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  • Tuckshop Dance Theatre
  • About Lauren
  • To Book Sunflowers
  • For Schools
  • Policy
  • Live and Digital Hybrid: Neverland through an audience's lens
  • Neverland Information for Parents/ Guardians and Adults With Duty Of Care
  • Live and Digital Hybrid: Neverland
  • Outdoors Project: Flamingos
  • The Flood in partnership with Salford Uni
  • FREEDOM
  • Born Digital Work: Alexa, Take Me Back To Reality
    • Partnerships and Funders
    • Open Online Theatre
    • Curious Minds
    • People Dancing >
      • One Dance UK
  • Children and Young People Learning and Participation
  • Create Your Own Dance Films
  • Portfolio Lauren Tucker
  • Access Support Worker
    • People and Places
  • Working From Home
  • Contact
  • Wedding Dances- Lauren Tucker Freelance
  • Yoga Teacher and Movement Specialist
  • The Secret Garden of Fake Believe
  • Creative Leadership Development
  • Dance and Digital
  • Outdoor Learning Creativity and Culture
  • It Could Be Wonderful
    • Reflections >
      • Scratch Night
      • Explore
    • Phygital Process
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The Secret Garden
​of Fake Believe

About the Work

Tuckshop Dance Theatre  

For Learning and Participation bookings for children and young people's activity providers to support the future development and creative research of the work, please email creative.learning.tuckshop@gmail.com
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The Secret Garden of Fake Believe 


Audiences can expect to take part in a digital code breaking trail, see and participate in a visually striking, immersive, and captivating dance and storytelling experience for children and young people. 
Wrap Around: Creative and Active Movement Workshop, Den building, and storytelling. 


Show Available: Funding Dependent- TBC 


Show running time: 1 hour with optional 30 minute workshop & additional Time for Children and Young People’s Performance’s 
Phygital Trail - 30 minutes (Smart Phones required, audience required to connect to a WIFI Network or to use their own mobile data, mobile network signal required) The digital trail is not essential as we can do our other version: code breaker trail without smart phone) 
Dance Performance and Audience Participation -  30 minutes, 
Wrap Around Activity- Den building and creative play and movement workshop - 30 minutes

Setting for performance: Outdoor Area of Grass or Soft Ground- 10mx10m with space for audiences. 


Target Audience: Children and Young People aged 8+  Suitable for Rural Touring Audiences, Open Green Spaces, Family Festivals and Cultural Events
Audiences encouraged to bring their own picnic blankets, cushions or pop up seats. We do provide waterproof ground mats if required.


Interval: No 
Family friendly show: Yes

Tech requirements: A portable battery operated speaker. (If this is an issue, please get in touch as we may be able to borrow one for the performance day.)
The show is self sufficient and packs down in to a large suitcase. We can set up show without additional staff support. Parking for one vehicle would be required. We can change in public toilets, and no dressing room is required, however a designated changing space is desired. 

For full tech spec, risk assessment etc. please email tuckshopdancetheatre@gmail.com


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Collaborative TEAM

Lauren Tucker
I am a dance practitioner, digital and multi- disciplinary thinker and maker, dance advocate, experience curator, experience seeker, and cultural activist. My portfolio career enables me to carry out a variety of roles, whilst on a personal quest to empower people to live a creative life. I work in Ground Based and Aerial Performance, Choreography, Facilitation, Teaching and Learning, Youth Work, Yoga Teaching, Bungee Workout Instructor and Creative Producing, Project and Events management.
I set up Tuckshop Dance Theatre in 2018 and have been refining and diversifying our offer ever since by listening to the voices of young people. I work collaboratively with other people to create, to develop and to explore. We are in early stages of our development, but our ambitions reflect the vision of the young people we connect with. Tuckshop Dance Theatre develop innovative practice to amplify youth voice, stories of humanity and issues of global concern, with a commitment to excellence and diversity.
We work with people to shape cultural learning opportunities and meaningful experiences to transform people’s lives. We empower young people to celebrate their individuality, organise and express their creativity through shared lived experiences. We celebrate the power of young people and creative practice to lead change, ideas and actions that connect people, give back to their communities and ignite the spark for life long cultural learning.

http://www.tuckshopdancetheatre.org/laurentucker.html
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Sarah Harris 

In this process Sarah will collaborate with Tuckshop Dance Theatre to explore the Visual Arts Design and AR elements within the phygital trail. 

