The Power Project
The Power Project is our programme of work with teenagers focusing on performance, connection and creativity. A space where young people can meet, share their skills and be creative. The group meets Wednesdays 5 - 7pm plus holiday and performance projects.
After the success of their first performance Bernadette and Other Folk Tales, together with a growing company of young people, we’re working out what comes next and building a programme that includes a range of creative projects and art forms. For more info contact: power@restoke.org.uk
Current project….
RIDE OR DIE
By Florence Espeut-Nickless
The Kids spend the whole year arguing about whether Alton Towers is actually better than Thorpe Park. At the moment Alton Towers has got 2 votes and Thorpe Park has got 2 votes. The deciding vote goes to the youngest, Angel who hasn’t actually been to any of them yet, cause she’s in year 7 and you don’t get to go on The Theme Park Extravaganza until the end of Year 7.  
But that’s literally in like 2 weeks, so it’ll be settled once and for all, very very soon!  So what could possibly go wrong?....
Angel getting suspended from school, Nan going off on a surprise holiday, Dad coming round to look after them (and he's useless) and lasts one night, and The Kids borrowing Nan's car and colliding with a Waitrose delivery van.  
The whole affair is literally a car crash.
This production is part of the National Theatre Connections Festival 2026.
Tickets £5, book now….
Running time
Approx. 1 hour
Recommended age: 15+
For venue info including parking and access see VISITING RESTOKE.
If you have any questions, please email info@restoke.org.uk or call, text or leave a message at 01782 656272.
Creative Team
Kat Hughes - Director
Paul Rogerson - Composer/Sound Designer
Louise Worrall - Designer
Connor Elliman - Company Manager/Movement Director
Barry Smith - Lighting Designer
Liz Nelson - Assistant Text Director
Sarah Richardson - Producer
Oly Goncalves - Assistant Producer
Georgina Clare - Company Manager/Chaperone
Rebekah Tunnell - Stage Manager
Rehearsal photos by Jenny Harper.
Previous Projects
POWER FILM
In summer 2025 the Power Project company worked with choreographer, theatre and film director Dan Canham, exploring dance film in the Ballroom and at the Vaults Warehouse, Stoke-on-Trent….
Bernadette and other Teenage Folk Tales
Thursday 20 - Sunday 23 March 2025
A trilogy of teenage myth and transformation.
Bernadette and other Teenage Folk Tales was a surreal exploration of adolescence, folklore, and the stories we tell to survive the dark corners of growing up.
Spoken word, movement, live music and animation combine to create new worlds where the boundaries between myth and reality blur.
A Restoke production. Written by Florence Espeut-Nickless. Co-Created with the Power Project Company.
Photos by Jenny Harper from Power Project sessions in 2024