So the cabaret nightclub event The Beautiful Octopus Club was born in 1995, and shortly afterwards The Squidz Club for young people was set up too. Heart n Soul carried on touring nationally and internationally to regional theatres, major festivals such as Glastonbury and to schools to deliver its education programmes for special and mainstream students.

Heart n Soul's way of working began to be used by a range of groups wanting to achieve similar goals. To date, over fifty events have been set up based on The Beautiful Octopus Club, some by us, some with our help and some on their own.