The company was based in barns on the southern Cornish coast, at Gorran Haven, but the administration was in Truro.
Their productions were often based around mythological tales such as the Hans Christian Andersen fairy-tale The Red Shoes, The Bacchae and the Cornish legend Tristan and Yseult.
They used a variety of theatrical elements including puppetry, live music (often played with folk instruments such as ukuleles and dulcimers) and an emphasis on visual imagery.
After finishing a run of Brief Encounter at the Cinema Haymarket in the West End, the show toured the UK before going overseas to American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, California,[6] St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, and the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.
[7] Although the company varied between productions, there were a number of associate artists who were repeatedly involved with Kneehigh including: