Given that a key role of any theatre company is to project so that they can be heard at the back of the stalls, how could it be that I knew nothing of the Turtle Key Arts ?

My guess is that it’s because they’ve been so busy unlocking the potential of anyone who comes their way and putting on some amazing inclusive theatre with work that demands our full attention, I must therefore conclude that the oversight is entirely mine.

Turtle Key Arts are now based in the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, a few minutes’ walk from the Tube Station and as they are celebrating twenty five years as a company they have decided that it was time to bring their work to a wider audience, and what a body of work.

Two films showed the breadth of their repertoire, marrying physical theatre with music, dance and sheer exuberance.

In the film a mother of one of the young performers describes how her son had explained to her how much he loved Turtle Key Arts because there he fitted in and at school he didn’t.

Turtle Key Arts believe that disability of any sort should not be a barrier to performing and that given some support everything is possible and their track record of productions often in partnership with other theatre companies proves that this is no idle boast.

Asked about ambition CEO Alison King said ’Turtle Key Arts wants to continue unlocking the creative potential in individuals and ensuring a future for others by providing arts for all’

Like all theatre companies the Turtle Key Arts needs financial support and to be discovered by new audiences and if they can achieve that there can be little doubt that they will be creating great theatre for the next 25 years.

www.turtlekeyarts.org.uk/