Lyth Arts Centre is delighted to announce that a double bill of new shows for young people by Hazel Darwin-Clements has been selected for the first ever ‘Splore‘ tour of North Scotland. 

Hazel, and a creative team that includes Fay Guiffo, Mamoru Iriguchi, Andy Cannon, Nik Paget-Tomlinson, Lewis Hetherington and Independent Arts Projects (IAP), will develop and tour a double bill of Maya and the Whale, a play for young audiences, alongside Ideas Jukebox, a new interactive performance which merges participation and live music. 

Splore, the North Scotland Children’s Theatre and Dance Network is a new consortium of venues and organisations across the region who have come together with the shared ambition of building relationships with families and young audiences in rural areas of North Scotland. As a collective, we aim to do this through programming high quality children’s theatre and dance, with wraparound activities, additional marketing resources and meaningful, tailored accessibility. The project will also explore more ecologically sustainable and regenerative touring models. 

Leg 1 of the tour took place in the Autumn last year (2025) and toured to venues including The Barn in Banchory, Mareel in Shetland, Eden Court in Inverness, the Macphail Centre in Ullapool, SEALL in Skye, Universal Hall in Findhorn

The team will soon be heading back out for leg two of the SPLORE tour, please see links below for tickets and more information:

Thursday 26th & Friday 27th February | Eden Court

Saturday 28th February | The Macphail Centre, Ullapool

Wednesday 4th March | An Lanntair, Stornoway

Friday 6th March | Taigh-Chearsabhagh, North Uist (Schools performances)

Monday 9th – Wednesday 11th March | SEALL, Skye  (Schools performances)