Touring Autumn 2025 : Laaaunch!

Starcatchers and Dirliebane Theatre Company present Laaaunch!, an adventure of galactic proportions, made especially for tiny humans. It’s perfect for babies up to 12 months who truly understand the challenge, peril and pleasure of lying, rolling, stretching, sitting up and making it to standing.

Baby standing up holding hands with a performer who is kneeling down. Theatrical lighting and surrounded by other babies and grown-ups.

5 Sep – 1 Nov 2025

For babies from birth to 12 months

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Thank you! I really loved the performance and the play section at the end. It was perfectly pitched with enough stimulation without being overwhelming. All the staff were very attentive also. I felt like I was being looked after as well as the baby.

Audience member

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Laaaunch Programme

Starcatchers and Dirliebane Theatre Company present Laaaunch!, an adventure of galactic proportions, made especially for tiny humans.

It’s perfect for babies up to 12 months who truly understand the challenge, peril and pleasure of lying, rolling, stretching, sitting up and making it to standing. Join stellar adventurers Dot, Dash and Minim for an interactive and rhythmical journey of physical exploration, strength, excitement and determination that requires the expertise of your baby.

With a comfortable set that babies are free to explore, Laaaunch! is a non-verbal performance, filled with musical beats and comedy, where the babies can interact with the performers in their own way and in their own time.

Creative Team and Cast

Created by Rachel Colles and Fiona Ferrier

Fiona Ferrier, Performer
Rachel Colles, Performer
Susan Appelbe, Performer
Rory Clark, Performer
Tim Licata, Performer

Susan Appelbe, Composer
Katie Innes, Set and Costume Designer
Kate Bonney, Lighting Designer
Jade Adamson, Movement Consultant
Tim Licata, Creative Collaborator
Fiona Fraser, Production Manager
Dayna Cumming, Stage Manager
Corinne Bills, Production Technician
Gemma Smith, Producer for Starcatchers

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