Our Films

Watch a collection of short films made about our projects, playwrights and volunteers since our founding in 1999.

This page also features our ‘Talking Heads’, short snippets of Scene & Heard plays, written by Member Playwrights and performed by professional actors.

Learn more about Scene & Heard, our Member Playwrights, volunteers and productions in this short film by Spare Part Films.

Playwrights

Characters

Volunteers

Talking Heads

During the 2020 pandemic we created a series of clips of our volunteer professional actors performing snippets from our birthday book, Only Cheese Can Leave, celebrating 20 years of children’s playwriting.

Courses

Writeback 2022 at Wellcome Collection

Replay 2020 - Response to the pandemic

Writeback 2017 at Foundling Museum

Documentary 2010

Our 2010 documentary followed a group of Playmaking One children as their first plays were produced. You can watch the shorter (5 minutes) version here or the full version here.

Animations

In 2004, Scene & Heard took part in an animation project with Tim Hope, as part of the Arts Council/Channel 4 animate! commission. Three films were screened on Channel 4 and at film festivals around the world as Minema Cinema. Watch them here.