Profile
Tinderbox Theatre Company
alice.malseed@tinderbox.org.ukhttps://www.tinderbox.org.uk
Belfast, United Kingdom
IETM Member
Bio
We are driven by artistic process. We are an organisation led by artists in Belfast Northern Ireland. We are inspired by the ever-changing creative landscape of new contemporary arts practice, new and ambitious theatrical forms and the rich diversity of artists and participants. For thirty-three years, we have championed new writing, producing world-class performances from Northern Irish writers to critical and international acclaim. We are a leading player in creative innovation, experimentation and contemporary theatre. Mission Statement: We create live performances to challenge, provoke and inspire. Tinderbox create live and dynamic events and experiences. We tell our stories. We play. We devise. We use the body as the main form of artistic expression. We liberate the imagination to play. Specialist contemporary theatre training at the Crescent Arts Centre. Since 2017 Tinderbox provided creative training programmes to inspire, nurture and support 84 emerging artists and participants We celebrate true collaboration with artists, communities and audiences. We will create a living space for artists, communities, audiences to connect and share stories with each other. We will make events where these stories are shared, new voices are heard. We embody change and transformation as essential to our work and practice. We champion creative play as our foundation to explore change and transformation not only for performance projects but through all strands of the organisation.
Art forms
Physical Theatre, Playwriting, Site specific work, Theatre, Youth Theatre, Other
Creative Therapy
Type of organisation
Performing Company, Producer, School / University / Training organisation
Activities
Programming, presentation of artists, Production of other artists’ work, Production of own work, Training and Education in Cultural Management, Training of artists / workshops, Networking