In the winter of 2022, the creative team got together for the first time to start developing this project. The R&D was funded by Arts Council Wales and consisted of a series of performative book reading in libraries of the book ‘The Little Blue Planet Needs You’ by Frances Bella. The book was the inspiration for the project that is now called ‘The School of Planet Powers for Extraordinary Children’. Following the book readings the creative team which consisted of Eleanor Appleton the writer and producer, Livi Wilmore the digital artist, Chloe Wyn the set designer, Vicki Fleming the co-producer and Gareth Eckley the sound engineer had three days together to develop the idea and structure of the show.