£4,010 funded
Ongoing

Chosen: A New Musical

Musical
Production

Sue, an IT Support Technician in her 60s, wakes from a coma to discover half the world has been zombified. After accidentally killing the prophesied 'Chosen One', Sue assumes their identity to avoid getting caught, and has to save humanity herself. Chosen is a pop-rock comedy musical about purpose, second chances and embracing the uncertainty of life.

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£1,041 funded
Funded

The Spectacular

Stage
Production

THE SPECTACULAR follows Jake & Naomi, two Dublin Republicans who have come to perform an act of absurd theatrical terror in Britain. Think Disco Pigs meets Kneecap.

Written/Dir. - Seán Butler
Where? Camden People’s Theatre
When? 12-16th Nov
Supported by seed funding from Camden People's Theatre

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£2,976 funded
Funded

Mario: A Super Musical!

Musical
Production

‘Mario: A Super Musical!’ is a new British musical that celebrates the wonderful world of Super Mario. We join a host of Mario’s sidekicks when the red-suited mustachioed plumber goes missing. How will this discombobulated group step out from the ‘Player 2’ shadows to rescue their rescuer? Will it be mission complete or game over?

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£1,277 funded
Ongoing

Dictating to the Estate

Stage
Production

A documentary play about the Grenfell Tower fire which reconstructs the residents' fight to stop the inevitable using only council meeting minutes, letters, blogs and inquiry information.

Written by Kensington writer and activist Nathaniel McBride, the play will debut at Maxilla Social Club in North Kensington on Tuesday 31st May to Sunday 12th June 2022.

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£520 funded
Funded

Experiment Human 2023

Comedy
Production

Award-winning show from Hooky Productions. This crowdfunding campaign will support sisters Rosa and Maya to take the show forward into 2023!

Monkion has spent too long in the attic, obsessed with Benedict Cumberbatch, never talking to any other human - until now…

"bold, unique, surreal" **** Everything Theatre

Photo: @michaeloreillyphotographer

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£825 funded
Funded

Hyena

Stage
Production

Volpe Theatre is a female-led, international physical theatre company, based in the UK and we would like to invite you to contribute to the creation and staging of our new piece 'Hyena' and the community project that runs alongside it.
We came together during the pandemic to create theatre that would transcend the limitations of language and create an international community. We wanted to

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£1,630 funded
Funded

Pieces Of Us at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Stage
Production

'Pieces Of Us' is a darkly humorous, meta-modern, verbatim-style, socio-political exploration of grief in the 21st century written & performed by Jessica Munna, directed by Amy Garner Buchanan, presented in collaboration with Oxia Theatre. We are raising funds to take our show to the Edinburgh Fringe Theatre Festival!

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£1,015 funded
Funded

Focus on the Positives

Comedy
Production

This is a dramedy about HIV stigma in young gay men. In a world where our elders and mentors are not around, and there is no education, HIV has become something mysterious and something to be feared. Through the lens of a new gay relationship, this play interrogates the how and why of this stigma and ultimately seeks to educate audiences through a casual and conversational tone.

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£1,045 funded
Funded

Gangsta Baby - The Hope Theatre

Stage
Production

Play: Gangsta Baby
Venue: The Hope Theatre, London
Date: 9th - 27th January

Junior is a queer sex worker in Hastings suffering from PTSD. His life is plunged into further turmoil during a booking with a new client when his father Senior returns home. Why has his father returned?

Directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair MBE and debut play by writer and performer Cameron Raasdal-Munro.

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£3,735 funded
Funded

The Cathedral

Experimental & art
Production

A powerful devised theatre piece exploring womanhood, sex, shame and God.

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£380 funded
Funded

EUSC Presents: Measure for Measure

Stage
Production

“Haste still pays haste, and leisure answers leisure;
Like doth quit like, and measure still for measure.”
One of Shakespeare’s genre-breaking problem plays, Measure for Measure follows a city in turmoil - Vienna is chock full of fornicators, drunkards, and a bumbling government overseeing it all.

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£798 funded
Funded

For a Brief Moment and Never Again Since @ Vault Festival

Stage
Production

Owen and Sarah haven’t seen each other in two years. She needed to think, to decide – things have been hell for her since Owen’s highly publicised crime and subsequent arrest, and simply being married to him has put a target on Sarah’s back. But after loving him for over fifteen years, how can she let go? And how can she reconcile the heinous act he committed with the person he used to be?

