We present untold stories to audiences in new and engaging ways

Each production blends distinctive writing with adventurous staging, and involves working alongside communities in the creation of the work. Our process is driven by curiosity. We want to get to know the people in a particular place and find the story that needs to be listened to.

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Shows

  • A Visit

    A Visit

    A Visit is about crime, justice and childcare and who takes care of the kids when a mum gets sent to prison. Fifteen year old Angharad is visiting her mum Ffion in a prison far away from their home in Aberdare. She’s been taken there by her Aunty Carys, who has been doing her best… A Visit

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  • A Night in the Clink

    A Night in the Clink

    A Night in the Clink is set in the Clink restaurant at HMP Cardiff. Three men, who are coming to the end of their prison sentence, cook and serve the audience their supper whilst sharing their stories and the dreams they have for their lives upon release. The stories emerged from a year long series… A Night in the Clink

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  • Project Hush

    Project Hush

    In Rhydymwyn Valley  lies a secret: it was once the centre of the race to build the atomic bomb. In 1940 two physicists, Otto Frisch and Rudolph Peierls (working at the University of Birmingham), calculated it was possible to build an atomic bomb but needed a suitable site in which to test out their theories;… Project Hush

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Papertrail creates bespoke theatre & workshops for a wide-range of settings.

We have extensive experience of working within colleges, community centres and prisons. Every workshop is tailor made for each group but will include key aspects of the Papertrail Process such as, ‘life-mapping’; exploring place and story, and drawing on a range of texts: historical, personal, mythical and political, as starting points for the creation of performance. 

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Our aim is to dig out untold stories and present them to audiences in engaging ways. Each production blends distinctive writing with adventurous staging, and involves working alongside communities in the creation of the work. Our process is driven by curiosity. We want to get to know the people in a particular place and find the story that needs to be listened to.

If you would like to help us continue to make new and relevant work, please come to our shows, or consider making a donation.

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