Opened 1995 | ||
Address Garden Studios, Shelton Street Street, Covent Garden
London
United Kingdom | ||
The Red Room Theatre Company is a theatre company based in London, United Kingdom. In the 1990s, it was an important venue for new play writing.
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Description
It was founded in 1995 by Lisa Goldman as a voluntary organization and became regularly funded by Arts Council England in 2002. It then achieved charity status in 2006 (charity number 1110724). The Red Room believes theater should be a truly public art form.
In August 2006, Topher Campbell succeeded Lisa Goldman as the Artistic Director. As a director with widespread experience in theater, film, television and radio, Topher has worked with venues such as the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Gate Theatre, Young Vic, BBC, Channel 4, the British Film Institute London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and is co-founder of rukus! Federation Ltd. rukus! Federation Ltd is the UK's award-winning Black Lesbian and Gay arts company.
For over ten years, the Red Room has had a track record of award-winning productions and has been a radical voice of new theatre and film in London. It creates groundbreaking collaborations between writers, artists and communities to provoke and influence a wider social debate.
In addition to its productions, the Red Room has involved itself in the past in debates and activism around culture and politics, such as Going Public (2003), a debate at the Tricycle Theatre about theater as a public art form, with contributions from the RSC, Cardboard Citizens and Outside Edge. The Red Room also initiated the network Artists Against the War (2003), exhibiting art work and supporting anti-war artists with events including Palestine Verbatim in Trafalgar Square and Shock and Awe cabaret.
Platforms
The Red Room also hosts Red Room Platforms. An open free discussion and performance-based events that bring artists, activists, and the general public together. Recent platforms include:
Productions
Of over 20 productions and projects, the most recent works are: "Lost Nation", "Invisible", "The Oikos Project", "Oikos", "Protozoa", Unstated, Hoxton Story, Snake Park, Stitching, Animal, and The Bogus Woman.