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£1,740 funded
Funded

Hand of God

Stage
Production

Birmingham. 0121. The grotty Powerleague pitches. The era of the Topman Rihanna T’shirt, The Streets and Dizzee Rascal Sunnies. Kieron has just been kicked out of his beloved 5 aside football team for missing the division 5 deciding goal. He now has to make the decision - give up on his dreams of being scouted, or form a new team from the drug dealers at the Hardwick Arms?

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£2,407 funded
Funded

#MenToo

Musical
Production

'#MenToo' is a nonprofit musical comedy which follows the journey of four Meninists- a van man, an academic, a Broga instructor and a start-up entrepreneur- attempting to save their community space from becoming the first Women’s Health centre in the UK. Set to all-original songs such as 'The Brotest' and 'A Catcall for Help', Brian, Dave, Casey and Quest brave the obstacles of a post-#MeToo world

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£1,170 funded
Funded

Thirst: capitalism, queerness and the climate crisis

Drama
Production

Thirst is a queer epic play about eco-terrorism, seeing the anticipated return of playwright Ashley Milne’s collaboration with Teastain Theatre’s Rebecca McGreevy and Jessy Roberts. Started at the Omnibus Theatre’s 96 Festival, Thirst has been reborn for a full production to premiere at VAULT Festival in 2023. We are back with a bigger show than ever before, and are looking for your support to

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£100 funded
Funded

That's Ace @ VAULT Festival 2023

Stage
Production

THAT'S ACE is a new one-woman show about asexuality, relationships and self-identity. Asexuality is highly underrepresented in the media, especially the arts. We are taking it to the VAULT Festival in March with the aim to take it further. In order to do this, we need to build the best production possible and need funding for this.

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£2,826 funded
Funded

Ukulele Days: a new musical

Musical
Development

Ukulele Days is a feel-good new musical for actor-musicians and the world’s cheeriest instrument. At the Seaside Ukulele Festival, music brings a community together – but first, there are bitter rivalries, family dynamics, and exploding egos to sort out. Think Pitch Perfect meets Much Ado About Nothing, set at a ukulele festival.

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£1,000 funded
Funded

RABBIT HOLE

Experimental & art
Production

Rabbit Hole is a hybrid live-digital show about conspiracy theories. It asks why we believe the things we do and how healthy curiosity can turn into a dogmatic mistrust of mainstream narratives. 5 performers take the audience through an interactive, subversive, and surprising world. First created by Feral Bird Theatre in 2021, and supported by New Diorama Theatre, the Cockpit, and Applecart Arts

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£2,745 funded
Funded

Don't Ask Don't Get, Baby goes to Fringe!

Drama
Production

"This is a story for anyone who has ever felt they were or are different from majority" LondonTheatre1
This is a love letter to mums, mothers, doctors and donors. It tells the story of Alice as she comes of age whilst coming to terms with being a Donor Conceived Person. Alice takes you with her as she muses nature, nurture and everything in between. "Authentic, funny and very moving" Jessica

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£1,218 funded
Funded

Bea P. Deigh

Stage
Production

Looking for funding for Camden Fringe Festival 2024!

Welcome to The Brain, Inc., the tiny office that lives inside the head of every living person. In this particular brain, it's Bea P. Deigh's first day on the job, and she's here to make a name for herself. She occasionally gets knocked off her game by the pesky client she's trying to control, but not to worry - she always gets the last word.

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£1,855 funded
Funded

Confinement

Drama
Production

Ceschi + Lane present Confinement: a project exploring Motherhood in the Pandemic, taking place at the Walthamstow Wetlands in September. With the company’s highly distinctive costume-led choreography and innovative sound design, Confinement is a living testament to motherhood over lockdown. The project includes free creative workshops for mothers, performances and an online collective artwork.

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£472 funded
Ongoing

Logan, A One Woman Show (Because only one of us survived)

Comedy
Production

It is often said that we express our trauma through our creative endeavours, and this Edinburgh Fringe show is exactly that!

We've been hugely lucky to get a slot at Gilded Balloon's Patter Hoose for a two week run, and have crossed our fingers and booked the slot! Please show your support, however big or small, and help us get there without starving or running out of petrol half way up the M6!

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£1,658 funded
Funded

2023 FemiFringe Guide

Stage
Production

We want to publish a new print guide of shows led by women and people of marginalised genders at Edinburgh Festival Fringe - the 2023 FemiFringe Guide.

