Activators

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Activators are donors who make a critical difference to a project through financial support. They are the real life super heroes who support making great theatre happen, and in return they get some very exclusive perks as a thank you.

When we launch a new show, or often before, we’ll approach our supporters about becoming activators. If you’d like to hear about future opportunities like this log in to your account and make sure you’ve opted in to hear about donating to and supporting Creation, or drop charlie an email.

Below you’ll find the activators we’re looking for at the moment, along with the benefits to get that little bit closer to the show you helped to make happen.

Valkyrie Activators

A new and exiting opportunity to share our work outside of Oxfordshire has arisen, with some funding from both Arts Council England and FEAST to develop prototype performances for a show based on Norse mythology and performed on beaches around the UK.

This gives us the funds to commission specially designed fire pits from artist Sue Hill (who created the Mud Maid at the Lost Gardens of Helligan), three writers to contribute to the project and an artistic team to deliver something very special. Think fire, darkness, music and the sea.

Our first test shows will take place on Chapel Porth beach, Cornwall in September, and we hope to bring the show to not only other beaches round the UK in 2020 but also to an inland location nearer to Oxford.

Become a Valkyrie Activator

The Tempest Activators

In 2016 Creation Theatre took a leap into the unknown taking a Shakespeare play, pulling it apart and putting it back together as an interactive, gamified, adventure experience. The audience discovered the story across 13 non theatrical locations. 3,200 people met characters in disguise, broke into cafes, spied on fairies and experienced Shakespeare in the most vibrant and inventive way obliterating the traditional boundaries of performance.

The audience response was astounding leading to a revival the following year which was a finalist for Best Theatre for Young People at the Off West End awards.

We were left determined to make more shows in this format and with a passionate belief that this style of work can truly rival on demand TV, computer games and virtual reality and keep our theatre ecology thriving.

We are therefore delighted that we have the opportunity to apply the same approach to a production of The Tempest for summer 2019.

Making a show like this is hugely complex and demanding on our resources so needs considerable financial support. Arts Council England have confirmed they will fund £32,000 of the shows costs, and in order to unlock this funding we launched The Tempest Activators.

Become a Tempest Activator

Overheads Activators

The bright lights and costumes might be the most obviously exciting bit about making a show, but someone’s got to love the spreadsheets right? Every year at Creation we produce over two hundred individual performances and deliver thousands of hours of drama teaching to young people, and in order to do this we the need less glamorous things like public liability insurance, postage stamps and line rental.

Overheads activators get a kick out of supporting the ‘boring stuff’, they know that their donations help to make shows happen and help us to plan for the future of Creation.

Become an Overheads Activator

Snow Queen Activators

Very soon we’ll be looking for six special people, groups or families to support this year’s Christmas show. You’ll get tickets, behind the scenes access and a unique Creation Story Box.