Our Playbox Theatre and Clean Planet Foundation joined forces to announce the creation of a new wildflower garden at Playbox’s theatre, The Dream Factory, in Warwick.
Clean Planet Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation, developed from parent company, Clean Planet Energy. Their mission reflects that Playbox, to educate, raise awareness and help take action against the impact of plastic and carbon pollution.
Playbox is an evolution, not simply focussed upon the ‘now’ but also upon the future. Our remit is to secure a confident, exciting, creative and sustainable future for the company and future generations of Playbox members. Playbox is constantly considering ways to improve processes and enhance our environment, ensuring that it is futureproof.
The company has always sought to programme artistic work with both ethical and environmental focusses and has performed work with an environmental backbone in both UK and USA.
This exciting new project sees the development and installation of the company’s first ever Wildflower Garden. This is curated at the rear of The Dream Factory, rewilding a forgotten patch of land, often driven over and churned up. The new project develops this patch as a space that will become a haven for wildlife and wild plants to thrive.
This alliance has brought local gardening company, Fairways, who have looked after the theatre’s estate for many years, to begin the process of spring planting with an array of plants, hedges and wildflowers being introduced over the coming month. The selection of flowers has been made carefully, to ensure their benefit to the quality of air and to attract insects.
Playbox Theatre is thrilled at the evolution of the partnership. In 2021, Clean Planet Energy and Blank-Shift Creative Writers (the creative writing sister wing of Playbox Theatre) developed characters and storylines for The Hapsie Hodgepodge, a seasonal publication designed to “deliver endless Hapsiness to young people and grown ups alike”. The aim of Hapsie is to amuse, amaze and educate everyone that follows. It is devoted to creating a better and more sustainable world.
Playbox Theatre is proud of the partnership and Emily Quash, Artistic Director, said today “This is such an exciting development for our two companies, who share a passion for young people and for the world they are growing up in. We’ve always listened to our members, and have tried to reflect their hopes and their expectations, in terms of our theatre building, both inside and outside. There is an increasing desire to maximise the potential of outdoor spaces, and the opportunity to rewild a little area at The Dream Factory it the first of many projects we’re hoping to pursue. Partnering with the wonderful Clean Planet Foundation is a perfect fit for Playbox – and we’re delighted to be hand in hand, creating something really special”.
Katerina Garyfalou of Clean Planet Foundation said, “We are absolutely thrilled to be supporting Playbox Theatre’s latest project! At the Clean Planet Foundation, we are proud to support their mission of fostering creativity and artistic expression among young people while promoting sustainability and reducing the impact of the climate crisis. We are particularly excited about creating the wildflower garden together as it provides a valuable habitat for local wildlife and supports biodiversity. This project aligns perfectly with our mission at the Clean Planet Foundation to raise awareness, educate, and take action to reduce the impact of the climate crisis”.
The Wildflower Garden reflects the importance of environmental care to many of the young people who attend Playbox Theatre. Taking an active role in creating the future partnership further enables the members to be a part of the action plan. The Dream Factory and its young people demonstrate, yet again, their determination to shape a better future.
Playbox Theatre was created in 1986 by Founding & Executive Director, Mary King. Her vision was to create an artistic environment in which all children and young people could flourish.
Drive by an artistic passion, Playbox would provide a natural home for those that wanted to explore the world they lived in, with imagination and theatre at its heart. From a team of 50 excited and passionate members, little did we know how rapidly Playbox would grow.
In 1999, Playbox Theatre opened the doors to The Dream Factory – the UK’s first custom designed and built theatre exclusively for young people. Playbox now runs a range of creative training on a daily basis, with a large programme of performance taking place on stages at The Dream Factory, and in other spaces. 1,500 young people attend weekly, with over 250,000 young people having been a part of Playbox since 1986.
Clean Planet Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to empowering community leaders around the world. We are committed to raising Global Awareness through one of our campaigns called “CleanPlanetDay” held monthly on the last Saturday of every Month.
CleanPlanet’s purpose is to continue to raise awareness on the importance of being mindful of how we treat our planet. Promoting initiatives to beautify and enhance our planet earth, our only home. We are driven by a single goal; to do our part in uniting the world to create a clean and healthy planet for all.
We create growth and develop opportunities while encouraging volunteers to come together with a common goal in mind.
For further reading, please visit:
www.playboxtheatre.com
www.cleanplanetenergy.com/foundation
www.fairwayslimited.co.uk
For further information please contact Emily Quash 01926 419555 or email emily@playboxtheatre.com
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