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Non-active archive account. NDT is London's home for devised and company led theatre. Visit other social media or our website for up to date details and contact
Joined September 2009
Today we announce the blueprint for NDT BROADGATE. In partnership @BritishLandPLC, this revolutionary new rehearsal & artist development complex will be COMPLETELY FREE for freelance & independent artists - providing an adrenaline shot this reset year.
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Today we announce INTERVENTION 01: our biggest singular artistic investment, towards a new movement in British Theatre. 👁️: No shows and no socials until 2023, while we focus on making the change we all desperately need. We don’t know what happens next.
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UPDATE! It's with heavy hearts that we're going to go quiet on here from next week. As a theatre dedicated to supporting others, it's hard to ask help for ourselves. If you want to help us come back and better, please donate here: Goodbye for now.
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Today NDT, @nvrchuk, @royalcourt & @NimaxTheatres announce that FOR BLACK BOYS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE HUE GETS TOO HEAVY is transferring to the West End. Opens 25 March, Apollo Theatre. Full original cast making West End debuts. Tickets from £15. On sale tomorrow.
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Overjoyed to announce New Diorama's new Artistic Director & CEO, Bec Martin. Many know Bec as Head of Programming at VAULT Festival, supporting thousands of early and mid-career artists. We can't wait for Bec to take NDT to the next phase of our history.
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UPDATE! Our latest #CultureRecoveryFund application to .@ace_national & @DCMS was successful. For those of us lucky enough to receive this lifeline, it's now our responsibility to bring as many people with us as possible. Read our statement 👇#HereForCulture
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NEWS THREAD! Something had to change in the way that artists in London are programmed. At NDT we want to lead the way. From September we're going to be shaking things up by programming fewer companies but making a game-changing difference for the most talented groups.
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To formalise a private invitation, when all this is over we'd like to invite the entire @BunkerTheatreUK team, artist crew & family to ours and host a proper "final night of the Bunker" party & show. While it's legacy will live on, it's also important that they go out in style!.
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Having supported 8,800+ artists, today we hand back the keys to NDT Broadgate, marking the end of our 10th Anniversary season. On Monday we'll announce something scary, but very necessary - so for today, we're inviting your memories from a year at Broadgate and a decade of NDT.
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UPDATE! Yesterday we heard that our #CultureRecoveryFund application to @ace_national & @DCMS was successful. Our huge relief comes with real responsibility. Read our statement👇 #HereForCulture
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After 13 incredible years our Artistic Director @mrdavebyrne is leaving NDT to be Artistic Director @royalcourt. During his tenure, David redefined what is possible in a studio theatre, supporting tens of thousands of artists, producing hundreds of shows. A huge moment for NDT.
We are thrilled to announce the appointment of the Royal Court Theatre’s next Artistic Director, David Byrne. David is the founding Artistic Director and CEO of New Diorama, one of London’s most vibrant new work theatres. Read more: 📷 Tom Jamieson
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!!! We couldn’t be happier. 🧡.
Congratulations to the New Diorama Theatre in London! . Winner of Fringe Theatre of the Year, sponsored by at #TheStageAwards in association with Tysers Insurance Brokers. @TysersEnt .@newdiorama.@mrdavebyrne.@BritishLandPLC.@spitlip
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NEWS! Here's our 2018/19 Artist Development Programme. Over the next hour we'll be talking you through it - but here's the link to the full guide. We hope you like it - we're incredibly proud of our new partners, programmes and sponsors.
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The closure of @BunkerTheatreUK is a loss for audiences, artists and our whole eco-system. To celebrate everything this remarkable venue has achieved, we're campaigning for @BunkerTheatreUK to be named Fringe Theatre of the Year @TheStage Awards. 🗳️:
After an incredible three and a half years, we will be closing our doors in March 2020, due to proposed redevelopment of the site. Today we're announcing our programming for January, and our plans for our final months. For more information:.
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This is HUGE. We're partnering @FollowTheCow. We're looking for early & mid-career companies wanting to go @edfringe. We're offering a great slot, money, marketing, press, access shows, London performances. This is the best offer out there! Apply here:
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NEWS! Following a legendary run at NDT, @nvrchuk’s FOR BLACK BOYS… transfers @royalcourt this Spring. Commissioned by NDT, co-commissioned @boundlessabound, this marks one of the very few Off-West End productions to ever to transfer Downstairs at the RC. A historic moment.
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NEWS! Under our new model, our current season is playing at 95% capacity! For our next season we're introducing an open call - making our programming more transparent, allowing new and established groups to propose work for our stage. Please RT and share!
