Hopscotch theatre Company
Who we are
Hopscotch Theatre Company is one of Scotland’s leading producers of contemporary theatre for young audiences.
Since 1988, the company has been renowned for its annual touring pantomime, producing over thirty original pantomimes and over ninety original touring productions. Our touring theatre is bold and tells stories rooted in Scottish culture to an audience of over fifty-thousand people annually, making it one of the most recognisable companies in Scotland.
Our story
Our aims
Our team
Our Story
In 1988, we toured into our first primary schools with our Play Piece Project. Jam-packed with exciting stories for young audiences and tools for educators, our unique opportunities to support learning and development were born, and we’ve never looked back since!
Hopscotch Theatre Company remains committed and driven to engage with communities across Scotland to ensure that children and young people have access to the magic of storytelling and live theatre.
Whether you’ve seen us performing panto in your school hall, or you’ve taken the first steps in your career on our stages: everyone has a story to tell about Hopscotch!
And we’re only getting started!
We continue to be a lead producer in Scottish Theatre making exciting new work exclusively for young audiences across the country. Whether that’s with our famous pantomime productions, or our new writing productions, we always remain at the forefront and pioneering what contemporary theatre for young audiences can be.
Our work continues to be on stage, on tour and in the community.
What We Do
Pantomime
Our pantomimes are hilarious and legendary amongst Scottish primary school alumni since the 90’s.
Projects
Our projects are always on beat, whether health and wellbeing inspired, environmental or cyber safety – we have you covered!
Space hire
We love welcoming other creatives to use our space and offer affordable rates to help projects get off the ground.
Learning
We are passionate about creative learning, sparking the imagination and providing educators with unique resources.
Our aims & the future
We’ve stayed true to many of the company’s aims and ambitions over the years. From employing countless creatives to providing new graduate actors with their first professional work. Commissioning passionate writers for children and employing risk taking artists across the UK’s theatre sector. We also work in partnership with other organisations where young people are at centre of what they do, promoting inclusivity and diversity to encourage participation in the arts.
We firmly believe that early engagement with the arts is vital to create the theatre makers of tomorrow. This is why we look to engage schools and children early in the creation process to make work that will last well into the future. We think that theatre should be transformative and accessible which is why we bring theatre to spaces such as school halls, community halls and gyms and continue this work by creating opportunities for emerging artists and graduates to work alongside us to make world class theatre.
35
years established
Unrivalled experience in community touring. You can guarantee that your event is in safe hands with us.
500+
creatives employed
We have launched some amazing careers. Alumni have worked on Game of Thrones, with The National Theatre of Scotland and Outlander to name a few.
25k+
YOUNG PEOPLE REACHED EACH YEAR
We combine learning with unforgettable stories to create memories that will stay with young people throughout their lifetime.
110%
Fun!
By combining learning with unforgettable stories we create memories that will stay with your young people for a lifetime.
Our team
Thomas McCulloch
Producer and General Manager
He is one half of the management team and passionate about developing new theatre and performances for young audiences and uses his expertise as a producer and dramaturg to support creatives to develop new plays for young audiences.
thomas@hopscotchtheatre.com
Stephanie Black-Daniels
Producer and General Manager
One half of the management team, she had worked across a variety of projects, demonstrating her passion for creative learning and utilising her expertise as an artist across many projects.
stephanie@hopscotchtheatre.com
Liz Doward
Bookkeeper
Originally from an IT background, a college refresher course gave her the skills to embrace the role at Hopscotch!
liz@hopscotchtheatre.com
Gill McGowan
Tour Coordinator & Company Manager
Gill trained as an actor at NCLAN and works across many roles in Hopscotch including appearing in productions, support teams on the road as a company manager and sorts logistics as the tour coordinator.
arron@hopscotchtheatre.com
Some of our partners and funders
Got a question?
Send us a message
Do you have a question, an idea or want to share your project with us? Then we would be delighted to hear from you!
We love nothing more than sharing and talking with others, whether it’s the concept for a new performance or you simply need some advice, our specialist children’s theatre team are here to help.