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The Mikron Theatre Company is an English touring theatre company, founded in 1972, which is notable for its tours by canal boat during the summer months, and by road in the spring and autumn.[1][2] The company believes itself to be the only theatre company in the world which tours by narrowboat.[3] HistoryThe company had its origins in an Edinburgh Fringe show in 1963. The name "Mikron", as well as being a Greek word meaning "small", is derived from the names of the trio who went to Edinburgh in 1963: MIKe Lucas, Sarah CameRON and RON Legge.[2] In 1972 the company performed its first waterways-themed production, and in 1975 it acquired its narrowboat, Tyseley.[5] ActivitiesThe company is based in the town of Marsden, in West Yorkshire, although it spends the summer touring throughout the UK canal network.[2][4][5] It claims to be "the UK’s most prolific theatre company" and in 2018 performed in 130 venues.[2] {{quote|quote=We have performed at allotments, care homes, community centres, dry docks, festivals, lifeboat stations, pubs, rallies, restaurants, village halls and Youth Hostels. We’ve even performed inside a tunnel, in the bows of a docked boat, in people’s very own front rooms and even the odd theatre!|author=From Mikron's website in 2018[2]}}The company is a registered charity and describes its activities as "Theatre anywhere for everyone by canal, river and road". In 2017 the company offered 151 performances of its two commissioned plays, to a total audience of 14,668 made up of audience sizes from 14 to 250 but averaging 97, at 81% average occupancy and with 43 shows sold out, in 83 local authority areas.[6] ProductionsIn 2015 it toured two shows: Raising Agents, written by Maeve Larkin and with music by O'Hooley & Tidow, which celebrated the centenary of the Women's Institutes,[7] and One of Each written by Deborah McAndrew, about fish and chips and much else.[8] Mikron's 2016 tour featured Canary Girls by Laurence Peacock, about 1914 munitions factory workers (who were known as Canary girls because their skin turned yellow from working with toxic substances),[9][10] and PURE by Richard Vergette, about the chocolate industry now and in the past.[11] In 2017 Mikron performed In At The Deep End about the RNLI by Laurence Peacock[12] and Best Foot Forward about the Youth Hostels Association, by Maeve Larkin.[13] In 2018 Mikron performed Get Well Soon about the NHS in its 70th year, by Ged Cooper, and Revolting Women about suffrage to commemorate the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 by Vashti Maclachlan.[14][15] Maclachlan has previously acted in the company and directed their 2009 production Tales of the Thames, which was written by her husband Richard Povall.[16] For 2019 the company has commissioned Redcoats, a play about Butlins holiday camps by Nick Ahad and All Hands on Deck about the Wrens by Vashti MaLachlan.[17][18] Narrowboat TyseleyThe company's narrowboat Tyseley was built in 1936 for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company. She was built at Northwich by W.J.Yarwood & Sons Ltd. She is {{convert|71|ft|10|in|abbr=in}} long and {{convert|6|ft|11|in|abbr=in}} wide. She is registered with National Historic Ships.[3][19] Tyseley is a district of Birmingham near the Grand Union Canal. References1. ^{{cite book|last=Conway|first=Robert|title=British Alternative Theatre Directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BjFaAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=27 March 2013|year=1988|publisher=J. Offord|page=76}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web | url = http://www.mikron.org.uk/about | title = Introduction | publisher = Mikron Theatre Company | accessdate = 3 November 2015}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|title=Tyseley|url=http://mikron.org.uk/about/tyseley|publisher=Mikron Theatre Company|accessdate=3 November 2015}} 4. ^1 {{cite web | url = http://www.mikron.org.uk/about/history | title = History | publisher = Mikron Theatre Company | accessdate = 9 April 2015}} 5. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.mikron.org.uk/contact | title = Contact Us | publisher = Mikron Theatre Company | accessdate = 9 April 2015}} 6. ^{{cite book |last1=Mikron Theatre Company |title=2018 Programme |page=9}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Raising Agents|url=http://mikron.org.uk/shows?details=raising-agents|publisher=Mikron Theatre Company|accessdate=9 April 2015}} 8. ^{{cite news|last1=Brennan|first1=Clare|title=One of Each review – the joys of fish and chips explored|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/may/17/one-of-each-review-joys-fish-chips|accessdate=26 October 2015|work=The Guardian|date=17 May 2015}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=Canary Girls |url=http://mikron.org.uk/shows?details=canary-girls |publisher=Mikron Theatre Company |accessdate=27 October 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010044008/http://mikron.org.uk/shows?details=canary-girls |archivedate=10 October 2016 |deadurl=yes |df= }} 10. ^{{cite news|title=Review: Canary Girls, Mikron Theatre Company, Clements Hall, York, and on tour until October 22|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/theatre/14778402.Review__Canary_Girls__Mikron_Theatre_Company__Clements_Hall__York__and_on_tour_until_October_22/|accessdate=27 October 2016|work=The Press, York|date=3 October 2016}} 11. ^{{cite web|title=PURE |url=http://mikron.org.uk/shows?details=pure |publisher=Mikron Theatre Company |accessdate=27 October 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010044416/http://mikron.org.uk/shows?details=pure |archivedate=10 October 2016 |deadurl=yes |df= }} 12. ^{{cite web | url=http://mikron.org.uk/shows?details=in-at-the-deep-end | website=Mikron Theatre Co. |title=In At The Deep End | accessdate=27 October 2016}} 13. ^{{cite web | url=http://mikron.org.uk/shows?details=best-foot-forward | website=Mikron Theatre Co. |title=Best Foot Forward | accessdate=27 October 2016}} 14. ^{{cite book|title=2017 Programme|publisher=Mikron Theatre Company|page=5, 16}} 15. ^{{cite web|title=Shows|url=https://www.mikron.org.uk/shows|publisher=Mikron Theatre Company|accessdate=15 December 2017}} 16. ^{{cite news|title=Tales of the Thames: Mikron Theatre Company|url=http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/archive/theatre_art/theatre/4445115.display/|accessdate=13 May 2017|work=The Oxford Times|date=18 June 2009}} 17. ^{{cite book|title=2018 Programme|publisher=Mikron Theatre Company|page=5}} 18. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.mikron.org.uk/shows| access-date=9 January 2019|title=Our shows|publisher=Mikron Theatre Company}} 19. ^{{cite web|title=Tyseley|url=http://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/1439/tyseley|website=National Register of Historic Ships|publisher=National Historic Ships|accessdate=3 November 2015}} Further reading
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