During lockdown, the theatre company created a version of Shakespeare’s Pericles in response to autistic individuals experiencing increasing isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic. Flute Theatre reaches these individuals by creating performances via Zoom for individual households, which all family members are invited to watch.
The performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is experienced through musical sensory games, each of which creates a different dream, shared between actors and autistic participants. Through these dream games, Flute Theatre shares the eyes of Titania, the ears of Bottom, the hand of Puck and the hearts of the lovers. Participants are invited to play any of these games with the company for as long as they like.
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