North East writer Alison Carr has been awarded a prestigious Peter Shaffer Commission to develop a major new play with Newcastle-based touring company Unfolding Theatre.
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At this year’s Devoted & Disgruntled, Company Producer Midge Ryall called a session titled Breaking the Budgeting Taboo: Tell Me How You Manage Your Finances. This blog post goes into more detail.
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What does a strategic framework for culture actually need to get right? At Newcastle Culture Partnership's recent consultation event on the North East Mayoral Strategic Authority's draft framework for Culture, Creative Industries and Sport, one freelancer found a room full of people asking exactly that - and meaning it.
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Newcastle University student Zainab Nadeem recently finished her internship at Unfolding Theatre. Here, she reflects on her time with the company and what skills and memories she will take away with her.
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Annie Rigby reflects on a rich afternoon of conversation at Great North Museum: Hancock, with a full summary of themes from the North East Mayoral Strategic Authority.
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This blog, by Artistic Director Annie Rigby, reflects on attending GIFT Festival and Devoted & Disgruntled, the feeling of possibility they inspired, and why, in difficult times, spaces that invite connection and collective imagination matter more than ever.
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We're delighted to share that The Squires Foundation has awarded Unfolding Theatre a grant of £10,170 to support our East End Story Makers programme.
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Marketing intern - Fay Carrington - reflects on her placement with Unfolding Theatre, where hands-on creative work, community-focused practice, and new skills helped shape the transition from student life to a future in heritage and the arts.
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Artistic Director Annie Rigby reflects on the Newcastle Culture Partnership meeting that took place at Live Theatre on Thursday 19 February 2026 and focused on the topic of Place, one of the themes in the city-wide cultural strategy.
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We are asking people to write a letter to Sunderland to help inspire a new performance, as part of our latest project, Dear Sunderland.
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On Wednesday 17th September 2025, cultural organisations and creative practitioners gathered together to consider what a new cultural partnership might look like for Newcastle City. In this blog, writer and Unfolding Theatre Creative Associate Becci Sharrock reflect on an inspiring afternoon of collaboration and conversation.
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Unfolding Theatre Marketing and Theatre Production Intern Matthew Miers-Jones reflects on his time at the company.
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We are delighted to announce that Unfolding Theatre will join the North East Create Growth Programme with Creative UK!
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Unfolding Theatre Company Producer Midge Ryall reflects on her attendance at the Youth Theatre Together Conference in June.
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Every year we send out a survey to collect feedback and data from our staff, freelancers, trustees and volunteers. We know a lot of freelancers are familiar with (bored by??!) these survey requests. So it matters to us that we share back the difference their feedback has made. It also matters to us to share how the data they've contributed to is helping us understand the demographics of our workforce and where we need to do better.
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Reflections from Elijah Young on the most recent North East Culture Social held on Alphabetti Theatre on Wednesday 18th July 2025
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What does leadership in theatre really look like? In this piece, Annie Rigby, Artistic Director & Chief Executive of Unfolding Theatre, reflects on why spending time in the company’s youth groups - playing games, crafting, and listening - isn’t a distraction from leadership, but central to it. Through real encounters with young people, she makes the case for why youth theatre deserves to be seen, valued, and taken seriously.
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As the year draws to a close, we're looking back on 2024—a year of creativity, connection, and growth for Unfolding Theatre.
Here are just a few highlights from an exciting 12 months…
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For National Work Life Week, we reflect on some of the flexible working approaches we adopt here at Unfolding Theatre.
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We are delighted to announce Unfolding Theatre has received generous funding from the Garfield Weston Foundation to support the creation and delivery of our brand-new family production, Here Be Dragons!
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