SCALE OF VENUE
Large

PERMANENT STAFF
Joint Artistic Directors
Nancy Meckler
Polly Teale
Administrative Producer
Jon Harris
Associate Director
Kate Saxon
Administration Manager
Sharon John

ARTISTIC POLICY
Shared Experience creates theatre that goes beyond everyday lives, giving form to the hidden world of emotion and imagination. Shared Experience has pioneered a distinctive style that unites both text-based and physical theatre. At the heart of its work is the power and excitement of the performer’s physical presence, and the unique collaboration between actor and audience: a shared experience.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
Shared Experience’s magnificent production…The performances are immaculate…this is triumphant theatre.
The Sunday Times (War and Peace)
Blistering performances from a superb ensemble. Searing theatre
The Times (Kindertransport)
One of the true highlights of a lifetime of theatregoing.
The New York Post (Anna Karenina)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
War and Peace
Adapted by Helen Edmundson from the novel by Tolstoy. A co-production with the National Theatre & Nottingham Playhouse. A 7-hour epic in two parts, adapting one of the world’s most famous novels.
Mine by Polly Teale.  
A brand-new contemporary play about a wealthy couple who decide to adopt a baby and who become involved with the baby’s troubled birth-mother.  
Kindertransport by Diane Samuels.  
A gripping play telling the story of the mass flight of Jewish children from Germany in 1938, and its modern-day repercussions.

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht, in a new version, co-production with West Yorkshire Playhouse and Nottingham Playhouse. A major new production to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

WRAP-AROUND
We supply these activities with every production: pre and post-show discussions with cast and director; workshops for school and college groups (usually 14-21); process workshops for professional actors, writers and directors; technical theatre days for ages 14-21, onstage with a particular production; An opportunity to observe a technical rehearsal for small groups aged 14-21. We also regularly undertake particular workshops or residencies devised in collaboration with presenters and partners on specific projects.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2006 Ireland: Orestes
2005 USA/Ireland: Bronte, A Passage to India

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Please contact us for details.