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Hunter Heartbeat Courses | 2025

A joyful group photo of Flute Theatre actors, disabled participants, and local facilitators at the Otros Territorios Festival in Mexico. Everyone is smiling and making playful hand gestures, celebrating the end of an inclusive theatre workshop.

Meet the Team

At Flute Theatre, our work is shaped by a dedicated team of artists, facilitators, and creatives who share a passion for making theatre accessible to everyone. Together, we bring Shakespeare’s stories to life in ways that connect deeply with autistic people and their families, fostering moments of joy, trust, and transformation. Meet the people who make this vision possible, each bringing their unique skills, experience, and heart to our work around the world.

Kelly Hunter MBE smiling warmly in sunlight, seated outdoors with her hand to her face. Founder of Flute Theatre, she develops groundbreaking Shakespeare adaptations for autistic individuals and neurodivergent audiences.

"It's a privilege to run Flute. The plays create  a living practice for everyone involved." 

– Kelly Hunter, Founder & Director

—Kelly directing in Barcelona (2017)

Our People

A diverse group of performers energetically engage in a live Flute Theatre performance, using expressive gestures and movement on a dimly lit stage. The actors wear casual, comfortable clothing in natural tones, creating an inclusive and accessible environment tailored for autistic individuals. This performance, inspired by Shakespeare and adapted using the Hunter Heartbeat Method, highlights Flute Theatre’s commitment to neurodiverse storytelling. Audience members can be seen watching with interest in the background. Flute Theatre also offers training and courses for actors, educators, applied theatre students, and families to support autism-friendly performance practices.

Support our Theatre

Funding for the arts is currently said to be at a ‘terminal decline’ but we will continue to create our life changing opportunities whatever the challenges.  Please help us continue with a one off donation or a monthly subscription. Your donations go directly toward our performances with marginalised people and always will.

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