The Veni Vidi Theatre Company is an independent theatre company based in London. The company specialises in producing site specific pieces of theatre and creating theatrical performances for unusual or non established performance areas. Their work varies from adaptations of Classical texts to more New Writing works. The company is committed to exploring the limitless possibilities of creating innovative and diverse work within the theatrical art form in parts of London that aren’t consider theatrical spaces. The original company name being taken from a famous Latin saying Veni Vidi Vici, reportedly written by Empire Julius Caesar, meaning ‘I Came, I Saw, I Conquered’.
The company was created in 2008 by Natalie-Anne Downs, Ed Dede and Nina Bjorklund. Downs is the current Artistic Director, alongside Dede as Producer, Bjorklund as company production manager and Himanshu Ojha as Head of New Writing. Other notable associates of the company are Anna Sbokou, Dagmara Baran, Jack Judd, Natasha James, Dylan Turner, Benjamin Fisher, James Maclaren, Laura Bacon, Rob Maloney and Matthew Wade.
The company’s first major production was an adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing in 2009 which was performed on ‘The Tea Lawn’ at Lauderdale House in Highgate. It was a first for a Shakespeare play being performed in this outdoor space in the park, and the project was created in association with Lauderdale House. Due to the success of this production the company were asked to return, and produced another Shakespeare adaptation of Othello in 2010, which received support from Camden London Borough Council and The Royal Victoria Hall Foundation.
In 2010 the company launched a new section to the company developing Audio Dramas.