Waterside Arts and Creative Industries Trafford are committed to providing opportunities for artists to create work and understand the importance of this for maintaining the cultural ecology.

We are really proud of the collaboration we have had with theatre-makers, which may be through our theatre commissions programme, or just some seed funding and/or space to develop and make new work.

 

For enquires about our theatre development activity contact:-

Sam Danson - Theatre Development Producer 

[email protected] 

COMMISSIONED WORK

BI-TOPIA

Premiered 17 May 2023

• Written & Performed by: Sam Danson
• Directed by: Rikki Beadle-Blaire MBE
• Produced by: Sam Danson in association with Emmerson & Ward Productions
• Original commission by: Waterside Arts & Pride in Trafford
• Production partners: Manchester Pride’s Superbia Fund, Emmerson & Ward Productions, SICK! Festival, Contact, Blackpool Grand

 

A MOMENT: The Film

Premiered 25 September 2021 – United We Stream

• Created by Hawk Dance Theatre
• A Film by Jason Lock
• Choreography by Josh Hawkins
• Performed by Jack Hilton & Josh Wild
• Original Music by Lee Allen
• Film Produced by Darren Adams
• Original commission by: Waterside Arts & Pride in Trafford
• Production Partners: Imperial War Museum North, Brewery Arts Centre, Northern School of Contemporary Dance

A PERFECT WORLD: Dunham Massey

Premiered 25 September 2021 – United We Stream

• Written and performed by Matthew Bellwood
• Directed by Jason Lock
• Edited by Phil Peden
• Film Produced by Darren Adams
• Production Partners: The National Trust / Dunham Massey

WOLF HOURS: Minute Taker

Premiered 18 July 2019

• Written and performed by Ben McGarvey (Minute Taker)
• Originally commissioned by Waterside Arts & Refract Festival
• Production partners: Superbia by Manchester Pride, Arts Council England, Waterside Arts, Refract Festival

FIRST TIME

Premiered 28 November 2018

• Written and performed by Nathaniel Hall
• Directed by Chris Hoyle
• Design by Irene Jade
• Produced by Dibby Theatre
• Originally commissioned by Waterside Arts & Creative Industries Trafford
• Production partners: Arts Council England, Waterside Arts, Creative Industries Trafford and George House Trust

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CO-COMMISSIONING

GM LGBTQ+ ARTS & CULTURE NETWORK: Pride Stages Bursaries

2021

• Oh What A Lovely Lockdown by Cheddar Gorgeous
• Haus of Myztique by Jason Andrew Guest

GM LGBTQ+ ARTS & CULTURE NETWORK: Create Bursaries

2020

• As British as a Watermelon By Mandla Rae
• LOB by Roma Havers
• Work-in-Progress by Jamaal Monarch

WAR WITH THE NEWTS

Previewed 21 July 2018

• By Knaive Theatre 
• Originally written by Karel Capek adapted by Tyrell Jones
• Directed by Tyrell Jones
• Designed by Hannah Sibai
• Commissioned by Royal Exchange, Square Chapel and Waterside Arts
• Supported by Arts Council England, Refract Festival

AWAKENING

Premiered 20 July 2018

• By Chad Taylor
• Commissioned by Dance Manchester, STUN and Waterside Arts
• Supported by Arts Council England and Refract Festival

GETTING FROM A TO B

Premiered 20 July 2018

• By Hawk Dance Theatre
• Choreography by Josh Hawkins
• Commissioned by Dance Manchester, STUN and Waterside Arts
• Supported by Arts Council England and Refract Festival

SWEAR SCHOOL

Premiered 20 October 2016

• Written and performed by Thick Richard
• Originally Commissioned by Creative Industries Trafford

THE HOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE

Premiered 27 July 2016

• By Four Shadows Theatre
• Originally Commissioned by Waterside Arts and Creative Industries Trafford

THE BEAUTIFUL WARMTH

Premiered 20 October 2014

• Presented by Check Shirt Theatre Company
• Written by Adam Gilmour
• Directed by Sean Gregory
• Originally Commissioned by Waterside Arts and Creative Industries Trafford

THE MAN WHO WOKE UP DEAD

Premiered 27 June 2013

• Presented by Square Peg
• By Michael White and Katie Robinson
• Originally commissioned by Waterside Arts and Creative Industries Trafford
• Supported by Arts Council England

WHITE NIGHT

Premiered 14 May 2014

• Presented by Nick Birchill
• Directed by Nick Birchill
• Originally commissioned by Waterside Arts and Creative Industries Trafford
• Supported by Arts Council England

 

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SUPPORTED DEVELOPMENT WORK 

MILLENIAL PINK

Public sharing 16 February 2021

• Presented by Girl Gang
• Written, Directed and Co-Produced by Megan Griffiths
• Co-produced by HER Productions / Hannah Ellis Ryan
• Design by Sascha Gilmore

PETRICHOR

• Devised by ThickSkin

HEDDA

• Created by Jen Hayes
• Performed by David Hoyle

TOUCHING MOMENTS

• Written and performed by Victoria Robinson

SENTINEL

• Created by Richard Evans
  Production Partners: Manchester Science Festival. Funded by Arts Council England

WHEN I HEAR MUSIC

• By Chad Taylor

BOX

• By Hawk Dance Theatre

STAYING IN

Premiered on 18 November 2019

• Written and performed by Mark Croasdale

CHIT CHAT CHALK SHOW

• Presented by The Knotted Project and Hawk Dance Theatre

MAKING WAVES BURSARIES

BEACH BODY READY

By the Roaring Girls

 

CATCHING COMETS

Ransack Theatre

 

FULFILMENT

SharkLegs

 

FIRST TIME

Nathaniel Hall & Dibby Theatre