appearance in the other group’s film. The Dutch film, Alive and Kicking, premieres on March 24th. 2021

An Uncertain World: film launch and live Q & A with cast and creative team Friday 26 March 2021 at 7.30 pm.
During the first lockdown, TSF ran weekly online drama workshops connecting older people from different parts of west Northumberland. They exchanged a wealth of stories from their youth, whilst developing their online drama skills.

The Film was edited by Ken Patterson with original music by Ken and Janet long bottom. 
Image by Melinda McGarry