Roundabout Theatre
UK, Touring
2006 to present
The world's first flat pack theatre, created for new writing theatre company Paines Plough.
Wise Children - The Passenger Shed
Bristol, UK
2019
A commission to create a visual identity for the front of house areas for a site specific performance venue in a passenger shed at Bristol Temple Meads Railway station.
Studio, The Point
Eastleigh, UK
2020
Theatre consultancy and bespoke interior design for the renovation of a studio theatre and community space.
The Mix
UK, Touring
2017
Auditorium planning and technical consultancy for an innovative multi-purpose and versatile festival venue.
Hidden Stories and the Hidden Project
Brighton and UK
2019
Hidden Stories is an interactive arts project and graphic novel aiming to banish loneliness and challenge stigma among people living with invisible conditions.
Crane Dance
Bristol, UK
2020
Lighting design and production management for a spectacular meeting of music, light and synchronised cranes.
Hidden Stories Project, Brighton, UK
Service
consultancy
Co-Project lead for the ITV People’s Project fundraising campaign
Client
Root Experience
Cost
£50,000
Completed
September 2019
Hidden Stories is an interactive arts project and graphic novel aiming to banish loneliness and challenge stigma among people living with invisible conditions. The project used creative methodology to discover people’s personal stories which were turned into an accessible graphic novel and taken on a roadshow to help people understand what it’s like to live with a hidden disability.
We worked with Root Experience to co-lead the fundraising campaign which won the ITV People’s Project funding.
The Hidden Project, Brighton, UK
Service
consultancy
Co-creative Director | Workshop Facilitator
Client
Root Experience
Cost
£10,000
Completed
August 2018
The Hidden Project was a creative interactive arts project working with a group of participants to explore their invisible conditions through a series of drama and art workshops. The project culminated in an exhibition of the participants work and an invitation to the public to share their experiences of mental health at Brighton Dome. The exhibition sought to encourage people to consider what it might be like to live with an invisible condition, draw parallels between invisible conditions and reduce stigma.
ROUNDABOUT
Service
design
Client
Paines Plough
Cost
Confidential
Completed
August 2015
Roundabout is the world’s first flat-pack theatre and can be put up by just six people in two days using no tools except an allen key; the simple modular design has been key to its success. It has a diameter of 10 metres and seats 168 people in the round. Roundabout gives the community the opportunity to take ownership and mould the space to support their vision with the venue returning to the same location at the same time each year, and a programme which is partly driven by local stakeholders alongside Paines Plough’s own work. Roundabout has now been on the road for five years, travelling everywhere from Margate to Lincoln, Preston to London's South Bank.
We were responsible for the design and fabrication of the structure, leading the team through an extensive design and prototype period and working with our stage engineering, lighting and scenic fabrication partners Total Solutions, Howard Eaton Lighting Ltd (HELL) and Factory Settings to deliver the build.
We prototyped Roundabout in two different versions which each housed a season of fully realised new plays at Sheffield Crucible Studio and Shoreditch Town Hall in London in 2013. We launched the completed venue at Summerhall as part of the Edinburgh Festival in 2014.
Roundabout won The Stage Awards "Theatre Building of the Year" in 2015 and was voted "Best Fringe Venue" at the Edinburgh Festival.
The MIX
Service
design
Client
Howard Eaton Lighting Ltd
Cost
Confidential
Completed
July 2017
The Mix was conceived as a multi-purpose and versatile festival venue. At the heart of The Mix is a magical and architecturally striking performance space which can transform into different layouts and accommodate everything from cabaret to musical theatre. The auditorium seating was specially developed in collaboration with pioneering furniture designer Felix de Pass.
The Mix has a flexible front of house area with a bar/cafe, dressing rooms, box office and retail space.
Our state of the art lighting system utilises the latest LED technology to enable multiple setups and effects at the push of a button.
"The FUTURE OF
TEMPORARY THEATRE""
TIM HARVEY, FOUNDER WILDERNESS FESTIVAL
THE PASSENGER SHED
Service
design
Client
Wise Children
Cost
Confidential
Completed
August 2019
A commission to create a visual identity for the front of house areas for a site specific performance of Mallory Towers in a listed passenger shed at Bristol Temple Meads Railway station. We designed a pop-up bar, box office and market stall, studying audience flow and creating an interactive and fun experience for audiences of all ages.
CRANE DANCE
Service
design
A commission to create the lighting design for a spectacular meeting of music, light and synchronised cranes, dancing across the skyline at night, devised and choreographed by Laura Kriefman