A performer in a white coat and head torch leans over a dark platform under bright stage lights, smiling and pointing into the black space.

Adventure Theatre, Polka Theatre2023

Let’s Build!

The Production

A Polka Theatre and Mapping co-production for ages 2–5, Let’s Build! invited young audiences into an interactive construction-site world of objects, textures and imaginative play. Directed by Trina Haldar, the production ran in Polka’s Adventure Theatre in spring 2023.

36 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Trina Haldar
Lighting Design: Rajiv Pattani
Set Design: Verity Quinn
Sound Design: Arun Ghosh
Commissioned by: Polka Theatre
Photography: Steve Gregson

An empty theatre set with a long white runway glowing pink and orange, benches on both sides, an overhead grid, and a small object near the far end.

An empty white stage lit purple and blue, with shelves of baskets and materials at the back, hanging net bags, a wheeled platform, and an overhead grid.

Two performers ride a low wheeled platform as children watch close by; one sits miming steering while the other stands behind in a green suit, waving a yellow-gloved hand.

A performer crouches behind a black suitcase on a wheeled white platform, gripping a hanging rope and looking upward against a plain white backdrop.

On a white stage surrounded by audience, one performer strikes a pose with arms crossed overhead while another in a green suit stands near a wheeled platform under blue-purple lighting.

Two performers move across the white stage carrying large white cubes, one laughing in a green suit and the other raising a small white cup in front of a shelving backdrop.

In a close, warmly lit moment, a performer in a green suit laughs while clutching shiny foil as another performer in a white coat leans in beside them.

Two performers sit on the pink-lit white stage facing each other, with a black suitcase on a wheeled platform between them and audience seated along both sides.

A performer in a green suit sits among stacked white cubes and small terracotta pots, hands clasped, in front of shelves filled with baskets and building materials.

A performer in a pale coat stands in a wicker basket holding two long rods under blue stage lights, with children watching from the darkened seating.

On a white runway stage, a performer crouches in a basket on blue plastic holding rods while another in a green suit works near shelves at the back.

Purple light washes the stage as one performer sits on the floor in the foreground while another sits on a low rolling unit holding a round prop.

A wide view of the set shows two performers among baskets, blocks, rugs and shelves, with the audience seated around the bright white stage.

Two performers sit close together at the front of the stage, looking upward while holding net bags in pink and purple light.

Two performers reach toward net bags hanging from ropes and carabiners, their faces brightly lit against the storage-shelf backdrop.

Two performers smile over an open black case, one in a green suit and one in a pale hoodie with a headlamp, under bright overhead stage light.

One performer lifts a large translucent plastic sheet glowing purple while another bends over a crate on a wheeled platform.

In warm magenta light, a performer stretches one arm high beside a crumpled plastic sheet on a wheeled platform while another works behind it.

Two performers move across the stage waving shiny silver sheets overhead, surrounded by blue light and children seated at the sides.

Two performers sit between hanging ropes, each holding a white netted bundle under warm pink stage lighting.

A performer in a green suit kneels beside another reclining on a low platform in a shimmering silver tail-like costume, both smiling on a brightly lit set of shelves and baskets.

One performer tends to the hair of another reclining in a silver foil tail-like costume amid crinkled blue plastic under deep blue stage lights.

A performer in a green suit leans over another wrapped in reflective silver foil, adjusting their hair on a set lined with shelves and storage baskets.

Two performers stand facing each other on a bright set, tossing or waving sheets of blue plastic above a small wheeled cart.

Two performers grin and raise orange cone-like props while surrounded by billowing blue plastic in a playful, brightly lit moment.

Two performers squeeze together inside a low box among white blocks and small watering cans, one laughing while the other looks upward wide-eyed.

Young children sit at the edge of the stage in dim blue light, watching with open-mouthed excitement while adults sit behind them.

An adult helps a young child fit a grey tube into an orange cone on stacked boxes during an interactive theatre activity.

A performer in a green suit and floral cap bends close to a young child holding a cardboard tube, creating an intimate playful exchange.

A performer in a bright green suit steps onto low speckled blocks with one hand raised as children gather around and handle props on a playful stage set.

A smiling performer in loose cream overalls high-fives a young child in a school uniform beside shelves of baskets and building materials.

Two performers face a long silver flexible duct stretching from a shelving unit into a wheeled box under bright stage lighting.

A performer grins while lifting a billowing translucent plastic sheet behind a low cart, as another performer in green crouches beside stacked crates.

At the front of the stage, a performer in cream overalls and a red headscarf laughs while holding small props, with scattered building materials and another performer seated behind.

Two performers sit close together laughing, one in a green suit and floral cap and the other in cream overalls with a red headscarf and protective elbow pad.

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