Productions
What we do
Cockahoop develops and produces new writing for the theatre. We create fresh and unexpected roles for women. We focus on the voices of people who are often under-represented, in the arts and more widely. Our pieces search for solutions to complicated problems. They point to alternative possibilities, for us as individuals and for the social structures we live in.
How we do it
We begin with discussions, early drafts, notes, redrafts. We work with professional actors to read together, workshop the text using exercises and improvisation. We try out material in front of an audience and get detailed feedback. We keep at it.
What we make
We draw together as diverse a company as possible, valuing all kinds of life experience as well as professional theatre experience. Our productions aim to make an artistic space for unusual stories and find new ways of telling them. They celebrate the pleasures and richness of language. They're volatile, passionate and funny: they entertain.