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.

Latest news

Writer Development News

Theatre Writer’s Workshop and Scratch Performance…

The Junction, Cambridge, 17-19 Feb 2010.

Closing Date for all Applications is 9am Monday 1st February

• Are you a Theatre Writer in the East of England?
• Are you interested in working with one of the UK’s leading new writing companies?
• This is an opportunity to introduce yourself us, meet fellow writers, have a masterclass workshop and write a short piece for a scratch reading.

For more information please click here

Newton on Film.

Let Newton Be!, Craig Baxter’s new play, premiered in October 2009 with initial sell-out performances in Cambridge. We will be touring in the UK and USA in Spring 2011,  for more information please click here.

Click here for a trailer of Let Newton Be!

Darwin goes to Canada
Re:Design by Craig Baxter will be performed at the University of Toronto in November 2009 as part of a celebratory conference - Origin of Species at 150.

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