Following the SOFA project, HANDSTAND's recent international theatre projects included:

In collaboration with Merseyside Young People's Theatre (now relaunched as FUSE) we were working on The Mole and the Owl, a family show with music and extensive participatory activity for children, based on the popular American novel by Charles Duffie. The show was planned to premiere in 2006.

Initial R&D work has been funded by North West Arts Board, through the Regional Arts Lottery Programme.

In November 2002, as part of  collaboration with York Theatre Royal on the piece, we recently worked for a week with their resident acting company on sections of the draft script and music, followed by a presentation, as part of YTR's Saturday morning storytelling theatre events.

We visited Charles Duffie in Los Angeles in Autumn 2003, to 'nail down' the first draft of the stage play.

Since then he's been writing away................but is not anywhere near completion yet - so we're not sure if and when the show will be produced.......................