Bedlam Theatre Company
A Cornish company and their productions are based in Cornish source material. Details of two of their current shows, their history, their past productions (1989-99) and a "Rogues' Gallery", bios and pics of company membrs and associates. The page on their workshops was still under construction at the beginning of February 2000.
BestKeptSekret Theatre Company
A Belfast based company which intends to produce "entertaining and challenging theatre, and bring communication back between the actor, writer and spectator." There's an introduction, news, details of past shows, a hostory, details of the members of the company and of its founders.
Big Bad Bear
A specialist production company. Just one page with details of their latest show.
Big Heads
A street theatre company which uses big heads. Pictures but little else.
Big House Theatre Company
Big House aims to promote disabled access in theatre, not in audience terms but for the disabled actor or crew. It is not a site for the disabled but is rather aimed at making the rest of us aware of what those with a disability can contribute to theatre. There is a huge amount of information here, including diability etiquette, a FAQ on employing an actor with a disability, how to get text converted to Braille, Equity policy, and training. An essential site for all who work in theatre.
Big Little
Two sites for the price of one here: the Big Little Theatre Co. which
concentrates on musical theatre, and Big Little Productions Ltd, which
provides a range of entertainment for corporate needs, as well as
for the public.
The
Bird of Prey Theatre Company
Writer/director/actor Steve Newman writes about starting a theatre
company in Stratford.
Birds of Paradise
Theatre Company
Details of their past and future prodctions (including pictures, sound
and (very small) video clips, education and outreach work, training
and TIE.
Birmingham Stage Company
The resident company at the Birmingham Rep. Details of productions,
tours, education work, the creative team, sponsor, and the history
of the Rep.
Blue
Orange Theatre
The company aims to promote international contemporary theatre in
England. Details about the company and its founder (including her
CV), and forthcoming productions. There is also press comment on previous
productions.
Box Clever Theatre
Company
A theatre company which plays to young people in schools, colleges
and theatre nationally. There is a lot of information about its projects
and tours, as well as details of how to contact them and make enquiries
about booking them or even making a project proposal.
Box of Tricks Theatre
Company
A new London-based company committed to text-based theatre. Some details
of the company and its founders, their productions and how to support
them.
Breakthrough
Theatre
Noticeboard , Messages and Productions - but the last update was May
2000, so it's hardly worth visiting!
Bright Choice
A production company dedicated to "the development and staging
of international new writing and adaptations of classic works",
touring both in the UK and abroad. There are mini-sites for each of
the company's productions.
British Shakespeare
Company
Otherwise known as the R. J. Williamson Company, presenting outdoor
Shakespeare productions. Details of their productions including their
2006 festival in Brighton, Oxford, London and Leeds; company history;
sponsorship and a gallery of photographs.
British Touring Shakespeare Co.
A company founded in 1997 and performing Shakespeare in country houses.
There are details of the company, their current and previous seasons,
how to book tickets, and how to contact them.
Brit-Pol Theatre
Based in London, Brit-Pol presents Polish theatre in English. There
are details about the company, of performances and playreadings, fundraising
and sponsorship, as well as pictures.
By the Wayside Murder Mystery Theatre
About the company, how it works, and details of some of the venues
in which it plays. Very busy - and off-putting design. Long on quotes
from "satisfied customers", short on had information.
Centreline Productions
London-based producers and general managers, which works in association
with the Touring Partnership and the Touring Consortium. Details of
all their productions.
Channel Theatre Company
A rather oddly framed site: due to a mistake in the HTML the navigation
frame is as big as the info frame! It can be resized, however. The
backgrounds tend to be rather intrusive but the site gives all the
information one would expect: where they are based (Margate in Kent),
their home base, their deevlopment plans, work in the communuity and
education, commitment to new writing and their personnel.
Cheeky Maggot Theatre
Company
Set up by three RADA graduates. It aim sto promote and produce innovative
and fearless writing for the stage and screen that is a break from
the main stream.Giving the writer more say in how their work is produced
and the actors a real chance to help with the fine tuning of a new
script. Details of plays, Fringe 2003 participation, members and an
invitation to writers.
The Chelsea Centre
The Chelsea Centre is an arts centre whose aim is to develop and present new plays by emerging young writers dealing with the issues of today. There are production details, youth arts workshops, and - most interestingly - Write Now, a scheme for new writers.
