The North Wall Announces New Creative Associates

The North Wall Arts Centre today (1st October 2018) announces the appointment of its new Creative Associates. The ten companies and artists have been appointed by Co-Directors Ria Parry and John Hoggarth to inform the Oxford venue's artistic vision and to shape future collaborations. The Associates will be supported through R&D, residencies and co-productions.

The new Creative Associates include three theatre companies and seven independent artists:

• Gbolahan Obisesan, playwright, director & actor
• Monica Dolan, actress & playwright
• Laura Keefe, director
• Ellie Keel, producer
• Sam Potter, playwright & director
• Tom Brennan, playwright, director & actor
• Dom Coyote, theatre-maker & composer
• Ad Infinitum
• Pappy Show
• Poltergeist Theatre

BAFTA award-winning actor Monica Dolan collaborated with North Wall co-director John Hoggarth on her debut play, THE B*EASTS, which was nominated for a 2017 Oliver Award for Best Production in an Affiliate Theatre.

Gbolahan Obisesan's recent adaptation of Chigozie Obioma's The Fishermen for New Perspectives toured to The North Wall in September 2018. As an actor, he's currently starring in Katori Hall's The Mountaintop as Dr Martin Luther King Jr, which has just embarked on a national tour.

Poltergeist Theatre developed and performed Lights Over Tesco Car Park at The North Wall, which went on to win Best New Play at NSDF, and in July 2018 curating HAUNT, a festival of performance and workshops for companies taking work to the Edinburgh Festival.

Jack Bradfield, Artistic Director of Poltergeist Theatre, said: "Poltergeist are thrilled and delighted to be appointed an associate company at Oxford's North Wall. The theatre has a fantastic reputation for nurturing emerging companies, and we're excited to develop our practice at a venue so in tune with our own mission: to produce joyful, inclusive theatre with an experimental edge."

Of the appointments, John and Ria said: "We believe these artists represent the best, boldest and brightest of UK theatre, and we look forward to supporting their future work. We are proud to speak of them as our incredible Associate Family, as they inspire and challenge all that we do at The North Wall."