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Our 2018/19 Season opens this week. The first under our new programming model, offering £2,000 a week guarantee fees to artists, sharing box office when shows succeed. It's radical & turns the OffWestEnd model on it's head. So come, book a show, let's prove that's it's possible!
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We're seeking our next Artistic Director & CEO, after 13 brilliant years of David Byrne's tenure. Creating & resourcing a new vision for New Diorama, we're looking for new leadership at the UK's most influential studio theatre. To Apply:
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Today we announce THE KNOT. A week of fearless conversations about the future of independent theatre, asking big questions that have no clear answers. So mute your WhatApp groups, get out of the DMs, save the subtweets to draft and dive in with us.
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NEWS! Welcome our new team members. 💼Almost a year after interviewing (!) @reecemcmahon joins as PRODUCER. 🔮@ShankhoC is our STAFF ASSOCIATE DESIGNER, leading our renewed focus on design. 📝@Nikhilv95 joins as EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT to our AD. 👁️ here:
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Announcing ND2! Large central London rehearsal rooms, incl free space for NDT artists & diversity-led groups. Info:
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We're so overjoyed to have won the INNOVATION PRIZE @TheStage Awards for our new programming model. It wouldn't have been possible without the support of @ace__london, all the companies in our programme, and the audiences who've flocked to the season in record numbers. Thank you!.
The @NewDiorama undertook a bold strategy to make a profound contribution to its partners. It gave each partner organisation a £10,000 commission, a five-week run, as well as a generous box office split and marketing support – something unique on the London fringe #TheStageAwards
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HELP IS ON THE WAY! We can't believe how many exceptional staff from theatres & companies are volunteering time to read emergency ACE applications for artists who, despite a track record, have never written a funding app before. Sign up for more details:
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NEWS! Following a record-breaking number of applications, we're thrilled to announce the 2023 Untapped Award shortlist. Winning three groups will receive unparalleled support and investment @newdiorama, @followthecow, @ConcordUKShows & @nvrchuk towards showcasing this @edfringe.
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🏆🏆 We only went and bloody won it!! 🏆🏆.
David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson and Zoe Roberts of SpitLip win the award for Best Composer or Lyricist, sponsored by @TrafalgarEnt for Operation Mincemeat, described by the judges as a ‘flooringly funny parody about a Second World War spy plot’.
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NEWS! This summer we're returning with a bang. 17 MAY - announcing the biggest artist support project we've ever imagined. 21 MAY - NDT's Reset Season launch, with a big surprise. MID JULY - our 10th Anniversary Season on sale, the best programme of work we've ever presented.
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NDT & @FollowTheCow UNTAPPED SHORTLIST! After reading, re-reading and debating 300+ applications, we've whittled down the shortlist to just 13 companies. The standard of application was very high - and we'll email everyone by the end of today. Congrats to those on the list!
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RIGHT! It's time for action! We're setting up the North Star Project, to provide guidance, advice surgeries and practical support for artists & companies trying to navigate through the next few months. Please RT and share!. Sign up and get more info here:
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Even the best things must come to an end. NDT Broadgate has been the very best. Nine months into a one-year project, today we open the FINAL BALLOT for free space, and publish ‘Notes from an Impossible Space’, a report documenting the impact of a revolution.
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UPDATE! Today we introduce the DESIGN STUDIO at NDT Broadgate - a home for freelance designers, in Central London, COMPLETELY FREE for a whole year. Alongside an open design cafe, we're looking for 20 RESIDENT DESIGNERS to make our studio their home.
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Spanning TWO HUGE FLOORS, NDT Broadgate consists of 29 spaces and studios, across 20,000 square feet:. 🕺 16 rehearsal rooms.🤝 10 meeting rooms & presentation spaces.💼 Office space for independent artists.🍽️ Kitchens and communal areas .🎨 A large designers' studio & make-space
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Impossibly big & happy day for us. 🏳️🌈 AFTER THE ACT @breach_theatre begins final SOLD OUT weekend. ☀️ FOR BLACK BOYS @nvrchuk West End press night. 💼 OPERATION MINCEMEAT @spitlip first West End preview. 🎩 WINSTON MACHINE @Kandinskyonline returns to London @DAC_Enfield.
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NEWS! We're delighted to announce our 2018/19 Season. It's our most ambitious season to date, featuring some of the UK's best early and mid-career companies.
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At noon today we're announcing one of the biggest and coolest things we've ever been a part of.
