Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company (OTTC) tours high quality, challenging, entertaining and accessible theatre to audiences in Oxfordshire and beyond. The company has a unique reputation for taking theatre to non-theatre venues especially in rural areas.
 OTTC produces three shows each year for families, young people and adults in rural areas and older people in residential care and day centres.
Families The winter family tour has always been at the heart of what OTTC does - a new play inspired by a great story. Demand from bookers for this show is high and audiences relish the "every year something different" nature of the work - the romance of Beauty and the Beast in 2005/06, contrasting with the suspense of The Firebird in 2006/07 and the comedy of The Delicious Revenge of Princess RubySlippers in 2007/08 - all enjoyed equally by people aged 6 to 96!
Young people & adults The spring production, usually for audiences age 14+, might be an existing piece by a great playwright rarely seen in community venues, a classic play done in an unusual way, or a new piece: Athol Fugard's People are Living There in 2005; an integrated English/ British Sign Language version of Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas in 2006, and a new play based on interviews with people living in rural Oxfordshire, The Falling Sky in 2007.
Older people Summer/autumn tours for older audiences in nursing homes, day centres and sheltered accommodation have been developed in association with Forest Forge (a rural touring company based in Hampshire) and ITHACA (an Oxford arts organisation working with older people and people with disabilities). These productions are typically short plays, often with music, accompanied by creative workshops.
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OTTC, The Annexe, SS Mary and John School, Meadow Lane Oxford, OX4 1TJ
Telephone: 01865 249444
Fax: 01865 247266
E-mail: info@ottc.oxfordshire.co.uk |