Previous Work: 


Story Lanterns: All These Latchford Souls, Commissioned by Culture Warrington: June 2021

Real Estates: Resident Artist September 2020 - March 2021

ITV Ident: Lead Artist

LeftCoast: RUSH2018 Engagement Activity

LeftCoast: Artist, engagement Activity

Hull 2017 Big Picture: Creative Producer & Art Director

Hull 2017 Big Picture: Creative Producer & Art Director

Hull 2017: Engagement Strategy

Derry City of Culture: Artist Assistant

Newcastle NYE Parade: Artist
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@sonnieharrisart @fattuesday.co.uk 
sarah@fattuesday.co.uk

Felicity Goodman - Writer/ Storyteller

Felicity Goodman is a storyteller, writer and community artist with over a decade of
working in arts in the NW. She works with organisations from both the arts and social
sectors , libraries and schools.She graduated MMU School Of Theatre with BA sons in
Acting, and has embedded her practice working with community participants. Councelling
skills and CELTA qualifications. She is Co-director of Story Stichers (CIC), an Associate Artist at
Manchester Art Gallery and Kindred Folk Dance Theatre and works regularly with Z Arts,
Made Manchester and Culture Warrington. 

Natasha Gooden
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Natasha began working with Tuckshop Dance Theatre in 2019, after a long relationship with Lauren Tucker and a shared desire to create equal opportunities to access dance in the Northwest. She has worked with Lauren is DYCP bid, Neverland Phase 1 and Phase2, and as a collaborator in a shared commission with University of Salford and Tuckshop Dance Theatre. We work together across many roles in teaching, performance, choreography and in creative dialogue and reflections of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
in the sector. 

Natasha is a professional performer in Neverland: Alexa Take Me Back To Reality. She will also support with the social media element within the project. Natasha trained at Liverpool Community College age 16 where she was awarded a National Diploma in Dance with distinctions in ballet, tap, contemporary, jazz, street dance and physical theatre. She went on to train at the Shockout Academy in Manchester where she specialised in ballet, hip hop, acting and singing. Tash created with funding from Arts Council England: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP2Uyf-rt9w

Natasha appeared with ZooNation in 'Some Like it Hip Hop' and 'Into the Hoods
Remixed' (West End and Touring), and 'Message In A Bottle' zoonation.co.uk/productions/ message-in-a-bottle/ Natasha also performed with Boadicea on Sky One's Got to Dance First female crew to ever make the finals in 2012 Also in 2012 she was a performer in the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics. She has also worked as a dancer in Hip Hop Production 'Blak Wythe Gray' BoyBlue Entreatment UK/International Tour London, Germany and New York 'White Light Festival'
Tash is a leading female voice in the Hip Hop, and Lyrical Hip Hop Dance Theatre Sector, through her long term commitment and development, networks, and advocacy and influence.

Marie Gibbons- Social Media and Link worker- previously worked with Port Sunlight Village Trust in Wirral. 
Sam Ryley Film Maker http://samryley.com and https://canteencreate.co.uk

Sound Artist exploring Hip Hop Composition: TBC 


Diana Hamilton- The Hamilton Projects http://www.thehamiltonproject.co.uk/index.php/ project/

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For Tour Bookings/ Partnership Development
 

Email: tuckshopdancetheatre@gmail.com

For Learning, Participation and Engagement Enquiries 

Email: creative.learning.tuckshop@gmail.com
For Tour Bookings/ Partnership Development
 

Email: tuckshopdancetheatre@gmail.com

For Learning, Participation and Engagement Enquiries 

Email: creative.learning.tuckshop@gmail.com

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