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Inside NDT Broadgate. We can now share with you photos of the two-floor, 29-room, sustainable space built for independent artists - by a team of magicians - in just two months. And the best bit is. it's completely FREE to use. #NDTBroadgate
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NEWS! Announcing the NDT First Devised Show Award. For new companies presenting devised ensemble work @edfringe. Please RT and share.
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An incredible day. We don't think we'll ever get over this.
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Introducing the 20 designers selected for year-long residencies in the Design Studio at #NDTBroadgate! . From established makers to recent graduates, this gang are now in the building and at their work stations. We can't wait to see what they cook up over the next year. 🧡
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We are delighted & incredibly excited to announce the winners of the 2018 @FollowTheCow & NDT UNTAPPED AWARD. Huge congratulations to @infonvrch @breach_theatre and @ThisEgg_ We were blown away by the quality of the showcases and can't wait to work with you all. #UNTAPPED
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🥁BIG NEWS🥁. Announcing a renewed, supercharged partnership @FollowTheCow @ConcordUKShows & @nvrchuk to relaunch UNTAPPED 🏆 @edfringe . Worked hard to DOUBLE the 💰 & seriously enhance support for early & mid-career groups. Deadline: 20 Feb.⚡️. 🎥 Hear from previous winners ⬇️
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And one LAST THING. NDT Broadgate is about bringing us together after a year of separation, creating space & unexpected collaborations. Making the previously impossible, possible. Opening this Summer, the first 10,000 visitors will get an impossible space badge as a memento!
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Today we’re announcing the opening date of NDT BROADGATE. From 16 AUGUST we’ll be welcoming independent & freelance artists with completely free rehearsal & development space. A period of finding our feet before a full launch in September.
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NEW SEASON TIME! It's been over a year. but we're finally back with new shows, new spaces and new plans. We will be re-opening our doors on 20th July. In the lineup are five brilliant shows to get you through the summer and back to our theatre:
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We're nominated for @TheStage INNOVATION AWARD for our new Programming Model! We're taking the risk for new artists that, everyday, they have to take on themselves. It's nothing but a total joy. Thanks to the companies who make up our season & @ace__london, who are all rockstars.
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Breaking silence to celebrate @mincemeatlive transferring to the West End. Originally commissioned & run at NDT, this bright moment dazzles through the current haze; a reminder that watching dreams come true shows us all that our own hopes are possible. Proud doesn’t cover it.
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NEWS! 2pm on Tuesday, we're going to announce one big idea that will revolutionise the way Off West-End venues can be programmed, and early-to-mid-career theatre companies supported. Check back here for the announcement. We can't wait to share it with you. Please share and RT.
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Here's a mega-thread of our 2019/20 Emerging Companies Programme. The programme introduces early-career theatre companies to industry professionals, while equipping them with the tools they need to continue making theatre. Introducing the companies.
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UPDATE! We're creating a National Application Reading Service to support emergency @ace_national apps for artists who've never had funding before. 30+ orgs/venues are coming together to create a flotilla of support for artists who need it most. Sign up:
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IT'S BACK! Today we open UNTAPPED AWARD 2022 applications. And the deal is BETTER than ever before. 💰£5,000.🐮Amazing venue & deal @FollowTheCow @edfringe.📣Press @BorkowskiArts.📚@MethuenDrama deal.🏢 NDT Broadgate rehearsal space. And LOADS more!.
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SEASON UPDATE! With @infonvrch's QUEENS OF SHEEBA totally SELLING OUT, and with all future 4.48 PSYCHOSIS performances @DeafinitelyT being SOLD OUT, needing extra seats, we're delighted to report that sales under our new programming model are up 400%. Investing in artists works.
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ANNOUNCEMENT: We’re delighted to announce the winners of the Untapped Award 2019 in collaboration with @FollowTheCow. 🎨🖼️ Art Heist by @PoltergeistTC.🔮🧠 Conspiracy by @Barrel_Organ.🌹📻 Tokyo Rose by @BurntLemonTC.#ACEsupported.Find out more here:
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We are OVERJOYED that as of this week we have gifted over 50,000 hours of FREE rehearsal and development space to independent artists and companies at #NDTBroadgate. 🧡 🦀 🧡
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Next season we're building up to offer a standard FIVE WEEK RUN for the very best theatre companies, offering each a £10,000 upfront investment, a full technical week, doing all their press and marketing, as well as partnering with some amazing mid-scale venues.
