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A ridiculous and charming walkabout performance best suited to locations near the seaside, an estuary or river, the show features a pair of migrant Oystercatchers, who have just landed back in the UK. Tired and disorientated, they enlist help from local people to reach their new feeding ground. They have a map, but if only… Continue reading The Oystercatchers:

A big thank you to everyone who helped to make this mini festival a success – to the artists, stewards, those who helped with catering and technical support and especially to the people who turned up to look and be entertained… In Bideford’s Mill Street: the Bureau of Silly ideas entertained people as they were… Continue reading Stepping Out 2023

Why not bring a picnic and make a day of it – if the weather allows! You may meet a striking character or two and there’s another chance to see Jones and Barnard’s hilarious Variety Spectacular if you missed it in Bideford. On and around the beach, we are hosting a handful of creative activities… Continue reading Sunday in Westward Ho!

Ruth Webb made these beautiful masks. Her aim was to make the heads look appealing, but not cartoony and realistic, but with character. We think that she achieved the perfect balance. The masks are bright and charming but can also be overpowering at close quarters, perhaps reminding us to respect nature.  The masks were made… Continue reading Making the Oystercatcher Masks

Strolling theatre or ‘walkabout’ is a wonderful way to connect with people on the street. Performers walk a designated route and along the way, they interact with passers by. Some people like to stand back and observe the overall picture. Others like to find out what’s going on, ask questions. Ideally they are drawn into… Continue reading Strolling theatre – our creative process

The Covid-19 pandemic struck just as we were preparing to start work on a new project – The Whistlers, commissioned by Green Carpet. This was to be created through a series of residencies in the UK, France and Belgium this spring but all work was postponed in March. As such, we have no ‘live’ projects… Continue reading Our collective experience

We have range of activities and performances that are available for bookings… Strut your stuff… Red Herring’s Silent Disco James Brown said, ‘The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing’ so raise yo’ hands and boogie with us! down and boogie your cares away! We’ve got a hip-wiggling set of classic… Continue reading Current Work

This was a pilot project in the development of what we hope will become a regular programme of distinctive, fun and captivating outdoor performance that encourages people to come together to experience familiar places in unfamiliar ways. In 2019 Stepping Out featured three projects celebrating the unique nature of the Taw/Torridge Estuary and the creatures… Continue reading Stepping Out 2019