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A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Touring Nov 2026-May 2027
Our version of Dickensβ Ghost Story of Christmas blends lively action, music, audience participation and text accuracy. As Scrooge, hard and sharp as flint, is made to face his past, present and potential future by three contrasting supernatural powers, his long-suppressed laughter and goodness surface to thaw the ice in his heart.
ROMEO & JULIET
Touring Nov 2026-May 2027
The darkness and danger of Shakespeareβs vision of early medieval Scotland are brought vividly and terrifyingly to life as Macbethβs slaughter of Duncan sets him on the path to destruction. Fight scenes and murders are intense, music and lighting heighten both the mood and emotional torment, while the combination of faithfulness to Shakespeareβs text combining with contemporary dialogue and audience interaction adds clarity and injects excitement.
MACBETH
Touring Nov 2026-May 2027
The darkness and danger of Shakespeareβs vision of early medieval Scotland are brought vividly and terrifyingly to life as Macbethβs slaughter of Duncan sets him on the path to destruction. Fight scenes and murders are intense, music and lighting heighten both the mood and emotional torment, while the combination of faithfulness to Shakespeareβs text combining with contemporary dialogue and audience interaction adds clarity and injects excitement.
YOUTH THEATRE
ONGOING
Box Clever Youth Theatre is a chance to create theatre the Box Clever way,Β using your imagination, creativity and teamwork. There are no costumes, no props and no scripts: just you and other young people who share your passion for making theatre.
GETTING THERE
ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON
A highly entertaining play delivered with enthusiasm and energy, focuses on encouraging young people to take responsibility for their personal safety on their way to school, whether on foot, bicycle or public transport, by allowing them to empathise with recognisable characters and to become fully engaged in the action.
THE HATE PLAY
ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON
A gripping and interactive performance that confronts bullying, hate crime and peer pressure head-on. While laying bare the emotional toll and social fallout faced by young people when their friendships come under pressure, it also challenges its student audiences to think carefully about their own community and behaviour and what they can do to ensure the safety, both emotional and physical of all its members.
OPENING THE BOX
A shared process makes for a stronger product.
The Company prioritises engaging its audiences in the scripting process, in the rehearsal process, and in its interactive style of performance. We are also passionate about offering opportunities for young and emerging actors and creatives to develop their craft and their careers. There are three programmes of activity central to the Companyβs artistic approach to making work.
REHEARSALS IN RESIDENCEΒ
The anatomy of creativity. Students witness and participate in professional creativity in progress in their own schools.
WORKBOX
WORKBOX provides a range of opportunities to help young people gain work experience, develop their skills and progress professionally.
WORD OF MOUTH
A series of creative writing workshops in a number of secondary schools, encouraging both written and oral expression of studentsβ post pandemic world.
Join the Box Clever Board | Trustee Opportunity
Box Clever is seeking a new Trustee withΒ financial expertiseΒ to join our Board as we move towards our 30th year.
THE MAKING OF A PLAY. THE MAKING OF A YOUNG PERSON.
Read a letter from our Artistic Director, Michael Wicherek, about the Summer Youth Theatre project.
THE 2026-2027 SEASON
We are thrilled to announce that fromΒ Autumn 2026 to Spring 2027Β we will be touringΒ A Christmas Carol,Β MacbethΒ andΒ Romeo & Juliet. School bookings are now open. The Hate Play will also be returning to schools in London and Lincolnshire. To find out more…
BOX FEST
2025/2026Β
Box Clever’s strand of public performances. Join us for a medley of live performances, Q&A sessions, and great company!
TIME FOR THE GOOD-LOOKING BOY
An urban ghost story.
In this gripping and moving solo performance, a young nineteen-year old is locked out of his home after an argument with his mother and faced with the need to discover who he is and the elements, among them family and love, that make him. In the process he takes the audience on a spell-binding and unpredictable voyage of discovery from bravado to vulnerability and from humour to heartbreak.
BOX FEST
2025/2026Β
Box Cleverβs strand of public performances. Join us for a medley of live performances, Q&A sessions, and great company!
SIXTEEN
The raw vulnerability of first love and the awkward, messy realities of teenage intimacy, told through fractured couplets and performances that resonate long after the final moment.
OPENING THE BOX
A shared process makes for a stronger product.
The Company prioritises engaging its audiences in the scripting process, in the rehearsal process and in its interactive style of performance, whilst at the same time offering opportunities for young and emerging actors and creatives to develop their craft and their careers. There are three programmes of activity central to the Companyβs artistic approach to making work.
REHEARSALS IN RESIDENCE
The anatomy of creativity.
Students witness and participate in professional creativity in progress in their own schools.
WORDS OF MOUTH
Nurturing young writers.
Inspiring new writing.
YOUTH THEATRE
Young people doing it for themselves.