Reimagine the world through play.

At Upstart Theatre, our mission is to help people reimagine the world by making theatre playable. We create and support playable theatre – live performance which gives the audience the leading role, in order to imagine how we can change the world together.

We make our own live shows (both in live venues and online); we run co-creation projects with communities; we support emerging artists to learn about Playable Theatre; and we take our work beyond the theatre by making digital and physical games.

OUR TEAM

TOM MANSFIELD

Artistic Director

HANNAH TOOKEY

Producer

OUR BOARD

TOM DAVIES
Trustee
SUSIE ITALIANO
Trustee
LORRAINE LECOURTOIS
Chair
THOMAS RYALLS
Trustee

CREATIVE COLLABORATORS

JAMES BLAKEY

Director

JENNIFER JACKSON

Performer / Movement Director / Writer

SIMON CARROLL-JONES

Performer / Writer

REBECCA KENYON

Filmmaker

RIANNA DEARDEN

ZODWA NYONI

Writer

DUNCAN GRIMLEY

Sound Designer

ROCHI RAMPAL

Performer