24 July – 8 August Sunnymead Meadow “The pageant of the river bank had marched steadily along, unfolding itself in scene-pictures that succeeded itself in stately procession.” After a year indoors, we took Kenneth Grahame’s children’s classic down to the scenic Sunnymead Meadow and gave it a home there for two weeks. Groups wandered through…
18 – 27 June Performed live online Kassandra can see into the future…can her millions of followers believe her? Keeping up with Kassandra transposed the ancient myth of Cassandra, who was blessed with the gift of prophecy but cursed not to be believed by anybody. Writer Funlola Olufunwa explores how and why, in this…
17 – 27 March 2021 Performed live online ‘Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, Like diamonds, we are cut with our own dust.’ In 2021, Creation brought John Webster’s classic of glamour and gore to life online. This new adaptation of The Duchess of Malfi was presented by Creation’s Digital Rep Company in…
12 – 23 May 2021 Performed live online “Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, Shall bitterly begin.” In May 2021 we travelled (virtually) to Verona to meet the world’s most famous star-crossed lovers, in an expansive digital universe. Audiences across the world experienced live performance, filmed scenes and choose-your-own-adventure style gameplay. Immersive, fast-paced…
28 JANUARY – 13 MARCH 2021 Live on Zoom The first show from Creation’s Digital Rep Company opened in the height of the ‘third lockdown’, when we beamed tales of tormented souls trapped in handmade sets to households across the world. For the first time on a digital show, designed Ryan Dawson Laight had mini…
19 DECEMBER 2020 – 3 JANUARY 2021 Performed live via Zoom Christmas 2020 saw our audiences separated from loved ones, pining for their annual festive theatre treat and experiencing a very different world to that of previous years. But that didn’t mean we couldn’t be together at Christmas and celebrate creative escapism after a trying…
4 – 6 SEPTEMBER & 3 – 4 OCTOBER 2020 LIVE ON ZOOM Written and conceived by Olivia Mace (the mastermind behind Bleak House) and Lizzie Hopley (returning to us after 9 years following stints as a Roaring Girl with the RSC and writer of Big Finish’s Doctor Who audio plays), these two Zoom novices…
1 – 30 AUGUST 2020 A DIGITAL ADVENTURE IN WONDERLAND In collaboration with Big Telly and Charisma A.I., the summer of 2020 saw us dive into digital Wonderland where our audiences met, interacted with and played in the rabbit warrens of this virtual theme park. Our audiences played musical statues with the Queen of Hearts,…
SATURDAY 4 JULY 2020 LIVE VIA ZOOM Our first digital festival saw 100 happy campers join us for an evening of karaoke, making, storytelling and loads more, delivered by some of our favourite Creation creatives. Over 25 acts took over our three virtual stages for three hours of Creation madness. The festival was a fundraising…
After a cancelled run at The London Library due to the Coronavirus outbreak, our eerily prescient re-imagining of The Time Machine by HG Wells took audiences across the world on a journey through shifting timelines. Adapted for Zoom, this production incorporated research on our future from The Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities into Jonathan…
