Catherine Wheels Theatre Company Formed in 1999 by director Gill Robertson, Jay Manley and Annie Wood, Catherine Wheels tours high quality theater throughout Scotland, the UK and internationally. The company’s first production Martha played in theaters throughout the UK, Ireland and North America, including The New Victory. In 2008, Martha won the award for Best Production at the Shanghai International Children’s Festival. Another past New Victory engagement, Lifeboat (2007), won the Barclays Stage Award for Best Show for Children and Young People, has been part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the New Zealand International Arts Festival (2007), and was the first production by a Scottish children’s theater company to perform at the Sydney Opera House. Catherine Wheels is based at the Brunton Theatre in Musselburgh, just outside Edinburgh.