UNBOUND TALES
THE STORY OF UNBOUND'S FIRST DECADE
Unbound Tales is a special series of articles written by our creative producer Dario Knight, which between them chart the company's history through it's first decade. Originally launched as part of Unbound's 10th Anniversary celebrations in 2024, the project soon became a chronicle of ups, downs, triumphs, and occasional tribulations.
The accounts detail the artistic process and principles that saw Unbound develop from a workshop programme into a powerhouse of storytelling, and demonstrate the extraordinary input of the company's many dedicated cast and crew.
PART 1: LIGHTING THE LIMELIGHT
PART 3: MIDDLE, END, AND BEGINNING
PART 1: LIGHTING THE LIMELIGHT
A potted history of Queens Park Arts Centre, its Limelight Theatre, and the amazing heritage of in-house productions.
PART 2: THE WOOD AND THE TREES
PART 3: MIDDLE, END, AND BEGINNING
PART 1: LIGHTING THE LIMELIGHT
Exploring the circumstances and projects that led to Unbound being established in September 2014
PART 3: MIDDLE, END, AND BEGINNING
PART 3: MIDDLE, END, AND BEGINNING
PART 3: MIDDLE, END, AND BEGINNING
The stories behind Unbound's first stage projects: Harold Pinter's 'Betrayal', and the pantomime 'Beauty and the Beast'
PART 4: WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE
PART 3: MIDDLE, END, AND BEGINNING
PART 3: MIDDLE, END, AND BEGINNING
Charting the company's first foray into the world of Shakespeare, and the formation of the Unbound Sketchbook team.
PART 5: SOUND AND VISION
PART 6: TRAVEL, CHANGE, INTEREST, EXCITEMENT
PART 6: TRAVEL, CHANGE, INTEREST, EXCITEMENT
Including the company's landmark stage production of 'Macbeth' in April 2017, and the arrival of Inspector Murder...
PART 6: TRAVEL, CHANGE, INTEREST, EXCITEMENT
PART 6: TRAVEL, CHANGE, INTEREST, EXCITEMENT
PART 6: TRAVEL, CHANGE, INTEREST, EXCITEMENT
A transitional season for Unbound, as the company's first community outreach projects get underway.
PART 7: HERE BE DRAGONS
PART 6: TRAVEL, CHANGE, INTEREST, EXCITEMENT
PART 7: HERE BE DRAGONS
An epic look back at the company's busiest season to date, and the loss of a much-loved colleague.
PART 8: CHANGING TIMES
PART 6: TRAVEL, CHANGE, INTEREST, EXCITEMENT
PART 7: HERE BE DRAGONS
Heading into 2019, the year that the Unbound Sketchbook went on tour, and Professor Chronomier made her debut...
PART 9: MANY HAPPY RETURNS
PART 12: WHAT, HOW, AND WHO(DUNNIT)
PART 10: KEEP TELLING STORIES
Reaching its fifth anniversary, Unbound's projects become more ambitious than ever, and plans are made for 2020...
PART 10: KEEP TELLING STORIES
PART 12: WHAT, HOW, AND WHO(DUNNIT)
PART 10: KEEP TELLING STORIES
The tale of how Unbound went online during the COVID-19 pandemic, with audio and video projects.
PART 11: NECESSITY AND INVENTION
PART 12: WHAT, HOW, AND WHO(DUNNIT)
PART 12: WHAT, HOW, AND WHO(DUNNIT)
How life if lockdown led Unbound to making its very own feature-length film, audio series, and web serial.
PART 12: WHAT, HOW, AND WHO(DUNNIT)
PART 12: WHAT, HOW, AND WHO(DUNNIT)
PART 12: WHAT, HOW, AND WHO(DUNNIT)
Back at QPAC but without a live audience, Unbound embark on an ambitious live stream project, and set up a recording studio.
PART 13: JUST LIKE STARTING OVER
PART 13: JUST LIKE STARTING OVER
PART 13: JUST LIKE STARTING OVER
A return to live theatre work leads to new challenges, and one of the company's most memorable productions - 'Funny Voices'.
PART 14: MIRROR, MIRROR
PART 13: JUST LIKE STARTING OVER
PART 13: JUST LIKE STARTING OVER
Bringing the Queens Park Pantomime for 2021 proves to be one of the most challenging Unbound projects to date.
PART 15: MUSIC & DIFFERENCES
PART 13: JUST LIKE STARTING OVER
PART 15: MUSIC & DIFFERENCES
Finally emerging from the shadow of the pandemic, Unbound returns to a busy season of projects at home and further afield.
PART 16: MOVING ON
PART 13: JUST LIKE STARTING OVER
PART 15: MUSIC & DIFFERENCES
A busy summer season brings a lesson in how interactivity and participation don't always pan out as intended...
PART 17: CHALLENGES & CHANGES
PART 19: THE SOURCE, THE RIVER, AND THE SEA
PART 17: CHALLENGES & CHANGES
A look at how to meet creative challenges whilst forging ahead into new areas and platforms for storytelling.
PART 18: BIG, BIGGER, BIGGEST
PART 19: THE SOURCE, THE RIVER, AND THE SEA
PART 17: CHALLENGES & CHANGES
The Bard of Aylesbury - a figure head for the company - debuts, as Unbound's work expands in scope and span.
PART 19: THE SOURCE, THE RIVER, AND THE SEA
PART 19: THE SOURCE, THE RIVER, AND THE SEA
PART 19: THE SOURCE, THE RIVER, AND THE SEA
In amongst another busy winter season full of projects, there's time to reflect on inspiration and motivation.
PART 20: NEW VOICES
PART 19: THE SOURCE, THE RIVER, AND THE SEA
PART 19: THE SOURCE, THE RIVER, AND THE SEA
Nearing a full decade of projects and productions, a new play has a huge impact on the company and its work.
PART 21: THE TURNING OF THE TIDE
PART 21: THE TURNING OF THE TIDE
PART 21: THE TURNING OF THE TIDE
Unbound's tenth anniversary celebrations bring with them some very special projects, which lead to a creative crossroads...