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Today, little scratch is totally SOLD OUT, both matinee & evening of FOR BLACK BOYS @NimaxTheatres are totally full and OPERATION MINCEMEAT @FortuneTheatre1 is doing two shows to packed houses. This week, over 10,000 people will have enjoyed an NDT commissioned show in London.
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NEWS! We're delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2020 #UntappedAward - a partnership between.@newdiorama, @FollowTheCow & @OberonBooks. We're thrilled to say that @ace__london are supporting the award, helping us prepare the final artists ahead of #edfringe.
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We're not alone! 4 NDT Broadgate Associates will have office/dedicated studios to gift to their own networks, completely independently. We're reserving 50%+ of space for Black, East Asian, South Asian & global majority artists, working class creatives & deaf & disabled-led work.
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Don't worry, we've made a group decision not to do one.
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Following performances tonight, we are closing our doors until 2022. 💔
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Two bits of late night gossip for you all. 1. De Niro was in at Operation Mincemeat tonight, which is completely bonkers. (How has he not seen it already?!). 2. Tomorrow, we're announcing something you're all really going to love.
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On the final day of their extended run @RiversideLondon, we want to say how PROUD we are @spitlip & OPERATION MINCEMEAT. When we commissioned the show, little did we realise how we'd soon need laughter more than ever. Thanks for bringing joy to so many thousands of folk.❤️🦎💼
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Today we announce the relaunch of THE KNOT. An essential bootcamp for indie theatre-makers forging careers at a time the business of theatre has never felt tougher. So mute your groups, get out of the DMs, save the subtweets and dive in with us.
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Completely dedicated as a free resource, NDT Broadgate will provide artists with 108,924 HOURS of space at no charge across this critical reset year. Across our 29 spaces - including 16 rehearsal studios - we're expecting a footfall of 80,000+ freelance and independent artists.
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Also, for the first time, we're offering £3 preview tickets to people on Job Seekers Allowance, and will be offering free matinee performances for isolated older people in our community across the whole season!
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Some of the cast and team of FOR BLACK BOYS are @OlivierAwards right now. If you head over to our insta @newdiorama you can see exclusive videos and updates from the awards. Spoiler: everyone is looking 🔥
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Here's our 2016 Artist Development Programme: full of new ideas we're really excited about.
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"Take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of theatre to be engaged.". Peter Brook, 21 March 1925 – 2 July 2022.
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Sept 2009, sitting in a building site, we opened this account. Just over a decade later, we're about to hit 40k followers, we're @TheStage Fringe Theatre of the Year and our shows sell out at NDT, across London & on major stages around the world. Sometimes, dreams do come true.
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All future performances of FOR BLACK BOYS in the West End are now SOLD OUT. These artists, stories & audiences have disrupted everything our industry thought it knew about theatre. The game has changed. @nvrchuk, you've done it again. Thank you for having us along for the ride.
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As Intervention 01 ideas simmer away, we re-open with a season to blow your socks off. Breach musical! Katie fucking Mitchell!! Biting the hand that feeds us!!! World renowned artists AND work by our youth theatre. £3🎟️ if you're unemployed or on strike.
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DUGSI DAYZ.3-14 Oct . Fresh from a smash-hit run at Edinburgh Fringe, we're buzzing to announce the London transfer of @3sa3ri3a & @sideYe_prods riotous comedy. 🏆 Winner @bbcwritersroom Popcorn Award 2023. ★★★★ Financial Times.★★★★ The Times. 🎟️
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🚨 #UntappedAward applications are open 🚨.💰£4,500 cash.🐮Best venue deal & slot @FollowTheCow @edfringe .📣Marketing & Press support with gurus @BorkowskiArts .📚Option of @OberonBooks publishing deal.⌨️Paid for access performances.🚚 NDT London Transfer.
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NEWS! Following a nationwide search, we're delighted to announce the 15 Untapped Award finalists. Huge thanks to everyone who applied. Supported by NDT, @FollowTheCow & @MethuenDrama, groups will now be invited to perform a rehearsal room extract - ahead of the final selection.
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Yesterday we won @TheStage's Fringe Theatre of the Year Award. Today, we're back trying to find the support to make another year happen. If you like what we do, if you can afford it, consider joining us & become an NDT Supporter today - every 🦀 counts:
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As part of this year-long project, NDT Broadgate will be FULLY STAFFED & resourced, creating 8 new jobs, with everyone earning over London Living Wage. Promoting best practise, all groups accessing space will need to show commitment to FAIR PAY, relative to their size and scale.
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NEWS! Our ★★★★★ in-house show SECRET LIFE OF HUMANS will be transferring Off-Broadway @59E59 in 2018! In co-production @GreenwichTheatr.
