Participation has always been central to Half Moon’s work with its local community, growing year on year across its history to a stage where Creative Learning is a parallel and equal component of the theatre’s work alongside the professional productions created.

Over the course if its history, Half Moon has created opportunities for local young people to create their own performances and learn through drama workshops that deal with anything from numeracy to health and societal issues. Participation at Half Moon has also involved a variety of training courses for young people, who perhaps believed the theatre industry was out of their reach. Artist and artform development programmes at Half Moon have also helped push the boundaries of performances for young audiences and brought a diverse range of artists and artforms into the sector.