Bernadette and other Teenage Folk Tales

Fenton Town Hall
Thursday 20 - Sunday 23 March 2025


A trilogy of teenage myth and transformation.

Created with a company of teenagers, Bernadette and other Teenage Folk Tales is a surreal exploration of adolescence, folklore, and the stories we tell to survive the dark corners of growing up.

Spoken word, movement, live music and animation combine to create new worlds where the boundaries between myth and reality blur. 

And so, we invite you into a world of storytelling where folklore is not just fantasy, but a necessity in the face of an uncertain future.

A Restoke production. Written by Florence Espeut-Nickless. Co-Created with the Power Project Company.

Creative Team (Restoke)

Clare Reynolds - Artistic Director

Paul Rogerson - Composer & technical Director

Sarah Richardson - Producer

Georgina Clare - Company manager

Oly Goncalves - Front of house manager

Freelance creative team

Isabella Morse-Pickard - Costume Assistant

Dina Inez, Elliot Ditton & Ruby Gibbens - Costume & Mask Makers

Abi Dyche - Chaperone

Cara-Megan Rees - Stage Manager

Rebekah Tunnell - Assistant Stage Manager

James Loasby - Sound No.1

Alex Shenton - Sound No.2

Ciarán Jordan, Conor Chambers, Tigger, Tom Bevington - Technicians

Scenic elements made by Unit 1

Technical equipment supplied by DG Sound & Light Ltd. and LRSF Audio Ltd.

Jenny Harper - Documentary Photographer

Nicola Winstanley - Creative Researcher

Jess Rooney - Marketing Consultant

Thank yous…

Ned Glasier, Artist Wellbeing, Ellie Jai Hawthorne, Sarah Nadin, aloric, Shania, Sue Moffatt, Ben Husdan, Restoke Board, front of house team. And all of the wonderful young people, teachers and schools we worked with during this project.