David Byrne, NDT's Artistic Director, said: “After two years away, we had a record number of applicants for the 2022 Untapped Award. Competition was fierce, and our national selection panel did an expert job of helping us shortlist from the wealth of strong applications.
The final four shows are as varied and diverse as the Fringe itself – with some of the UK’s best new companies tackling big topics from democracy to reproductive rights, authoritarianism to death itself. It’s going to be a truly legendary year for the award. See you there.”
“Sometimes I’m afraid of this play.”
Malta: Catholic kitsch, golden sun, deep blue sea, Eurovision - and a blanket ban on abortion.
Propelled by three years’ of interviews with anonymous contributors and their own lived experience, actors and activists Marta and Davinia interrogate Malta’s restrictions on the freedom of women. What does it mean for your home to boast the world’s most progressive LGBTQIA rights, leading transgender laws – and a population that is almost unanimously anti-choice?
A rallying cry from award-winning Chalk Line Theatre.
Tonight, a new Caligari comes to life – accompanied by a five-piece band.
Off West End Award-winning ChewBoy Productions present their minty-fresh take on a German horror cult-classic. Five actor-musicians reimagine the seminal silent film, this time with the doctor’s victims taking centre stage.
Embracing the long shadows and broad brushstrokes of German expressionism, ChewBoy’s Caligari exposes parallels between post-war Weimar and the UK today – an ever-widening class divide, a subconscious need for a tyrant, and an unwillingness to rebel against deranged authority.
A dying man’s last wish: for his friends to create a show about death.
Will it be subtle? Will it be sophisticated? Probably not, but it’s his funeral. Literally.
Multi award-winning physical comedy company Ugly Bucket process the death of a friend in the only way they know how – through a kinetic maelstrom of outrageous clowning, personal testimony and a thumping techno soundtrack.
Ugly Bucket are thrilled to present this hilarious gut-punch of a show.
This is not a physical theatre piece about the disappearance of a city and its people. It's not about the effects of censorship brought by the National Security Bill, nor is it about the loss of freedom in the Special Administrative Region.
This is a show about that deep, sinking, helpless feeling that we can't quite put into words.
Everything is fine.
Max Percy + Friends are not here.
The Untapped Award entitles the winners to:
£5,000 cash A prime venue and time slot at Underbelly for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe A preferential box office split and no venue fees or deposit Free rehearsal space at NDT Broadgate Marketing and PR support featuring design by the brilliant Guy J Sanders The option to have their production published by Methuen Drama including a separate commission fee Relaxed and fully-funded captioned performances at the Festival Support, guidance and advice from a team with extensive experience of the Edinburgh Festivals Previous winners of the Untapped Award include:
Breach Theatre’s Fringe First and Stage Award-winning historical drama It’s True It’s True It’s True , which went on to tour nationally and internationally, was performed at the Barbican and was filmed for broadcast by the BBC.
Nouveau Riche’s Stage Award-winning Queens of Sheba ,For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy
Other previous winners include ThisEgg’s dressed Tokyo Rose