Cherub Company London
A company which focuses on rare classical and contintental plays "using
youthful enthusiasm and a vibrant sexuality". Its history page lists
past productions, each with its own (very brief) page. There are five
pages on Theatre Alive!, a further training/apprenticeship
scheme, as well as details of its director.
Clean Break TC
The only women's theatre company for ex-offenders, prisoners and ex-prisoners. A single page outlining its aims, activities, the Clean Break Centre in Kentish Town, and its funding.
Cleveland Theatre Company
Based in Darlington (Co. Durham). A professional theatre company for
children and young people. One page, giving details of their shows.
The Comic Character
Creation Company
"We are happy to create individualised performances according
to your requirements," says the site. The company produces comedy
for non-theatre spaces, streets and festivals. There are details of
existing scenarios, plus a few ideas that are currently being worked
on, a list of recent gigs and some practical advice for those who
book them.
The Common Players
A touring company based in Exeter. There are details of the company, its history, its productions, its workshops and other outreach work, its disability awareness policy, and its group of supporters called Uncommon Friends.
The Common Sense
London-based, the company aims to "develop new hybrid forms of theatre," exploring themes which "reflect and challenge" contemporary issues. Creates site-specific events and also works with businesses.
Company Gavin Robertson
The company behind the West End hit "Thunderbirds F.A.B.". Details
of its work, including corporate, and its aims.
Complicated
Productions
A Surrey-based professional theatre company. Two pages with details
of their current production.
Complicite
"Complicite is more than a theatre company: it is a state of
mind." Details about the company and its way of working, its
productions, its work in education, FAQs and a photo library.
Concordance
Concordance is based at the Finborough Theatre in London. It concentrates on world premieres of new writing, is interested in music theatre and committed to "Cetic living drama". Company details, the next production, its history, and a bio of its director Neil McPherson.
The Complexity Collective
A loose collective of companies. Nicely designed pretentious drivel.
Cornish Theatre Collective
A Cornish company which seeks to create theatre based on the County's
heritage. Details of past, present and future productions, as well
as of the members of the company. Nice design!
COSmino
An English company with close links with Poland and a strong interest
in European styles of theatre.
Creation Productions
Based in Nottingamshire: past, present and future productions, general
information and a multimedia area.
Creation Theatre Company
A company based in Oxford which does site-specific plays, mainly Shakespeare.
There are details about the company, past and present productions,
how to find them, jobs with the company, sponsorship and their education
work.
Crowd Proud Productions
A domain name just to have one page with a mailto: link. Can you believe
it!
Dale Theater Kompani
Started its life in the village of Dale in western Norway but now
based at the Rosemary Branch Theatre in Islington. Focused on the
work of Ibsen and classical Scandanavian writers. History, current
and past productions, videoclips and how to contact them.
Daylight Players
Daylight Players is a British theatre company formed in 2003, committed
to building a relationship with audiences by playing in uniform lighting
- where the performers and audience share the same light. The site
has details of the company, its members and its productions.
The Dead Mad Theatre Company
(Derbyshire) Details about the company, its people, current and past productions, and news and reviews. Much use of the [BACK] button needed: no internal links.
Death by Numbers
A murder mystery company based in Liverpool, offering murder mystery
evenings and weekends. They also do theatre productions. The site
also offers scripts for Do-It-Yourself evenings.
Decoy Theatre
A new company, founded by three friends who have studied drama together,
to take a production of Sophocles' Electra to the Edinurgh
Fringe. there's news, details of the copany and of the show.
Dende Collective
An Anglo-Brazillian collaboration, based in the UK, which aims to
"to commission, facilitate, develop and produce collaborations between
artists from the UK and Brazil." Who they are, where they perform
and what they do, plus details of their latest project and rehearsal
pictures.
Dodgy Clutch Theatre Company
A visual theatre company based in NE which "works collaboratively
to produce new work in a popular form of visual theatre, which combines
the different theatrical elements of music, dance, performance, mime
and puppetry." Details of the company, a list of past productions
and slideshows of some of their more spectacular shows/events. Flash
is essential.
Double Edge Drama
A company founded in 1991 by a group from Eton College to take shows to the Edinburgh Fringe. Since then they have done 24 productions. Most of the contents refer to their '91 and and '97 Fringe appearances.
