ABOUT WATERSHED

Watershed Productions Ltd is an independent theatre production company which takes great theatre for children and family audiences to towns and cities across the UK and beyond.

Our past tours include Secrets by Jacqueline Wilson (adapted and directed by Vicky Ireland - 2008); Charlotte’s Web (directed by Chris Wallis - 2007/2008, 2003/2004 & 1997/1998); The Suitcase Kid by Jacqueline Wilson (adapted and directed by Vicky Ireland - 2007); Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird (adapted by Christopher Sergel and directed by Michael Buffong - 2006/2007); Midnight by Jacqueline Wilson (adapted and directed by Vicky Ireland - 2005); Bad Girls by Jacqueline Wilson (adapted and directed by Vicky Ireland - 2004); Double Act by Jacqueline Wilson (adapted and directed by Vicky Ireland - 2003); Winnie The Witch (adapted & directed by Anthony Clark - 2002); The Borrowers (directed by Roger Haines - 2001 - and then by Chris Wallis - 2002); The Flood by Charles Way (directed by Chris Wallis - 1993).

Watershed works with and tours to a wide range of venues - we are delighted that we are regularly invited back to many theatres but we also enjoy developing new relationships.

Watershed was founded by Chris Wallis who was previously Artistic Director of York Theatre Royal Young People’s Theatre and of the Unicorn Theatre for Children, before joining the BBC as a radio drama producer. When he left the BBC in 1994 he started Watershed Productions to produce high quality family theatre. In 2000, Chris and his radio business partner Jill Waters started The Watershed Partnership Ltd to make radio drama, readings and features for the BBC.

Elizabeth Jones has worked in theatres in Bolton, Leatherhead, London, Nottingham, Oldham & Watford and was Chief Executive of the Theatre Royal, York, for ten years. She is now a freelance arts manager and has been working with Watershed Productions since 2001.

Theatres visited by
Watershed Productions:

His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen
Queen's Theatre, Barnstaple
The Haymarket, Basingstoke
Grand Opera House, Belfast
Forum Theatre, Billingham
Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth
Dome Theatre, Brighton
Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
St George's Hall, Bradford
Churchill Theatre, Bromley
Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
Opera House, Buxton
Arts Theatre, Cambridge
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
New Theatre, Cardiff
Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
Gateway Theatre, Chester
Minerva Theatre, Chichester
Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Opera House, Cork
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
The Hawth, Crawley
Civic Theatre, Darlington
The Orchard, Dartford
Millennium Theatre, Derry
The Helix, Dublin
Gala Theatre, Durham
Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne
King’s Theatre, Edinburgh
Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Kings Theatre, Glasgow
The Auditorium, Grimsby
The Courtyard, Hereford
Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe
New Theatre, Hull
Opera House, Jersey
Grand Theatre, Leeds
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
Haymarket Theatre, Leicester
Theatre Royal, Lincoln
Playhouse, Liverpool
North Wales Theatre, Llandudno
Arts Depot, London
Bloomsbury Theatre, London
Peacock Theatre, London
Richmond Theatre, London
Festival Theatre, Malvern
Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes
Journal Tyne Theatre, Newcastle
Theatre Royal, Newcastle
New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Royal Theatre, Northampton
Theatre Royal, Norwich
Theatre Royal, Nottingham
New Theatre, Oxford
Key Theatre, Peterborough
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
The Lighthouse, Poole
The Hexagon, Reading
Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond
The Lowry, Salford
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Playhouse, Sevenoaks
Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
Alban Arena, St Albans
Regent Theatre, Stoke On Trent
Empire Theatre, Sunderland
Secombe Theatre, Sutton
Princess Theatre, Torquay
Hall For Cornwall, Truro
Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells
Arts Centre, Warwick
Palace Theatre, Westcliff On Sea
New Theatre, Wimbledon
Theatre Royal, Windsor
New Victoria Theatre, Woking
Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
Pavilion Theatre, Worthing
Grand Opera House, York