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£762 funded
Funded

Love in the time of Lockdown; A tour of ten.

Drama
Production

A "talking heads" style live theatre show, capturing seven different stories during Lockdown. Written by Saskia Wesnigk-Wood these pieces are warm, surreal, funny and heart wrenching; a remarkable snapshot behind closed doors, highlighting how different the lockdown experience was for everyone.

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£1,816 funded
Funded

Hotel Elsinore

Drama
Production

Denmark. 2am. A hotel room. Three weary travellers, an unexpected will, and a production of Hamlet to rehearse before morning. After creating the wildly successful Nearly Lear, which has toured internationally to audience and critical acclaim, award-winning actor Susanna Hamnett joins forces with her son and daughter to bring her unique vision to another of Shakespeare’s masterpieces.

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£1,535 funded
Funded

PITCH - Edinburgh Fringe Premiere and UK Tour

Stage
Production

PITCH is a bold, joyful exploration of football and the queer community. It is the winner of the Pleasance Charlie Hartill Reserve 2023 and is co-produced by November Theatre, The Pleasance and Sarah Verghese Productions

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£470 funded
Funded

DOG HAIR

Drama
Production

After the death of SON's Nan, SON returns to his hometown, but MAM's boyfriend MIKE has other ideas about what's best for them. As the town's grip re-takes its hold, SON struggles to suppress his rising grief, tensions with MIKE intensify, and there can only be so long until the levy breaks. Lost, angry and broken, SON is faced with the question: can you ever truly leave the place you're from?

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£1,035 funded
Funded

The House of Edgar ~ An Original Musical

Musical
Production

How far would you go to protect your legacy?
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This thrilling original musical spins haunting folk songs to weave Poe’s darkest stories into a mysterious new tale. From 'Annabel Lee' and 'The Raven', to 'The Tell-Tale Heart' & 'The Fall of the House of Usher' a new story is uncovered.
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Help us fund a concert production of The House of Edgar at Seven Dials Playhouse on Mon 23 Sept.

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£655 funded
Funded

Far Out

Comedy
Production

'Far Out' is a comedy sci-fi play, produced by L Squared Theatre.

The year is 2150, and the Earth is nearly burnt out. Three space adventurers, Alma, Jed and Ellis, blast into space in search for a new habitable planet, but what do they do if they actually FIND a planet? And is the human race worth saving at all?

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£1,102 funded
Funded

Cycles

Drama
Distribution & exhibition

Cycles is a feature film about an apprehensive young man who moves into university halls. Once he arrives, the sudden feeling of isolation forces him into an argument with his older brother about identity, love, and the repression of dreams.

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£3,367 funded
Funded

The Greatest Hits of Lily and John

Stage
Production

Tritone Theatre presents ‘The Greatest Hits of Lily and John’ at Pleasance Courtyard, 3rd - 28th August 2022!
Originally programmed as part of VAULT festival 2022, we were supported for previews rehoused for 3 nights at The Other Palace in March.
AND NOW - We're heading to the FRINGE FESTIVAL!

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£1,981 funded
Funded

London Playwrights Festival 2021

Stage
Production

The London Playwrights Festival 2021 is a celebration of new writing in London and beyond! The festival will feature play readings from exciting new writers who we have been working with through our development programmes over the last year, along with Q&A's, networking opportunities for playwrights, and digital events.

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£4,315 funded
Funded

BOYBI The Musical

Musical
Production

26th - 30th September 2023
A new solo musical: BoyBi is an exhilarating new musical exploring the self-discovery journey and adversity of growing up bisexual. The show is raw, emotional, funny and uplifting.

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£916 funded
Funded

Blueprints

Experimental & art
Completion

Blueprints is a digital immersive journey that uses an online platform to introduce it’s intriguing, surreal world. Prepare to explore an online hybrid of immersive theatre and a choose your own adventure game. Audience will click through a derelict house and thorough each choice, the audience will alter the heroine’s narrative, exploring how key moments with our mothers shape us.

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£1,226 funded
Funded

THE WASP

Stage
Production

Bold House Productions presents the electrifying thriller The Wasp by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm directed by Wendy Bollard at the Hen&Chickens Theatre Tue 1 FEB - Sat 5 FEB 2022

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£2,220 funded
Funded

blue bottles

Drama
Production

An absurd tragicomedy exploring the possibilities of a seemingly conversational banality told through the many, many eyes of two unlikely characters… oh, and they’re flies… those characters are both flies…

Showing at The Lion and Unicorn Theatre from 4th to 7th November 2021.

