About Slingshot Theatre
Exciting, dynamic, unpredictable and ridiculous new theatre, touring the South East and also the rest of the world.
Slingshot Theatre Description
Slingshot Theatre is a young emerging company, established in 2010 to produce exciting, dynamic, unpredictable and memorable new theatre through releasing the creative power and vigorous energy of the actor. We seek to innovate and invent, to go beyond the expectations of our audience and to re-ignite a passion for live theatre in the UK. Our buzzwords are physical comedy, mask, improvisation and new writing.
We tour our productions across the UK to both arts houses and community venues, aiming not exclusively, but especially at 14-19 year olds, otherwise known as ‘the deserted demographic’. Out of our goal of performance springs our educational workshops for young people and laboratories for theatre professionals in our foundational discipline, the Commedia dell’ Arte.
Finally, we seek to benefit the UK with theatre work it otherwise would not have the opportunity to see, at a price it can afford. As a non-for-profit Limited Company we survive on support from arts funding, grants and individual donations.
We love theatre.
Reviews
Got a minute?! Check out this teaser of what we've been working on over the last couple of years. Slow progress but hope to bring this baby out into the world in the not too distant future!
The name's Bull. Dr. Bull.
Day 1 of our big R&D week on 'The Man Who Was Thursday'. Brilliant fun working out how to be two people at the same time. Bravo Dave Emmings & Emily Mytton.
Amazing, uplifting, encouraging, hilarious two days continuing our development of 'The Man Who Was Thursday'
Cracking day of research and development yesterday in Brighton. Our concept for 'The Man Who Was Thursday' is really taking shape. Will share more tomorrow!
Phase two of 'The Man Who Was Thursday' R&D occurs this week at LynchPin's ScripTease event offering a chance to get a first hearing of our adaptation. Kick off is this Saturday at 8pm in Godalming, Surrey. (Cafe Mila's food is available from 6.30pm) Come join us! http://www.lynchpinptc.co.uk/ScripTease.h tml
What a great day 1. Usually hate day 1. Problem solving one of scenes here - four actors / seven characters.
Introducing our new friends and accomplices for the next two days, courtesy of Antonio Fava, Finn Caldwell and Russell Dean - a great array of masks by three brilliant mask makers.
And off we go - final bits of prep today and then day 1 of #ManWhoWasThursday R&D. In your face 2016. Thank your face Arts Council England.
A new year and a new show. Slingshot are delighted, excited and ignited about our early steps adapting G.K.Chesterton's 'The Man Who Was Thursday' into a live show of surreal mayhem, all supported by Arts Council England. Stay tuned for regular updates and early viewing opportunities.
Delighted to have received a writing grant from the Peggy Ramsay Foundation. Time for a new project! What do you want to see?
And a final Merry Christmas to Slingshot via 'Everything Theatre'. The AMADSC (AMADSC!) will be hysterical.
And that's it! Home safe and sound with a cup of coffee. 'Nativity in Creakebottom' has now played to 3000 people! Thank you for supporting the tour and Merry Christmas one and all!