Burn The Curtain

Burn The Curtain South West Interactive Promenade Theatre Company We work with new audiences. We don’t expect our audiences to come to us- we go to them.

We aim to encourage;
•Intergenerational play
•Engagement with the great outdoors
•Enjoyment of theatre and performance
•Active participation in theatre and performance at a number of different levels.
•The combination of crafts, theatre and physical activity.
•The use of theatre as a tool to educate, and to create real world opportunities for education.
•The idea that culture can be ‘hands on’ and

accessible, not out of reach. When a performance is found outside a traditional performance space it becomes an event, a pleasant surprise. We want to engage with people who share a passion for something, whether it be bird watching, canoeing, cycling or book collecting, and we want to create work for them that will bring them to a communal space, on their terms. We engage with the environment, and environmental issues. How can we expect the next generation to want to protect our planet when they don’t have a relationship with the world immediately around them? In order to want to save the polar ice caps they have to first want to save the wood down the road where they play. Often there is a lack of engagement with the environment amongst young people because they do not have activities that they enjoy which bring them into contact with the natural world, or they have no narrative structure to apply to it. Our aims are two fold - to highlight the pleasure of physical activity, and to create a participatory event that is memorable and tied to the environment it is performed in; by creating an imaginary world within the real one, we are highlighting the natural beauty of our countryside - the story we tell here today, a child will retell themselves the next time they visit that space. Our work is about family and young people. According to a recent UNICEF report, British children have a high level of material wealth, but come bottom of the table when it comes to well-being. We believe that theatre, play, and intergenerational play can help to redress this balance. We aim to create events that can form key collective memories for a family, and encourage people to believe that cultural pursuits do not have to divide us by our age, our background, our preferences in genre, or what we feel is ‘for us', but can be accessible for all and can unite families again. We wish to engage people in the creative process. For us, art is a conversation between the creator and the viewer. What excites us about theatre is that this conversation can be had in a literal manner, in a shared time and space. Our aim is to push that conversation as far as we can - so the show cannot happen without the audience having a hand in it. Burn the Curtain is a Company Limited by Guarantee. No. 7872554

To be added to our mailing list, or to request further details, please send an email to [email protected]. burnthecurtain.co.uk

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04/08/2026

A big big thank you from to all Swim Siblings who took part in "Swim from the Wild Shore" this weekend!
Enjoy the rest of hope to see you all again soon!

Amazing photography from !



Final day of "Swim from the Wild Shore" The Shore Sisters have had a wonderful time, and created some unique stories! S...
03/08/2026

Final day of "Swim from the Wild Shore" The Shore Sisters have had a wonderful time, and created some unique stories!
Still a couple tickets left for 8.30pm this eve, better be quick!

It's this weekend Folks! SWIM FROM THE WILD SHORE https://tickets.sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk/events/sidmouthfolkweekprod...
31/07/2026

It's this weekend Folks!

SWIM FROM THE WILD SHORE

https://tickets.sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk/events/sidmouthfolkweekproductionsltd/2319349

Join Burn the Curtain for a unique shore side adventure for wild swimmers and lovers of good stories written by author, storyteller, and conjurer of sea-soaked myths, Bernadette Russell.

Bring your swimming costume, a towel and your imagination.

Saturday 1-August-26

6:00 -7:00 pm

7:30 -
8:30 pm

Sunday 2-August-26

11:00 am
4:00 - 5:00 pm

Monday 3-August-26
Time 7:00 - 8:00 pm
8:30 - 9:30 pm

https://tickets.sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk/events/sidmouthfolkweekproductionsltd/2319349SWIM FROM THE WILD SHORE AT THE ...
20/07/2026

https://tickets.sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk/events/sidmouthfolkweekproductionsltd/2319349

SWIM FROM THE WILD SHORE AT THE SIDMOUTH FOLK FESTIVAL!!

1-3 August- ticket link above



Swim from the Wild Shore – Jacob's Ladder Beach, Sat 1 Aug 2026 - Mon 3 Aug 2026 - "Every story, no matter how strange, starts with the truth” Join us on the sea shore to take to the waves, and help to tell the story that will keep us safe for another year! Each year , a flower blooms in the oce...

YOUR THOUGHTS WANTED ON A STREET PARADE FOR EXETER!LAST FEW DAYS TO CONTRIBUTE!DEADLINE 30th APRIL!Hello Everyone, and w...
29/04/2026

YOUR THOUGHTS WANTED ON A STREET PARADE FOR EXETER!

LAST FEW DAYS TO CONTRIBUTE!

DEADLINE 30th APRIL!

Hello Everyone, and welcome to the spring! As many of you know over the last few years Burn the Curtain have done a number of street parades in Exeter.
We would really like the input of the people of Exeter in creating our next one- please help us create something fantastic together - send us your thoughts by filling in this short questionnaire-
https://forms.gle/Ns8pq61kLsP1C9Tr6
Thanks to all who have contributed so far- lots of great ideas!

DEADLINE 30th APRIL!YOUR THOUGHTS WANTED ON A STREET PARADE FOR EXETER!Hello Everyone, and welcome to the spring! As man...
20/04/2026

DEADLINE 30th APRIL!

YOUR THOUGHTS WANTED ON A STREET PARADE FOR EXETER!

Hello Everyone, and welcome to the spring! As many of you know over the last few years Burn the Curtain have done a number of street parades in Exeter.
We would really like the input of the people of Exeter in creating our next one- please help us create something fantastic together - send us your thoughts by filling in this short questionnaire-

https://forms.gle/Ns8pq61kLsP1C9Tr6

Thanks to all who have contributed so far- lots of great ideas!

Burn the Curtain have a fantastic new website, thanks to the very talented bsky.social !!Come and check it out - burnthe...
28/01/2026


Burn the Curtain have a fantastic new website, thanks to the very talented bsky.social
!!

Come and check it out -

burnthecurtain.co.uk

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