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£3,415 funded
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Paused

Drama
Production

After a series of related symptoms, 24-year-old Eve begins to think she’s pregnant, only for a doctor to reveal that she is experiencing early menopause. Despite initial reluctance to address her feelings, the news forces Eve to seek support from those around her and to explore what it truly means to be a woman.

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£1,870 funded
Funded

Room to Room

Experimental & art
Completion

This R&D project originated directly as a response to the covid pandemic of 2020. The project pairs high calibre, diverse dance artists with diverse communities to create a unique collection of online solo dance films representing the communities involved

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£2,610 funded
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Threedumb Theatre @ Edinburgh Fringe

Drama
Production

We are a husband-and-wife team heading to the Edinburgh Fringe this summer, presenting 2x shows throughout the month.

We are raising funds to help us present 'One Man Poe' and 'A Montage of Monet'.

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£450 funded
Funded

Small Justice

Stage
Production

We’re in Stella’s head. Everything is shifting. Her mother is ill and seeing the future. Her sister is struggling to cope as a single mum. Stella’s old boyfriend is back. Then gone. Then back. Does she want him? Is her mother really sick? Why is everyone eating so many fish? As Stella grapples with the reality of her familial relationships and her romantic relationship, she is forced to unpick the

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£1,582 funded
Funded

SCRATCHES at the Arcola Theatre

Drama
Production

Hello! We are Plain Heroines theatre company. We’re fundraising for our latest play, SCRATCHES, which transfers to the Arcola Theatre in November this year after a critically acclaimed run at VAULT Festival.

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£905 funded
Funded

Right Of Way @ VAULT Festival 23'

Drama
Production

RIGHT OF WAY is a new play by artist Beth Bowden - an embodied reflection on the Southwest Coast Path, chronic illness, accessibility, Young Carers, and radical joy. The piece is semi-autobiographical and explores the intimate connection we have with powerful bodies of water, our heritage, and with the women in our lives. Taking place at VAULT Festival, 21-26 February 2023

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£885 funded
Funded

A Thousand Sons

Drama
Production

A Thousand Sons is a solo show written and performed by Jamie Sefton telling the true story of British nuclear test veterans. After successful runs at Camden Fringe 2021 and Edinburgh Fringe 2022, A Thousand Sons heads to Camden People's Theatre (CPT) in November as part of their autumn season.

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£2,610 funded
Funded

RIGHT OF WAY: South West Tour

Drama
Production

RIGHT OF WAY, written while walking the South West Coast Path, is an embodied story of joy: of choosing to walk, to grow, and to reclaim space. A 5 star, award-nominated new play, exploring disability, chronic illness, and Young Carers. Touring to 5 venues in the South West in March 2024, alongside 5 workshops for young carers.

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£1,310 funded
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Truly, Madly, Baldy- Edinburgh Fringe Debut

Comedy
Production

Truly, Madly, Baldy is a comedic two-hander that focuses on two individuals who suffer from the hair loss condition Alopecia. It is based upon real life experiences put together by the writer and performer Sam Macgregor who sadly lost his hair in late 2019 when he developed Alopecia. As well as this mother having the same condition, Sam reached out to various other people who suffer from Alopecia

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£2,445 funded
Funded

Our Last First

Stage
Production

Meet A & B. Watch as they go through the first and lasts of their (and everyone universally) relationship. With Friend and Sibling editing and affecting their journey.

Written without any pronouns, genders, names, ages, or physical description Oh and cast live!

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£1,310 funded
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Jungle Door

Stage
Production

Jungle Door invites its audience to indulge in the joyous, disheartening, and hopeful moments over a year shared by ex-lovers Michelle and Louise as they rekindle their friendship. Challenged by beauty standards and the housing crisis Michelle smiles through the filler and plans her perfect day, unaware her bridesmaid is hiding a dark secret.

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£1,145 funded
Funded

Friendship

Drama
Production

Ewan and Tim are stuck. After a much regretted, spur-of-the-moment invitation leads them to a hike of the Wiltshire hills, with the dark coming on they’re beginning to realise just how little they have in common. A play about standing stones, the solar system, and putting one foot in front of the other. Friendship is written by Kit Brookman and directed by George Nichols, for VAULT Festival 2022.

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