what we're up to
We've made a new play - Last Dance Saloon. As part of the adventure, we've been learning to tango - and we're hooked!
"Utterly fascinating. Your weaving of human-driven climate change with the challenges that most people of middle age and beyond face, and with learning to tango, was a master stroke.”
40 performances of Last Dance Saloon in 2025; in theatres, arts centres, libraries, village halls and Rural Touring scheme venues, from Cornwall to Northumberland, from the Welsh Borders to the East Coast.
We also had the joy of performing a couple of our plays for younger and family audiences - The Adventures of Perseus and Twelve Wild Ducks - in schools and festivals.
In 2026 we have further performances of Last Dance Saloon. First up, two performances at the Lighthouse, Poole on Thu 19 Feb. The following day (Fri 20 Feb) we're on home turf at St Anne's Arts Centre, Barnstaple as part of Fringe Extra. There are more to follow.
Plus further family / school performances in the offing - including an outing for The Firbird (now in its 25th year!).
"Stripped right back, the strength comes from the union of intelligent writing and the word-perfect power of the performances."
plays for adult audiences that respond to the world we live in.
plays for young audiences - myths, legends and traditional tales that speak across the ages.
multi story know the day-to-day pressures and plan their work appropriately. We recommend this company unreservedly."
traditional tales
The Firebird, full of adventure, with a large cast of colourful characters played by just two actors and featuring music and song, is a great introduction to multi story's bravura style.
We aim to introduce traditonal stories that are not so well known - like Twelve Wild Ducks or East o'the Sun, West o'the Moon - but we do have our version of Beauty & the Beast which children might like to compare with the familiar Disney treatment.
"Best visiting production we've ever seen - it really captured their imaginations."
greek myths
The inter-active nature of Jason & the Golden Fleece has proved very popular and hugely enjoyable. The Labyrinth combines Theseus & the Minotaur with the story of Icarus - Icarus's father designed both the Labyrinth and Icarus's wings! The Adventures of Perseus thrillingly recreates the showdown with Medusa. And we have recently created a truly delightful verion of Pandora which features some rather special original music.
"I have highly recommended you to other schools."
workshops
a comprehensive workshop programme plus bespoke learning events and longer-term projects.
"The range of theatre skills and styles that Beast! employs makes for essential viewing for students currently working on devising projects."
plays that older students particularly respond to
Beast! goes down well with Years 10 & 11. It is a published text and has been used for exam purposes by a number of schools.
Medea has proved very popular over the years with Years 11 - 13, including with colleges in Chile, Peru, Norway, Portugal and Ukraine!
Pericles - All At Sea and Digging the Dirt also work well for older students. Both have formed the basis of a day long programme of performance and workshops.
"The resulting reviews for the Ed Excel portfolio are an insight into the way young people think, written with considerable fervour and a credit to multi story and their talent to enthrall the teenager. Nothing short of magnificent."
plays for younger students
Some schools regularly use one of our children's shows to introduce Year 7s to a variety of drama techniques that take them away from a reliance on TV naturalism. Particularly popular in this context are The Firebird and The Adventures of Perseus, - though any of our children's plays fit the bill.
"The company offers students a vision of how to make exciting devised theatre with minimal set, costume and props, but masses of invention, energy and creative use of dramatic techniques and conventions."
a comprehensive workshop programme
A range of skills workshops plus bespoke learning events and longer term projects. A recently developed day-long workshop package that schools are finding very useful is a mix of excerpts and practical exercises that examine structuring and devising.
"multi story illuminate their chronicles with intelligence and theatricality. Their approach is spare - no wasted movements or empty ideas. And they are marvellous actors."