"Have imagination, will travel".

In the late 1970's a new phenomenon appeared on the theatre scene in Ireland, a company that arrived into schools bearing a message for students : "Have imagination, will travel". By this the people behind the newly formed TEAM Educational Theatre Company - a group of actors and directors who had come together in the Young Abbey - meant not merely that they would physically bring shows to schools in whatever part of the country they were wanted, but that creatively they would use theatre as a vehicle for transporting the students to wherever their imaginations should lead them. This determination to explore the world from a child's point of view not only set a standard for the children's arts organisations that came after, it was also a precursor and a significant influence on the development of a child-centred approach to education that has become the norm in Ireland ever since.

Now nearly thirty years on TEAM still holds to the same principles of developing and producing inclusive dynamic theatre that challenges its audience to set their own agenda in life, and always with the conviction that an education without art is not an education.

History

Team Educational Theatre Company was formed from the remains of the Young Abbey in 1975, and since then we have collaborated with some of Ireland's best-known writers, including Frank McGuinness, Bernard Farrell, John McArdle, Maeve Ingoldsby and Michael West to create dramatic contexts that reflect the contemporary concerns and values of Irish children.

Over the years Team has worked in all areas of first and second level education - Primary and Post-Primary, mainstream and special needs, urban and rural, inner city and outer suburb.