Menagerie Theatre Company is the leading independent new writing company in the East of England.  We seek out and support talented writers in order to develop and produce innovative new theatre.

As well as touring widely, Menagerie curates and produces the annual Hotbed Festival in Cambridge.

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Reach for the Skies!

Paul and colleague Chris Dobrowoiski, a conceptual artist, have teamed up with Anglia Ruskin University to present a series of unique workshops designed to encourage local businesses and individuals to adopt a new culture of enterprise, involving art and creativity, risk-taking and innovation.

The collaborative arts-meets-business project is inspired by Chris’s extraordinary journeys in boats, cars, sledges, tanks [see video below] and planes that he has all made himself and have taken him to far flung parts of the world on voyages of self discovery. The exhibition ‘Reach for the Skies’ focuses on his latest adventure dreamt up in a second hand book shop after a chance encounter with a very dusty copy of 19^th Century book on how to build your own plane, entitled “The Flying Flea“.

Click here for your invite to the Reach for the Skies workshop and exhibition

The exhibition - which runs from 16^th to 25^th of March at Anglia Ruskin University’s Ruskin Gallery - will feature a full sized ‘knocked up in my garden shed’ flying flea aeroplane made from old tea chests, newspaper and an old car engine [and actually flown by Chris]. The workshop will run from 2.00pm - 4.00pm on Thursday 25^th March at Anglia Ruskin University’s Ruskin Gallery, and is open to businesses interested seeing our work in action.

So BOOK NOW! to learn how to get the most out of you and your colleagues by contacting Stacey at Anglia Rusking University on 0845 196 2845. There are limited spaces so book early to ensure a place!

CLICK HERE to read more about how art can influence enterprise and innovation

Scratch Readings

Menagerie in association with The Junction and BBC East present:

“Let’s Start Over…”

Scratch readings of new ideas for radio and stage plays by playwrights from across the East of England.

This is a great opportunity to hear about a new regional talent programme for writers and to meet 12 new-writing bright sparks.

3pm-5pm Friday 19th February at the Junction Cambridge

The event includes readings of short extracts from the 12 playwrights, developed in workshops and performed script-in-hand by Menagerie Ensemble actors.

The reading is free with wine at the end for those that stay!

RSVP to the office or just head over to The Junction for 3pm