Sensory Theatre

Sensory Theatre: How to Make Interactive, Inclusive, Immersive Theatre for Diverse Audiences by a Founder of Oily Cart is an accessible step-by-step guide to creating theatre for inclusive audiences, such as young people on the autism spectrum or affected by other neuro-divergent conditions and children under two.

Webb studied Hospitality Management at The Colchester Institute before becoming a Lecturer in Hospitality Management, gaining a Cert Ed and a PGCE along the way. With over thirty years' experience in the design, development and delivery of learning across all age ranges and in all settings, that experience has been invested into this Companion book to support the Level 3; Learning and Development Practitioner Apprenticeship. Webb is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management and formerly, the British Institute of Innkeeping.

Part 1: The development of Sensory Theatre 1. Sensory Theatre: the beginnings 2. Theatre for two to five year olds 3. All sorts of shows for all sorts of kid 4. How long is a piece of theatre? 5. Close up on PMLD 6. Truly immersive - theatre in hydropools 7. Magic Carpet Ride 8. From PMLD to Autism Spectrum 9. Sensory Theatre for the Very Early Years Part 2: Specific Aspects of Sensory Theatre 10. Sensory Theatre audiences 11. Sensory Theatre is Multisensory 12. The Senses One by One - The Sense of Seeing 13. The Senses One by One - The Sense of Hearing 14. The Senses One by One - The Sense of Touch 15. The Senses One by One - The Sense of Smell 16. The Senses One by One - The Sense of Taste 17. The Senses One by One - The Kinaesthetic Sense 18. The Senses One by One - The Sense of Hot and Cold 19. The Sensory Audit 20. Sensory Theatre is close-up and interactive 21. Wonderlands - Design in Sensory Theatre 22. Staging A Show - Stranden 23. Venues - open and closed 24. Music that is felt as much as heard 25. The problem with narrative 26. The performers in Sensory Theatre 27. Puppets and pixels 28. Auditions 29. Rehearsals and rehearsal space 30. Shows that start before they begin Part 3: The growth of Sensory Theatre 31. Canada - Carousel Players 32. USA - Chicago Children's Theatre 33. UK - Bamboozle 34. Ireland - Helium 35. Japan - Hospital Theatre Project 36. Australia - Sensorium Theatre 37. Russia - Four Winds Project 38. UK - Frozen Light 39. USA - Trusty Sidekick and Lincoln Centre 40. Sweden - Scen:se Project 41. Wales - National Theatre of Wales and Oily Cart 42. What next for Oily Cart? Ellie Griffiths, Artistic Director, Oily Cart 43. Sensory Theatre in a time of Covid Part 4: Extras Appendix 1. Books That I Have Found Especially Useful Appendix 2. Shows written/directed by Tim Webb Appendix 3. How philosophy and theatre can help us value profoundly disabled people Appendix 4. Links to Oily Cart Show Videos on YouTube