New Diorama programmes, commissions, produces and presents a year-round programme of public performances, curated by our artistic team.
We are constantly searching for new, talented theatre makers to join our programme, with a primary focus on developing and presenting work from theatre companies and ensembles who make devised, collaborative, and/or process-led work.
If you are a theatre maker making bold, distinctive, formally adventurous theatre and wanting a Central London home – then we'd love to hear from you.
Getting in Touch
You can send a proposal or invite us to see your work by emailing us at [email protected].
This inbox is reviewed once a month by the artistic team, and if we feel your company or project could be the right fit for us at this time we will be in touch directly to set up a meeting, further the conversation, or accept your invitation.
As we are a small team, it is ideal to let us know about any performance invitations six weeks in advance. We are also happy to receive video for work taking place outside of London or for which we are unable to attend.
Before you reach out, have a read of the questions below to get a sense of the kind of work we're looking for.
Are you a theatre company?
We define a theatre company as a group of people who come together and creatively collaborate over a number of productions, making work that only they could create.
These groups should have a distinctive voice and flavour to their work. Show to show their work will change, surprise and grow, but what they’re creating is always undeniably them – allowing us to build a fanbase for their productions over time.
Are you making ensemble-led work?
As a theatre dedicated to presenting company and collaborative-led work, we don't programme solo shows and do not accept script submissions or invites to readings.
What we're interested in is imaginative work that utilises ensembles, form and theatre language in new and exciting ways.
Is your work process-led?
We are committed to resourcing and building long-term pathways for work created through non-traditional methods. Whether you call it devising or something else entirely, we're interested in making processes that blend disciplines, ask rigorous questions of form and design, and require the full talents and perspectives of the collective to realise.
As such, if you consider the starting point for your work to be an already written script or your process to mostly be driven by single-vision playwriting, we are unlikely to be the right fit for your work.
Are you passionate about the mission of New Diorama?
There needs to be empathy, connection and close collaboration between NDT and each company we support. We work closely with each of our supported companies, both to support a shared mission and all the other artists in our network.
Do you have growth potential and ambitions?
We always try to see more than one production by a company we’re making a commitment to. This is to see whether or not there is potential to grow and develop.
And this isn’t just artistic growth, we really like to find emergent companies who have real ambition and want to go somewhere. We're in this for the long haul, so if you have plans to take over the world, we're here to help.