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2020/22 Exploring how teaching of English can be improved by using Stan’s Cafe’s rehearsal room techniques in the classroom. The Classroom Stage is a multi-year action research project supported by […]

The Anatomy of Melancholy has been described as “the greatest book ever written”. Nearly 400 years old, it is a vast, 1500 page attempt to identify the causes, symptoms and […]

We so much enjoy being in a room with our audiences that it was always going to require something on the scale of a global pandemic to kick start Stan’s […]

Inspired by teach-yourself-to-dance floor mats, The Steps Series invites audiences to perform the show themselves. Performance instructions are printed out as vinyl footsteps, handprints, ‘objectprints’ and script fragments and applied […]

Precious Emily is inspired by the extraordinary life story of Precious McKenzie who was born in apartheid era South Africa and showed indomitable spirit to overcome extraordinary odds and become […]

Guided tours of rivers, performed live, indoors or out, illustrated by especially commissioned textile ribbon maps. The library is growing. A new map and tour will be unveiled in October.

At the end of the year Saltley Academy relaunched their house system and asked us to help them. We ran workshops with groups of student leaders in which they pulled […]

As part of Birmingham Weekender BullringSaturday 28 August, 2021. 12:00 – 17:00Sunday 29 August, 2021. 12:00 – 16:00 Birmingham 2021 This pop-up version of the show filled the gap left […]

Summer 2021Holy Family Catholic Primary School Returning to school after lockdowns students, needed to learn to enjoy school again, to regain their confidence and communication skills. We were asked to […]

An improvised walkabout performance (unless they’re sat down) in which two sports commentators describe everyday life in too much detail. Catch them live in person or streamed live online.

A PhD studentship with Birmingham City University is currently being advertised under the title Composition as a workplace intervention: Adding value to Stan’s Cafe So now seems a good time […]

For Quality Purposes is set in a Dispersed Universal Call Centre where call handlers, working from home, field enquiries from customers with a vast range of queries in areas they […]

Saltley Academy was planning for its students to return after lockdown. Where lots of schools were using hazard tape to remind their students about social distancing and one way systems […]

The Mail Centre Takeover Nine Elms15 – 26 January, 2020 (not 20 & 21) Wandsworth At short notice Wandsworth Council found they had use of a very large former Royal […]

Anti – Contemporary Art Festival, Kuopio, Finland 27 – 30 October 2020 Covid, lockdown, furlough, self-isolation, track and trace, the new normal, N95 masks, 70% alcohol hand gel, shielding… 2020 […]

We’re in lockdown, it’s horrendous for freelancers and you mentioned the other day you’ve considered dusting off your HGV [heavy goods vehicle] license. So we’ve got to start there. When […]

Lara, I’ve known you for ages, how do you describe what you do? Ha, this is an ongoing mystery in my family! My mum just thinks I know lots of […]

As part of the JUST festivalCornerstone Centre, Princes Street, Edinburgh18 – 22 August 2020 Edinburgh 2020 Commissioned and programmed as part of the Just Festival and presented at Cornerstone Centre […]

As part of the SEEDS OF HOPE exhibition Burton at BidefordJuly – September 2020Monday – Saturday 10:00 – 16:00Sunday 11:00 – 16:00 Bideford The Burton at Bideford reopens after three […]

Home of The Wriggler is a lo-fi sci-fi docu-drama: Lo-fi because the lights and sound are all powered by the cast, givingthe show a strange intensity and immediacy. Sci-fi because […]

Grow Festival – Corby25 – 27 July 2019 We were very happy to be part of the 2019 Grow Festival in Corby, a weekend of outdoor arts this year themed […]

Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts25 – 27 November 2019 Brighton It was great to be back in this venue. We performed here in the early 2000s, when it was […]

The theatre has turned itself inside out, but it is still theatre. And beautiful theatre too. An act of Victorian illusion, a fairground ride, a peep show, a piece of […]

Chipping Norton Arts Festival5 October 2019 Chipping Norton We were very happy to be invited to be part of the first Chipping Norton Arts Festival which brought together local and […]

“…a masterclass in composition and flow.” The Stage Watch, as if from the window of a bus, as the big city glides by. See lives converge and diverge as rich […]

This poem / spy challenge was written for a publication that asked for the ‘religious content’ to be taken out, we refused and they exercised their right not to publish […]

It was an honour to be asked to speak at Alan’s funeral. I attempted to speak for those of us who knew him from the Birmingham and theatre sides of […]

Having delivering the Vice-Chancellor’s distinguished lecture at the University of Warwick Alan Rivett has retired from his position as Director of Warwick Arts Centre. He held this position for seventeen […]

Dream Big Festival, Drill Hall, Adelaide22 – 31 May, 2019 Adelaide 2019 This was Of All The People In All The World‘s third visit to the beautiful city of Adelaide […]

European Forum Alpbach17 – 30 July 2019 We were very excited to be invited to present Of All The People In All The World as part of the arts and […]