In this special episode, Emma (Rice) and Simon (Baker) talk about this year's Big Give Christmas Appeal.

This year, we are trying to raise funds to help us offer high-quality training and pathways into careers backstage for people from all backgrounds.

Simon takes us back to where it all started for him. In the late 1980s, Feltham Green (by the duck pond), The London Bubble Theatre came to town and ran a series of workshops...

Emma explains what we are hoping achieve this year with our training programmes - if only we can raise the money in time!

A whole new era! Join Emma Rice and long-time collaborator Simon Baker as they lift the curtain on the transformation from Wise Children to the Emma Rice Company.

In this special episode, Emma shares the purpose behind the rebrand and gives a first glimpse into the company’s next production, A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas at The Lucky Chance in Frome (Somerset).

It’s early August, and the Wise Children Training Programme team is wrapping up the final week of three week-long training residencies at The Lucky Chance in Frome.

Over the lunch break on the very last day, Emma grabs her fluffy mic and sits down with Ian Ross, John Leader, Helen Comerford, Katy (Mary) Owen, Riddell Elridge and Laura Keefe to reflect on what these vibrant weeks have meant — for the company, the trainees, and the future of theatre-making (and teaching the practice of Emma and Wise Children).

Behind-the-scenes insights, big laughs, and a glimpse into how Wise Children is reimagining training for the next generation of artists.