about double take theatre

The Company

Double Take Theatre was formed in 2001 and is a touring company based in Rotherham.  The Company create new work with a lively and atmospheric performance style that digs into the brochure of contemporary society, reads between the lines, presents the stories beneath the gloss and asks the questions that make us all think twice...

Touring productions are accompanied by complimentary workshops for venues.

The company has a proven track record of working with local communities in a number of different contexts and settings.

Double Take Theatre Aims:

• To create, for a wide range of audiences, a vivid and resonant theatrical experience that is challenging and thought provoking, humorous and entertaining.
• To make performance that explores the full spectrum of contemporary British experience.
• To create opportunities to develop local communities' interest in and access to the dramatic arts.

Double Take Theatre will:

• Involve local communities in the creative process for touring productions through the use of Interview Theatre, a workshop technique developed by the company to equip participants with the theatrical tools to explore their own opinions, attitudes, beliefs and experiences in response to key questions.
• Produce theatre for a diverse range of contexts and locations.
• Provide audiences with exciting and accessible performance work through a combination of unexpected plot lines, quirky characterisation, striking visual vocabulary and our own atmospheric soundscapes.
• Provide complimentary workshops to accompany current touring productions which explore the themes and theatrical vocabulary of the production.
• Provide relevant and engaging theatre projects for local communities, including small - scale community productions.
• Provide stimulating and challenging educational packages, seminars and residencies.

Double Take Theatre are available for:

• Workshop packages
• Residencies
• Educational packages
• Role play