Big Ideas for wee people
Created by Hazel Darwin-Clements
Performed by Hazel Darwin-Clements, Fay Guiffo & Mamoru Iriguchi
Directed by Andy Cannon
Sound Design by Nik Paget-Tomlinson
Co-composed by Nik Paget-Tomlinson & Fay Guiffo
Expect puppetry, live music and the opportunity to get involved in this interactive performance and workshop. Watch BIG ideas come to life when we play them on the Jukebox and then add your own ideas to the mix.
Ideas Jukebox will inspire all ages to express their wacky and wonderful ideas through crafting cardboard creations. We desperately need your planet saving plans, fun problem fixes and off-the-wall theories, so please join us for the adventure and see which ideas you get excited about.
An Independent Arts Projects’ (IAP) production by Hazel Darwin-Clements.
Top image: Mamoru Iriguchi
2025 Tour Dates
10am, Sunday 31 August, Lyth Arts Centre, as part of Splore * (for 0-5s)
3pm, Thursday 4 September, Universal Hall, Findhorn, as part of Splore * (3-5s)
9.30am, Wednesday 10 September, The Barn, Banchory, as part of Splore *
3pm, Saturday 13 & 3pm, Sunday 14, Mareel, Lerwick, as part of Splore *
6.30pm, Friday 19 September, St Magnus Centre, Kirkwall, as part of Splore *
11am, Sunday 21 September, Timespan, Helmsdale, as part of Splore * (0-10s)
2026 Tour Dates coming soon…
* Splore: North Scotland Children’s Theatre and Dance Network is supported by Creative Scotland’s Touring Fund for Theatre and Dance and tours alongside Maya and the Whale as a double bill of new work for young audiences by Hazel Darwin-Clements.
Photos from the show (SDM Photography)
CREATIVE TEAM
Hazel Darwin-Clements (Writer & Performer) is a writer and performer from Edinburgh who also creates podcasts and puppets. She’s currently looking for ways to create a more sustainable practice and consider the Climate Crisis as a central theme to her work.
Her most recent play, Human Sacrifice was performed in Brazil and she worked on School of the (Im)Possible (Necessary Space & Platô Cultural, Brazil) Hazel was co-creator of Hup (Starcatchers and RSNO). Other credits include School of the (Im)Possible (Necessary Space & Platô Cultural, Brazil) Sense & Blush (Frozen Charlotte) & The Attic (Starcatchers/Imaginate) Too Many Cooks, Round in Circles, Shake n’ Bake &the Elf Experiment (all with Starcatchers) & We Have Won the Land (Rural Nation).
Hazel has produced and presented several podcasts including People to People (co-produced with Malawian Chimzy Dorey about the unique Scotland- Malawi partnership), CliMates (100 conversations about the climate) and Small Small Rainbows (5 min kids stories supported by Imaginate). She’s also involved in community climate action and runs a cargo bike library, a community fridge and a peer-to-peer car sharing network in her local area.
More: hazeldarwinclements.co.uk
Andy Cannon (he/him) is a writer, director, theatre maker, performer, and professional storyteller based in Scotland. In 1996, he founded Wee Stories Theatre for Children, which quickly gained a reputation for high-quality, award-winning productions such as Labyrinth, The Emperor’s New Kilt, and Arthur – the Story of a King. Since moving on from Wee Stories, he has focused on creating and performing original work, including Scota-land (with Mull Theatre for the London 2012 Festival) and Tales of a Grandson (with Red Bridge Arts and the Scottish International Storytelling Festival). In 2014, he served as Creative Director Performance for the Opening Ceremony of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. His work includes the internationally acclaimed Black Beauty (created with Shona Reppe and Andy Manley), and the solo storytelling piece Is This a Dagger? – a retelling of Macbeth that has toured extensively across Scotland and internationally. In 2020, his award-winning show Space Ape was halted by the pandemic, though he continued to create, including The Stage’s Door for the Royal Lyceum’s Christmas Tales. Recently, he wrote and directed SPIKE! – a dinosaur ballet for young audiences – and has been developing The Last People on Earth, a pop-up community theatre project with Open Road Productions and Aberdeen University.
Fay Guiffo (she/her) Fay Guiffo is a French Cameroonian violinist, performer and multi-disciplinary artist. Her previous work includes performing in Death of a Salesman directed by Andy Arnold (UK Tour 2025) and in the dance production SKETCHES directed by Katie Armstrong (2023). She collaborated with eminent musicians such as David Paul Jones (Lone Tree) and Young Fathers (soundtrack for the Danny Boyle’s film 28 Years Later). She was invited to perform in major festivals such as the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival, Edinburgh International Book Festival and the Scottish International Storytelling Festival. Passionate about theatre-making, Fay is currently creating her own show Arcana 21, supported by Creative Scotland. She lives in Edinburgh. www.fayguiffo.com
Mamoru Iriguchi (he/they) is an Edinburgh-based award-winning performance maker and theatre designer with a background in zoology. Rooted in his experience in designing set, costume and projection, Mamoru’s performance work often explores liveness and pre-recorded-ness, gender and sexuality, and fairytales and evolution theories. His visually striking and surreally humorous pieces have been presented in diverse platforms including theatre, dance, live art and participatory arts. They includes ‘What You See When Your Eyes Are Closed / What You Don’t See When Your Eyes Are Open’ (Nominee: Offies Award), ‘Sex Education Xplorers (S.E.X.)’ (Nominee: Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS)), ‘EATEN’ (Nominee: CATS), ‘The Tallest’ (Tate Early Years & Families commission), ‘4D Cinema’ (Winner, Autopsy Award) and ‘Projector/Conjector’ (Aerowaves Twenty14). All his full-length pieces toured in the UK and internationally. Mamoru’s theatre design work includes ‘Mincemeat’ (Cardboard Citizens, Best Design, London Evening Standard Theatre Awards), ‘Love Song to Lavender Menace’ (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh) and ‘The Pink Bit’s (Mapping4D, Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Award). www.iriguchi.co.uk
Nik Paget-Tomlinson (he/him) is a musician, composer, sound designer and Foley artist who creates work for theatre, dance, installation, film and listening. He has performed live with various bands and musicians and has had record releases in Europe and the USA. Nik is part of The Grim Collective with Jack Hunter, was a founder member of trip hop collective 3 Bag Brew, and formed electronica duo Puchi with Niroshini Thambar. He has performed live with various bands and musicians including The Katet, Niki King, Nuns n’ Moses and Bogus. As composer and sound designer Nik has worked with a wide range of theatre and dance companies including National Theatre of Scotland, Citizens Theatre, Grid Iron, Dundee Rep, Independent Arts Projects, A Play a Pie and a Pint, Royal Lyceum Edinburgh and Imaginate.
Credits include: Snake in the Grass (Dundee Rep), The Guns of Johnny Diablo (A Play, a Pie and a Pint), One of Two (Independent Arts Projects), Moonset (Citizens Theatre), Wickies: The Vanishing Men of Eilean Mor (Paul Morrissey, Christopher Wheeler, Molly Morris), Rocket Post (Constellation Points), Doppler (Grid Iron Theatre Company), Niqabi Ninja (Independent Arts Projects) and Revolution Days (Bijli Productions). http://www.nikpt.com