skip to Main Content

Blogs

Welcome to the Team Hannah!

Introducing our new General Manager – Hannah McGeough Hello! My name is Hannah and I am absolutely thrilled to have joined the team at Creation Theatre. I am so excited to continue creating with such a fantastic company around me.   When did you first decide you wanted to work in the theatre industry and…

The Nutcracker Colouring Competition

🎨 The Nutcracker Colouring Competition – Your Artwork Could Be in the Show Programme! ✨ We’re delighted to invite young creatives of all ages to take part in our special Nutcracker Colouring Competition! This is your chance to see your artwork featured in the official show programme. 🖍️ How to Enter 🏆 The Prize The…

Tribute to Jeanne Wesson – Former Chair of Creation Theatre

Jeanne Wesson, who passed away recently, was a previous Chair of Trustees of Creation Theatre. Jeanne was a wonderful person – no nonsense in her approach to things, but simultaneously deeply compassionate, caring and kind. She led the Creation board with a sense of purpose and pride, she felt keenly that Creation was an Oxford…

Sherlock in Summertown – Helen chats to Daily Info

  Our CEO & Artistic Director, Dr Helen Eastman chats to Daily Info about Sherlock in Summertown and what audiences can expect. Daily Info: What’s Sherlock in Summertown all about? Helen Eastman: Sherlock in Summertown is an interactive, immersive theatre experience where audiences step into the world of Sherlock Holmes. A crime has been committed, and Dr.…

Ghost stories!

On the 25th and 26th October, we hosted a series of storytelling events in collaboration with novelist, poet, and playwright Barney Norris. These events featured performances by the Creation Rep Company, including Barney Norris’ award-winning show A Stranger Comes to Town.  Additionally, we showcased a selection of short stories written by members of our community. …

The Modern Love Poem

Love Poems in the Forest of Arden! AS YOU LIKE IT Creation Theatre CREDIT Geraint Lewis Our production of As you Like It has been running all summer at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford. As you may know, As You Like Itis a play about love and its languages; Orlando expresses his love for Rosalind by hanging poems…

The Fearless Seas: Stories of Famous Female Pirates

When we think of pirates, our minds often conjure up images of grizzled men with eye patches and parrots on their shoulders. Yet the history of piracy is peppered with fierce and formidable women who ruled the seas with the same ruthlessness and cunning as their male counterparts. Let’s delve into the fascinating tales of…

Ahoy there creative pirates!

To celebrate our production of Treasure Island – for all the family – we are running a colouring competition. You can download a colouring sheet below and all the instructions. We’ll be displaying the pictures onsite at Wycliffe Hall and putting them on our website and social media. The winner will win a family ticket…

Summer 2024 Raffle

We are delighted to be announcing our summer raffle to raise funds for Creation.  You can buy your tickets here. We have been overwhelmed by support from the community, and we are incredibly grateful to all the businesses and individuals who have donated to us.  You buy your ticket online, and when the raffle is…

Ailsa and Lucy talk about As You Like It

Ailsa Joy, who plays Celia and Phebe in our upcoming show, talks about Shakespeare’s Best Play About Love: When I was a love-sick nineteen-year-old, I remember coming across the quote, “Love is merely a madness, and, I tell you, deserves as well a dark house and a whip as madmen do; and the reason why…

Podcasts

BBC Radio Interview – 30 for 30!

BBC Radio Interview for our 30th Birthday 30 for 30 Campaign. A beautiful interview with our CEO/Artistic Director Helen Eastman, Education Lead and Actor, Hayley Murray and Creation’s long time friend and composer, Alex Silverman. The interview gives you an insight into who Creation is and some of what we do, hearing from a variety…

Episode 34 > The Witch of Edmonton Post Show talk

Audio from the post show discussion held after our Digital Theatre production of The Witch of Edmonton. With the show’s writer and director Laura Wright, Dr Emma Whipday, Professor Lucy Munro, Creation Theatre’s Chief Executive Lucy Askew & actor Graeme Rose.

Episode 33 > Pinocchio with Lizzie Hopley and Olivia Mace

Episode 32 > Pinocchio with John Hoggarth

Episode 31 > The Duchess of Malfi with Laura Wright

Episode 4 > Alice Tech Rehearsals

Episode 3 > Education with Crissy

Episode 2 > Creation Founder David Parrish

Episode 1 > Revivals

Videos

Happy Christmas from Creation

Wishing you a very happy Christmas from all at Creation. We hope to see you at A Christmas Carol, on at The North Wall until 6th January.

A Christmas Carol trailer

For more info and tickets see:  A Christmas Carol, on at The North Wall until 6th January.

Much Ado About Nothing | 12 July – 19 August | Oxford

Join us for 80s tinged Shakespearean antics at Much Ado About Nothing this summer.

The Tale of the Beauty and the Tail of the Beast | Until 7 Jan 2023 | The North Wall, Oxford

Your browser does not support the video tag. Join us for our 10th Christmas at The North Wall in Oxford for The Tale of the Beauty and the Tail of the Beast.

Mechanicals

Find out what happens across the 10 week term of our online drama and creativity classes for 11-16 year olds Creation Home Delivery.

Sprites & Spritelings

Find out what happens across the 10 week term of our online drama and creativity classes for 5-10 year olds Creation Home Delivery.

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without Creation

Join us for our 10th Christmas at The North Wall in Oxford for The Tale of the Beauty and the Tail of the Beast.

Oxford’s most creative Christmas show

We'll be performing The tale of the Beauty and the tail of the Beast at The North Wall in Oxford from 4 December to 7 January.

What is a Rep Company, and why are they the best?

Catch members of Creation's brand new Rep Company in this year's Christmas show, The tale of the Beauty and the tail of the Beast at The North Wall in Oxford from 4 December - 7 January.

The Director’s take on our 2022 Christmas show

Natasha Rickman, Director of this year's Creation Christmas show, The tale of the Beauty and the tail of the Beast, at The North Wall Oxford from 4 December - 7 January,

Back To Top