A half-day, site-specific, theatre-in-education programme for children aged 4-7. On tour in Spring 2000.

A wall of rock. The child’s fingers, pressed to stone, trace the lichen that lives and breathes on the seemingly lifeless face… A little further on, the fingertips touch handprints of the ancient paint, left by children who have passed this way before – thousands of years before – on the same journey.

A touchstone is the standard by which a judgement is made. 'Touchstone' will create an environment, a world of exploration, a terrain for inquisitive young minds to test the possibilities presented by the journey.

The tool of the mind in this creative act is the hand. Using theatre, participatory drama and music, 'Touchstone' explores what hands are for…