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First Bite Festival 2021

Grab your lunch, sit back and taste some exciting new theatre being cooked up across the Midlands – delivered straight to your table in 4 bite-sized, lunch time, online festival events from 28th September - 1st October.

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Chair of Board of Trustees

China Plate is seeking a new Chair to lead the Board through an exciting phase of creative innovation and company development. Could this be you?

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Training Workshop

Join us, Stage One and Beatfreeks for a crash-course on the role of the theatre producer. Discover what it is the be the person that literally puts on the show!

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Humans Not Heroes

A unique opportunity for healthcare workers to come together in an online creative space to connect and share their experiences of working through the pandemic.

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Curious Objects

Dawinder Bansal has launched a city-wide callout to the Women of Coventry to share their stories of finding freedom, for a new exhibition at the Mead Gallery at Warwick Arts Centre in 2022.

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Anti-Racism Rider

Along with 25+ other national touring companies, we launch The Anti-Racism Touring Rider - a practical tool to make touring a safer, more welcoming, more equitable and creatively free sector to work in.

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All of Me: The Audio

Adapted from the grudgingly hopeful, occasionally funny, multi award-winning stage show All of Me; Caroline Horton, Alex Swift & Elena Peña bring you a dark audio trip about dark things.

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RISE 2021

Are you thinking about or beginning your career within the arts? Check out our RISE Legacy document - giving you advice, guidance, and top tips from professionals in the dance sector.

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All of Me: The Twine

An intimate, absurd online exploration for one player, who must navigate their own journey through this unapologetically dark show about dark things. By Caroline Horton & Alex Swift, based on the stage show All of Me.

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Boats On An Ocean

An audio piece exploring the emotional impact on healthcare professionals during the pandemic, contrasted with the hero narrative.

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All of Me: The Audio

An audio version of the hit Edinburgh stage show, recorded in a living room in lockdown.

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All of Me: The Twine

An interactive digital journey through the hit Edinburgh stage show.

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Rural Touring Dance Initiative

Helping to increase the quality, quantity and diversity of dance promoted by Rural Touring schemes all over the country.

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First Bite Festival 2021

Four bite-sized, online festival events showcasing brand-new work in development from 13 exceptional artists across the Midlands.

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Curious Objects Of Women’s Independence

An invitation to the Women of Coventry to share your unexpected and fantastic stories of finding freedom.

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All of Me

POSTPONED: An intimate & absurd exploration of wanting to live, wanting to die & what can happen if we sit together with the dark.

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Humans Not Heroes

A unique co-creation project with professional artists, to represent healthcare worker experiences of Covid-19.

  • By China Plate, Coventry University & Kerry Wykes
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TRASH

Trash is a dark musical comedy taking the form of a crime caper. What happens when appearances and friendships become a commodity?

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Wuthering Heights

POSTPONED: Inspector Sands bring their characteristic humour and pathos to the infamous love story of Heathcliff & Catherine.

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Catch up with our producers

16th September 2021

We catch up with our Associate Producers Aksana & Diandra following the Bus Boycott Block Party!

We catch up with our Associate Producers Aksana & Diandra following the Bus Boycott Block Party!

Written by Aksana & Diandra
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Intro to Producing

27th August 2021

Join us for a crash-course on the role of the theatre producer. Discover what it is the be the person…

Written by Izzy
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Introducing Black Heritage Walks Network & Overhear

18th August 2021

Get to know our Bus Boycott commissioned artists Black Heritage Walks Network and Overhear.

Written by Aksana
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Chair of Board of Trustees

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