Established in 1991, Down to Earth Theatre Company promotes environmental awareness to school children between the ages of 5 and 12 years. Our aim is to help young people understand why, and how, environmental problems affect them and to encourage them to look at ways in which they can help protect the environment. 2010 sees the expansion of Down To Earth Theatre Company with three productions on tour and the development of our interactive website. Down To Earth Theatre Company is unique in our approach to schools and the products it now offers schools.

For further information, Contact Katherine @ 01 4568770.

Inspired by TV panel / games shows THE ‘R’ FACTOR communicates environmental messages in a fun and interactive way. Our panel use performance, circus, puppetry, art, music and audience participation as tools in which to engage students, making them think seriously about key environmental issues and the importance of being environmentally and socially aware. THE ‘R’ FACTOR – a project in 3 acts.

ACT 1: Template of set, produced using recycled materials only, can be made, in time, in advance of our visit, however we will bring our own just in case.

ACT 2: Performance by Down to Earth Theatre Company in school as outlined above. Workbook will be sent to schools to download in advance of our visit.

ACT 3: The set can be used in the classroom for different plays or drama exercises as outlined in the workbook.

Our superhero, ENVIRON is on a mission - to reduce our ever growing litter problems, encourage recycling, water and energy conservation. His mission is to recruit as many helpers as possible from school children, to community groups, youth projects and neighbourhoods and work with them to highlight the need to dispose of rubbish properly.

In order to get his important message across he has created a wall mural which needs to be painted, an interactive on line workbook with a number of characters from the DIRTY DUMPITS to the RECYCLONES and a series of adventures where rubbish is the enemy.

Building on the success of the 2009/2010 school show, Ireland’s most renowned juggler, Johnny Phelan returns with an anti-littering/ recycling message. Using juggling equipment made from recycled goods Johnny explains in his own unique way the need to REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE.

‘Johnny D Juggler delivered his important message whilst keeping his young audience enthralled. I can’t rate this performance highly enough. Everybody including the teachers were hugely impressed with the high quality of performance in the show’ ....The Downs National School, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.