Careful What You Wish For
by Hannah Low (Young Writer Commission)
Age range: 6 – 12
Cast Size: 8 – 50
Set in your local museum or art gallery, a group of kids (a lot like you) are on the most boring school trip ever.
There are just so many rules.
Don’t touch this. Don’t eat that. Be on your best behaviour.
Boring Boring Boring.
Until…
They discover something new… Something they were never supposed to… A magic paintbrush!
Legend has it that this paintbrush has the power to bring all your paintings to life.
But is that really true?
And if it is, what do they do?
Theres only one way to find out…
‘Careful What You Wish For’ is a ‘paint’ your own adventure story for theatre makers aged 6 + , inspired by the traditional Chinese folktale ‘The Magic Paintbrush’. Featuring a cast of crazy characters, talking paintings, monstrous mythical creatures and all your wishes brought to life on stage. This is a funny, imaginative, interactive new play with an accompanying process drama.
About the Artist
Hannah is a Chinese-Scottish writer, actor and youth theatre practitioner based in Edinburgh Scotland who graduated in 2019 with a First Class BA(Hons) degree in Musical Theatre. Most recently, Hannah was selected as a mentee for Playwright’s Studio Scotland’s 2024 programme, working with Douglas Maxwell to develop a new play. Hannah makes vibrant, narrative-led, interdisciplinary work for stage. Her projects are currently supported by Vanishing Point and Imaginate, and funded by Creative Scotland and the Edinburgh City Council Diversity and Inclusion fund.
Since graduating, Hannah has been part of Traverse Theatre’s Creating Spaces and Young Writers programmes and is a recipient of Vanishing Points ‘Everyone is Creative’ grant. She was also selected for Framework Theatre’s Home: A Project for New Writers. As part of these programmes she has learnt from artists Shilpa T-Hyland, Mariam Omari, Hannah Lavery and Raman Mundair. Hannah is beyond delighted to be working with Wonder Fools and writing her first ever professionally commissioned play.