Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Family Fun in Cowgate!
Along with the rest of the country, we took part in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations and delivered them in true Unfolding Theatre spirit!
Together with our friends at young people’s charity Projects4Change, we hosted a Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Family Fun Day at Betty’s Hut and Garden, attracting 120 Cowgate residents throughout the day, including many children and young people.
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A Blog for Children's Mental Health Week by Artistic Director, Annie Rigby
A Blog for Children’s Mental Health Week
by Artistic Director, Annie Rigby
Mason: “I’ve got a really good idea. Let’s turn the lights off. “
Me: “…?”
Mason: “Then we’ll see how good the puppet theatres look.”
Me: “Ok, but first let’s tell everyone that’s what we’re doing.”
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Unfolding Theatre welcomes three new Creative Associates
Unfolding Theatre is delighted to welcome three new Creative Associates to its core artistic team: Wambui Hardcastle, EJ Raymond and Becci Sharrock.
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Unfolding Theatre announces its new Chair of the Board of Trustees
Unfolding Theatre is delighted to announce the appointment of Rebekah “Bex” Bowsher as its new chair of the Board of Trustees, bidding farewell to its previous Chair of five years, Anna Disley.
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Unfolding Theatre is seeking two people to join the team as Creative Associates.
Unfolding Theatre is seeking two people to join the team as Creative Associates. Creative Associates are at the forefront of Unfolding Theatre’s community-based theatre-making helping to bring surprising combinations of people together.
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Join Unfolding Theatre’s Board of Trustees
Unfolding Theatre is seeking to fill two roles on our Board of Trustees. These roles aim to support the organisation to set and achieve ambitious plans between now and 2026. The 2 roles are Chair and Trustee, and Trustee.
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Unfolding Theatre announces new co-production with Northern Stage
Unfolding Theatre is pleased to announce Free School Meals, a new co-production with Northern Stage. Free School Meals is brand-new show about hunger, inequality and power that features a talented cast of 15 children from Newcastle. The co-production will be presented as part of Northern Stage’s new season between Wednesday 25th and Saturday 28th August 2021.
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Unfolding Theatre to receive £34,000 from Culture Recovery Fund
Unfolding Theatre has received a grant of £34,000 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help the organisation recover from the impact of the pandemic. The funding will support the making of a brand new co-production and help develop Unfolding Theatre’s community co-creation practice through a series of pop-up creative exchanges.
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Unfolding Theatre welcomes new Trustee
Unfolding Theatre is pleased to announce that Mani Kambo has recently joined its Board of Trustees.
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Unfolding Theatre launches its first podcast
Unfolding Theatre is excited to announce the launch of its first podcast, Unfolding Conversations.
The podcast is hosted by Unfolding Theatre’s Artistic Director Annie Rigby and brings surprising combinations of guests together to see what unfolds.
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Multiverse Lab: shaping the future of health research
Residents living north of the Tyne are being asked to take part in a new interactive, online experience called Multiverse Lab that will shape the future of health research in North East England.
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New Family Story Trail unveiled in Byker
Unfolding Theatre, in partnership with Barnardo's Community Family Hub East at Byker Sands Centre has unveiled a new Family Story Trail that explores an invisible world filled with magical and mysterious characters.
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We Stand to Denounce Racism in all its Forms
We, the undersigned from the cultural sector of the North East, declare that silence is not ok and silence is seen as complicity. Racism has no place in a just and humane society.
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