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Away Day

We had an inspiring Away Day with our Board on 26th June, facilitated by Carolyn Boddington. Much to discuss and plan, especially around our 30th anniversary next year.

11th July 2023

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Journey of a Refugee wins an ETTIE and OFFIE award

How wonderful that Journey of a Refugee won an ETTIE award for Best Theatre for Young Audiences, and was nominated in 4 categories for the OFFIE Awards, winning for Performance. So delighted that this beautiful and important show continues to be recognized.

11th July 2023

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Away Day

We had an inspiring Away Day with our Board on 26th June, facilitated by Carolyn Boddington. Much to discuss and plan, especially around our 30th anniversary next year.

27th June 2025
on a vibrant red background are four photographs of performers. Top left a smiling Black man with bald head, top right a thoughtful looking white woman with pink hair. Bottom left a woman of mixed white and Asian ethnicity, with long brown hair looking sideways into the camera; and bottom right a Black man with a buzz cut hairstyle looking unsmilingly into the camera

Cast of Eshu at the Crossroads

We are so delighted to be working with this wonderful cast. Dancers Tanisha Addicott, Natnael Dawit and Alecsander Javier Nilson. Puppeteer Edie Edmundson Eshu at the Crossroads has 3 performers and we have created 3 different versions of cast combinations. We will spend 4 weeks in rehearsals at Bold Theatre, before opening at the Norfolk & Norwich Festival followed closely by Brighton Festival. More dates coming soon.

6th April 2025
a group of people, 3 men and 3 women stand smiling into camera at an awards event

Journey of a Refugee wins an ETTIE and OFFIE award

How wonderful that Journey of a Refugee won an ETTIE award for Best Theatre for Young Audiences, and was nominated in 4 categories for the OFFIE Awards, winning for Performance. So delighted that this beautiful and important show continues to be recognized.

18th March 2025
a grid of 4 images announcing a series of conversations around Puppetry, each led by Sue Buckmaster (whose image appears in each photo) and a host including an East Asian woman top left, an East Asian man with long hair top left, a non binary person with long hair and a smiling white woman with pepper coloured hair

Puppetry & conversations

It was a pleasure to coordinate a series of Puppetry & ... conversations focusing on different subjects, each hosted by Sue Buckmaster and an expert in their field. These private online conversations covered Puppetry & Women (Aya Nakamura) Puppetry & Dance (Takeshi Matsumoto) Puppetry & Queerness (Anders Duckworth) Puppetry & Climate Activism (Amber Massie-Blomfield) Each 2 hour zoom session had a group of 9 people, including the hosts allowing private space to explore each subject with care.

6th November 2024
on a green background with Journey of a Refugee printed on top there are 4 headshots of cast members. Top left a smiling black man with short hair, top right a pensive looking black woman with corkscrew shoulder length hair, bottom right a thoughtful looking white woman with strapy top and bottom right a young black man with short dreds

Introducing the cast of Journey of a Refugee

Introducing our wonderful Journey of a Refugee cast Mohamed Sarrar Kassichana Okene -Jameson Vivian Triantafyllopoulou Adi Detemo

6th January 2024

Meet our wonderful cast

We are delighted to announce our fabulous cast.

12th July 2023
a large white inflated cube sits in the centre of the image.The top of the cube is beginning to loose air. A Man stands to the left of the cube gently holding it. A shaft of light from above beams down on the cube.

Something in the Air bauprobe

We always love a Bauprobe.

22nd June 2023
in the centre of the picture is a large white square inflatable almost fully filled with air. 3 university students, 2 on the left and one of the right are hugging the inflatable

Air inspires Puppet Workshop

Residency with University of Essex Second-year drama students

20th June 2023

Theatre-Rites 25th Anniversary and Book Launch

Theatre-Rites' Book Launch - In Conversation with Sue Buckmaster and Liam Jarvis

12th June 2023

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