The Shivers: A chocolate box of ideas

‘It's a high-octane, high-stakes spy caper,’ explains Emma Clark, one half, along with PJ Stanley, of the theatre-making duo Emma +PJ, about their new show for 7- to 11-year-olds, The Shivers. Together, the American and British theatre-making team create shows that aren't easy to slot into boxes, original, experimental theatre with a dash of magic.

Created via workshops with local children and teachers, The Shivers was developed with the New Diorama, the powerhouse fringe theatre in the London Borough of Camden that's become something of an incubator for emerging theatre talent. The Shivers follows its young protagonist into ‘a crazy world where misinformation is causing glitches and causing our senses to go awry,’ explains Clark. ‘They get thrust into a mission to save the world.’