INFORMATION | Embracing Arts

Making inclusive arts accessible to all

Embracing Arts is a theatre company dedicated to creating work for children with special educational needs and/or life limiting conditions.

We offer a range of interactive, multi-sensory theatrical experiences, brought to children and their families wherever they are.

From live and digital shows, to parties and workshops, our work is tailored to the unique needs of each audience using sensory storytelling, interaction, song and puppetry to entertain, engage and educate. Delivered by our team of passionate and experienced actor-facilitators, we travel to children's hospices, SEND schools, community groups and families all across the UK.

Because we believe every child deserves the magic of theatre.

Embracing Arts was named

'Children's Charity of the Year' at the

Kent Charity Awards 2023.

Our digital work was highly commended at the Third Sector Awards in 2021.

Our annual project - Christmas for Kids (C4K)

Information Video

Christmas for Kids are specially designed interactive shows - bursting with music, interaction and sensory stimuli. Inclusive for all, they are performed in children's hospices and SEND schools across the UK, entirely for free!

Here our CEO & Creative Director tell you more about the project and the fundraising behind it.

Testimonials Video

The best way to explain how important C4K is to our audiences is to let them tell you themselves! This video features audience members from hospices and schools who share what it is about our work that they find so meaningful, joyful and vital to their children's wellbeing.

'Chrimblesense' Impact Video

A video showing the impact of our multi-sensory festive show, 'Chrimblesense'. The show is an exploration of winter and Christmas ('Chrimble') using creative storytelling, intensive interaction and multi-sensory theatre techniques.

This performance was an open dress rehearsal with an audience of pupils with autism from Livity SEND School, Lambeth.

Our Impact

Our projects are designed especially for children are often excluded from theatre in its traditional form due to health needs, care needs, educational needs and because most theatre spaces aren't accessible for them. We make the content of our shows, parties and workshops inclusive - involving siblings, carers, parents and teachers just as much as the children themselves to provide a shared experience that everyone can enjoy.

Our Outcomes:

To enable children with complex needs and people in their wider support network – parents, siblings, carers, and staff - to experience escapism and joy through high-quality arts provision.
To enable children to feel included through fully interactive shows, workshops and parties that reflect and celebrate being different.
To provide children with a unique theatrical experience provided by top-class performers who adapt to each individual and audience.
To improve the emotional wellbeing of children, parents, siblings, carers and staff.
To share skills and ideas for creative exploration with teachers, carers and family members.
To provide skills development and community engagement opportunities for actors – with a focus on those early on in their careers and actors with visible/invisible disabilities.