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NEWS! Big week for us @newdiorama. 13:00 on Thursday we're announcing our 2018/19 Artist Development Programme. Full of real innovation and new ideas for supporting early and mid-career artists, we can't wait to finally share it with you.
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NDT Broadgate is being imagined by theatre designers @NaomiKuyckCohen & @Joshua_Gadsby, in consultation with our Broadgate Associates. And we want our designers' studio & make-space, led by Staff Associate Designer @ShankhoC, to be a home & resource centre for freelance design.
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SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT! Our 10TH ANNIVERSARY party culminates with our most ambitious season ever. Including major commissions from companies who have been an essential part of our first decade. And we’re going to feed every single audience FOR FREE. 🍕
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CAFE CHAT! When we re-open we want our re-imagined public spaces to be the best in London with:. ☕ Affordable coffee.⚡ Almost suspicious number of plug sockets.🖥 Free fibre wifi.🎨 International art & design mag subscriptions. 💩 Accessible public toilets. WHAT HAVE WE MISSED?
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NEWS! Delighted to present the 2019 NDT/@FollowTheCow Shortlist! We had some truly amazing applications, and competition was fiercely competitive. Well done to our 14 finalists! . Also over the moon that the 2019 Untapped Award is being supported by the mighty @ace__london.
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We want these spaces to be an ENGINE FOR CHANGE. With groups using money saved on free space to invest towards a better, more accessible & inclusive arts sector. Creating a values-based culture, we'll provide resource to help artists make the change they want to see a reality.
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🧵 EDINBURGH THREAD! After several years away, Team NDT return @edfringe. We’re looking for the best collaborative & ensemble work for our own programme & for transfers Off-Broadway in 2023. We’ll also amplify work you’re excited about. Please share, RT & read on for details.
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NDT 18/19 SEASON. 👸🏿 QUEENS OF SHEBA.🧠 4.48 PSYCHOSIS.⚖️ ITS TRUE, ITS TRUE, ITS TRUE.👨👨👦👦 BOYS.👽 THE WAR OF THE WORLDS.🦕 DINOMANIA.📸 KEEP WATCHING.🕵🏻♀️ OPERATION MINCEMEAT. For more information, and tickets, click here: #WorldEmojiDay.
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Just seen that we might hit 30,000 followers today. Feels like only yesterday I sat alone on the floor of the NDT foyer - a theatre that nobody had ever visited - and set it up. How time flies when you're having fun.
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NEWS! NDT Associate Ensemble @breach_theatre's ★★★★★ IT'S TRUE, IT'S TRUE, IT'S TRUE will transfer @BarbicanCentre next year as part of their Spring 2020 Season. Originally commissioned by NDT, we couldn't be prouder of this incredible show.
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Thrilled that our Artistic & Executive Director @mrdavebyrne has been listed number 79 @TheStage's Top 100 Most Influential People working in UK Theatre. Here's to an incredible year ahead! Full list here:
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FOR BLACK BOYS @OlivierAwards for Best New Play & the *whole cast* for Best Supporting Actor. The first time an NDT show has been nominated, tonight @nvrchuk showed our whole industry & generations of indie artists what's possible. We didn't win but there's always next time.
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Today we're saying goodbye for now to our Exec Producer @sophie_wallis who is heading off on maternity leave tonight. Sophie has been with us since day one and it's going to be a huge change for us (and her!!). Please join us in wishing her all the best for the next year!
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🎉 UNTAPPED IS BACK 🎉. Following last year's smash-hit success, we've teamed up with @FollowTheCow & @ConcordUKShows for another round of our flagship prize. We're searching the nation for the boldest companies looking to present @edfringe '24. 📽️ Hear from previous winners:
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Happy #WorldTheatreDay. Theatre isn't the stuff we all get distracted by. It's not star ratings, big names, transfers & sell out shows. It's a simple coming together to invest imagination towards understanding eachother better. It hasn't changed & we've rarely needed it more.
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2️⃣0️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣! A landmark day for NDT Broadgate, as we hit 20,000 artist hours. That's 20,000 completely free rehearsal, development & design space hours gifted to freelance & independent artists. And we're just getting started. Lottery currently open for space in Spring 2022!
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📣 BIG NEWS 🏆. After an extensive process shaped by our brilliant panel, we're thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2024 Untapped Award. Winners will receive an unparalleled package of support from NDT, @FollowTheCow & @ConcordUKShows to present at this year's @edfringe.
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