WE CREATE NEW THEATRE TO BUILD NEW COMMUNITIES Through a marriage of outreach and community work and theatrical expertise we create theatre projects and performances that bring together people and ideas to build new connections and inspire new ways of thinking Our aims are: · To challenge, criticise and celebrate the society we live in · To use theatre as a means to re-engage audience and participants with society · To invite the audience into an honest celebration of what it means to be human · To democratise and popularise theatre · To open spaces of possibility in the lives of audience and participants through short, sharp bursts of creative activity We will always: · Create experiences that are engaging and stimulating no matter what your level of experience · Find the right surroundings for each piece of work · Use in-person research and consultation to ensure the subject matter, content and form of work is reflective and effective · Give audience, participants and artists appropriate equal weight when creating work · Refine and develop our work through continuing theatrical experimentation · Work with professional artists and volunteer participants according to the needs of the project