Your donation makes a difference

At the Unicorn, we have been creating great theatre for young audiences since 1949. We advocate fearlessly for our young audiences to experience world-class work at affordable prices, because theatre should never be a luxury, but a right for every young person.

"In school I didn’t enjoy drama lessons so I wasn’t really looking forward to this when we first started. But now I feel like I want to watch more theatre shows and want to do more acting. I’m a lot more confident when I’m on stage now."

Unicorn Creative Associate

“Theatre for children and young people provides a window onto the world where they can discover not only more about themselves and their inner lives but also about the wider world around them.”

Joseph Coelho, Unicorn Creative Champion

"The Unicorn offers children the opportunity to visit the theatre and discover this magical art. We wanted to help while paying tribute to our son Assaf whose girls lost him so early. They loved it."

David and Vicky Lennon, Unicorn Supporters

Donate today & help us transform young lives through theatre

• £5 could provide creative materials for a child in a day-long creative workshop
• £10 could support a sustainable, second-hand prop for a show
• £20 could enable an hour with a drama therapist on a creative wellbeing project
• £40 could support one child to attend an interactive technical theatre workshop

Our Impact

We provide opportunities to engage with theatre in all its areas, ensure young people have a voice in the work we create for our stages, and work closely with our partner schools to embed creativity into the curriculum — our impact on young lives can be seen each day. As a charity, we rely on support like yours to:

• Create innovative and joyful theatre for children aged 0–13 years, for many of whom it represents a first theatre trip.
• Engage 500+ young Londoners and 4 Partner Schools from Southwark and Tower Hamlets aged 6 months–13 years each year in theatre-making processes through our Creative Hub.
• Work with 90 artists annually in the specialist field of making theatre for children.
• Subsidise around 30% of all tickets and 60% of schools' tickets, keeping ticket prices as low as £10.
• Provide access performances each season (20+ in 23/24), including Sensory Adapted, Audio-Described, BSL and Captioned.
• Ensure 89% of in-house productions meet Basic Green Book standards for sustainable productions and reduce our environmental impact (in 2024 we reduced electricity and gas usage by 18.2% and 27% respectively).

Whether you’re interested in making a monthly donation, supporting our annual matched-funding campaign, making a significant gift yourself or through your Trust, Foundation or Company, we would love to hear from you at development@unicorntheatre.com.

This doesn’t happen without our incredible community of supporters. Can you join us?

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