Resonant Tails is a mobile, multi-sensory theatre of the voice for children and young people with profound and multiple learning disAbilities (PMLD) and other complex disAbility. The project invites young people with PMLD to develop, refine and celebrate the sophisticated, resonant, echoing qualities of their own voices, and accompanies its use in schools with a support programme for teaching staff. We love the long, resonant, echoing tails of sound that many of our users create. Resonant Tails is a part of this research-creation strand, and was created for and with the Tract and Touch Trust.

Concept, artistic direction: Yvon Bonenfant. Coding, sound, lighting, digitals, vibration: Kingsley Ash. Design: Julien Masson. Object maker: Doug Arnold. Music Leader: Tim Uffindell. Independent Evaluator: Mary Paterson. Funded by: Wellcome Trust/Arts Council England (exploratory phase); Arts Council England (Pilot phase); Youth Music, Postcode Community Trust, and our Schools (Phase 1); all phases supported by Youth Music. Pilot school: Rosewood Free School. Champion schools: Linden Lodge School; Children’s Trust School, Tadworth; Victoria School, Birmingham. Use of Resonant Tails is ongoing in our partner schools. For full details on the Resonant Tails project, please consult the website of the Tract and Touch Trust. All embedded video, etc. is provided by Tract and Touch Trust.