Messing about in Boats An obvious choice, but Oxford is famous for punting for a reason. It’s a great way to see the city, with far few pedestrians and the added danger/hilarity of falling in. There are lots of places to choose from (and we recommend reading Daily Info’s guide before you set off). …
DetailsFeedback for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2017 in Clapham. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
DetailsHey, it’s not a dreaded Monday as it’s Creation Theatre blog time! I’m pretty sure that you were looking forward to it all week! All the joys of Mondays are below…. Anyway, it’s one of the volunteers (Josie) talking, taking over the whole blogging thing from Lucy or Maddy for one week. I started volunteering…
DetailsPolitics and theatre go hand in hand. Many of the world’s most famous plays have come out of political upheaval; from the Reagan administration during the AIDS epidemic (Angels in America) and the Bosnia war (Blasted) to the Red Scare (The Crucible) and the War of the Roses (Richard III), playwrights have used theatre as…
DetailsWe’re currently 2.5 weeks away from opening our immersive/interactive/game version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream starting in Clapham before transferring to Oxford. The show ran last year to exceptional audience feedback and five star reviews. Even armed with the most amazing testimonials imaginable we are faced with the same challenge that hit our advanced sales…
DetailsCreation are on the move. Having reached the age of 21, we’ve packed our belongings up into a battered suitcase and are making that first move to London. The capital city. The Big Smoke. Off to seek our fortunes. Specifically, we’re going to Clapham, so only on the edge, but we’d like to think we’re…
DetailsIt’s a very ephemeral style of work at Creation Theatre Company. Having spent £100,000 on a production which rehearses for four weeks and runs for five weeks, we then pack up everything, wave goodbye to our actors -“so they depart, with a smile and a nod, and we miss them, and feel resentful.” We weigh…
DetailsOr more accurately, a plea for help. A typical Creation Theatre show costs £100,000. That includes a director, actors, lighting, sound, costumes, fight directors, venues, festoons, chairs, battered suitcases, designers, tiny metal houses, puppets, and everything else that you witness on stage. As a regional company who receives no core funding, we aim to break-even…
DetailsThis April saw us join forces again with the wonderful Oxford Preservation Trust to celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday. It was a weekend full of talks, tours, monologues and music. It began on the Saturday morning at the Lord Mayor’s Parlour in the Town Hall for a speech by the Lord Mayor, accompanied by some wonderful Elizabethan…
DetailsIn 2016, we toured local Oxfordshire libraries, recording members of the public reading Shakespeare’s sonnets. You can have a listen to them here: https://soundcloud.com/creationtheatre/sets
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