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About Us
"Thrillingly talented people"
Guardian
We make theatre with a wild sense of humour, strength of character and a delight in bringing people together.
Past productions include the award-winning Building Palaces and Best in the World. We tour nationally to theatres and festivals as well as creating site-specific performances.
Our shows sit within a participation programme of artistically ambitious projects with children, young people and community groups.
As well as creating our own shows, we work artists we admire to help them in the development of their work. Recent collaborations include Kathryn Tickell's Northumbrian Voices and Amy Mackelden's Eight Fatal Mistakes of Online Dating.
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Annie Rigby: Biography
Annie's directorial work for Unfolding Theatre includes Best in the World, Building Palaces, Noah and the Fludd and Strange Voyage.
Before founding Unfolding Theatre, Annie was Resident Director at Northern Stage (2003-08).
Her Northern Stage productions included the large-scale, site-specific piece, On Top of the Town, performed on a car park rooftop at Noordenzon Festival, Holland; theatre for young children, Tattercoats, Thumbelina, and The Golden Bird; and devised work, such as From the Beginning.
Annie was Northern Rock Foundation Fellow (2007/08) on the Clore Leadership Programme. Her fellowship included secondments to the V&A Museum, Edinburgh Festival Theatre and research into theatre made by non-professional performers. Annie studied English at Downing College, Cambridge University.
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Leyla Asadi: Biography
Leyla is a freelance producer specialising in theatre and dance.
Alongside her work for Unfolding Theatre, she has produced projects for Northern Stage, Open Clasp, Visiting Arts, DanceCity, Zendeh and new work by emerging artists in the North East.
Recent projects include Apples, a Northern Stage and Company of Angels co-production and The Space Between Us for Open Clasp.
In 2008 Leyla was awarded a yearlong Catalyst Producer bursary by Arts Council of England North East.
Leyla previously worked for Red Ladder, in Leeds where she co-ordinated their young actors training programme, Red Grit. Leyla has a degree in Cultural Studies, Leeds University.
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Working with Unfolding Theatre
We are proud to have worked with talented, inspiring and inventive artists and technicians on all of our projects.
Since the company was founded in 2008 we have worked with writers, David Almond and Carina Rodney, actors Jane Arnfield, Alex Elliott, Pady O'Connor and Tom Walton, designers Imogen Cloet and Andrew Stephenson, musicians Kathryn Tickell, Brendan Murphy and Beccy Owen, sound and AV artists Reed Ingram Weir and Andy Playford, lighting designer, Kev Tweedy, architect Tim Bailey, dancer Tim Rubidge and production manager, Simon Henderson.
Unfolding Theatre Advisory Group
Unfolding Theatre has a fantastic advisory group, who support, advise and guide the company's development.
Leyla Asadi, Producer
Susan Coffer, Northern Stage
Anna Disley, New Writing North
Alex Elliott, Film and theatre maker