Vision, Aims & Values

Unfolding Theatre makes big-hearted theatre that delights in bringing people together. Community-based creative processes engage surprising combinations of people to generate warm, distinctive theatre, rich in ideas.

Our award-winning productions tour across the UK. Productions include Hold On Let Go, Multiverse Arcade, Putting The Band Back Together, Lands of Glass, Best in the World and Building Palaces.

Unfolding Theatre was founded in 2008 in Newcastle upon Tyne by Artistic Director, Annie Rigby. Since then, we have toured to audiences across the UK and collaborated with top creative thinkers, including young people, artists and community groups.

We are proud that our projects have had a positive, sometimes profound, impact on audiences, artists and those who take part.

Our Vision:

In a time of social division, Unfolding Theatre brings people together to co-create and experience remarkable theatre that builds connections.

Our aims:

• More people are leading happier, more creatively fulfilled lives
• Mainstream theatre better reflects England’s diversity and drives excellence
• People with different life experience are better connected.

Our Values:

Unfolding Theatre works to achieve its vision by co-creating big-hearted theatre with surprising combinations of people. We love hosting people. We value a warm welcome and good listening skills. We bring people together around theatre, music, food, laughter, good stories or all of those things at once. Our work has a positive, sometimes profound impact on the artists, audiences and community co-creators we work with.