The Touring Box
We are looking for supporters of the arts, local people who love a night out, businesses that want to support new drama or anyone who loves a good story to help us build a brand new theatre for Scotland.
A portable black box that transforms village halls and community spaces into intimate theatrical worlds.
Why village halls?
Across Scotland, village halls are where people meet, celebrate and build community.
But for many rural and semi-rural audiences, seeing professional theatre means travelling to a city or larger town, paying for transport or parking and making a full evening of it. That is not always practical or affordable. What they want is real theatre on their doorstep.
We have visited over 40 potential venues across Scotland who are excited to host the Touring Box and keen to help make each performance a wider social occasion.
The appetite is there. The missing piece is infrastructure.
How it works
A village hall is not automatically a theatre. Audiences want to feel transported to another world, while performers need a contained, technically reliable space.
The Touring Box solves that problem. Our lightweight structure includes seating, staging, flooring, lighting and sound. It can be assembled inside medium to large village halls across Scotland.
Inside, a familiar space becomes an atmospheric theatre, full of anticipation of a brilliant story and a memorable night out.
Once built, the Touring Box can be used year after year, creating a sustainable route for professional theatre to reach communities that are too often overlooked.
The first tour
The Touring Box will launch with The Haven, an original comedy-drama about the fallout in a small community after offensive graffiti appears on the walls of the local church.
It will be exactly the kind of work Red Squash exists to make: funny, emotionally engaging, entertaining and designed to bring audiences together.
Current Funding Position
£95,000
Total project cost
£30,000
Secured or pledged
£18,000
In applications and planned fundraising
£47,000
Remaining funding gap
This is one-off seed funding to build the portable theatre and launch our first tour. Once the Touring Box is on the road, future plays will be supported by ticket income, without the need for ongoing financial support.
What support could make possible
£2,640 funds the staging
£12,000 funds the lighting and sound equipment
£20,000 funds the touring vehicle
Help us get the Touring Box on the road
We would be delighted to hear from anyone interested in supporting the project, partnering with us or helping us make useful introductions. We are particularly keen to connect with people who share our belief that professional theatre should be accessible to smaller communities across Scotland.
To discuss supporting the project or to request our full Case for Support, please contact:
info@redsquashtheatre.co.uk
Red Squash Theatre 