Founded in 2017 with Co-Artistic Director Jack Nurse. Producer Steph Connell joined the collaboration in 2019.
“One of the most vibrant young companies to emerge onto the Scottish theatre scene in recent years.” The Scotsman
Wonder Fools (WF) are a socially engaged theatre company and registered charity with a programme centred around:
Making work with communities that has national ambition and mass appeal
Equipping artists to deliver socially engaged arts projects
We do this to achieve the following:
Broaden access to theatre for those who do not usually get the opportunity to engage
Empower young people through the arts
Our belief is that theatre is for everyone.
We have produced audio plays, short films, interactive installations, and an international participatory project, as well as touring productions performed in rural town halls and on Scotland’s most famous stages reaching over 60,000 people in 17 countries across 5 continents.
Wonder Fools have created 7 productions working with a range of communities. Our main methods of working are co-creation and co-design involving participants, including young people, group leaders, and community members, in the development of our projects
“Surely one of Scotland’s best new companies” David Byrne (New Diorama Theatre)