'BEST ALTERNATIVE ACT'
London Cabaret Awards
'AFTER DARK AWARD' WINNER
Vault Festival
London Cabaret Awards
'AFTER DARK AWARD' WINNER
Vault Festival
Twice Shy Theatre produce challenging and innovative theatre and live art and to bring creative minds together in support and discussion.
Through improvised site specific storytelling, challenging performance art or full length theatrical spectacles featuring perverted puppetry and sumptuous sound, Twice Shy will always take you on a journey you will never forget.
We specialise in unearthing dark and challenging stories drawn from unexpected sources, which draw you into their world before spitting you back out to question yours.
Through improvised site specific storytelling, challenging performance art or full length theatrical spectacles featuring perverted puppetry and sumptuous sound, Twice Shy will always take you on a journey you will never forget.
We specialise in unearthing dark and challenging stories drawn from unexpected sources, which draw you into their world before spitting you back out to question yours.
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Twice Shy Theatre has joined the cast of ESCHATON, an incredible online immersive experience from CHORUS productions, NYC.
The Duchess and her son continue to delight and appal in equal measure!
The Duchess and her son continue to delight and appal in equal measure!
After an award-winning run, HYPNAGOGUE was back at The Vaults, going deeper than ever.
Also at Wilderness Festival 2021 under the guise of 'DREAMWEAVERS'.
Also at Wilderness Festival 2021 under the guise of 'DREAMWEAVERS'.
'Gentle, powerful and nurturing'
Ellis Kirkhoven
'A remarkable hour spent getting lost in my own imagination with three incredible artists... I urge you not to miss it!'
Laura Drake Chambers, Shotgun Carousel
'A marvellous, theatrical experience'
Jack Stigner
Ellis Kirkhoven
'A remarkable hour spent getting lost in my own imagination with three incredible artists... I urge you not to miss it!'
Laura Drake Chambers, Shotgun Carousel
'A marvellous, theatrical experience'
Jack Stigner
...A CREATIVE COMMUNITY
The Twice Shy Theatre Creative Community is a free space for artists, audiences and like minded people to discuss, share and be passionate about issues of identity, acceptance and performance.
The Twice Shy Theatre Creative Community is a free space for artists, audiences and like minded people to discuss, share and be passionate about issues of identity, acceptance and performance.
FOR A FULL TASTE OF THE SCOPE AND VARIETY OF SHOWS THAT WE MAKE, CLICK HERE
ONGOING SHOWS INCLUDE:
HYPNAGOGUE
A unique, award-winning show combining hypnosis, improvised healing storytelling and a healing gong soundtrack.
The Vaults festival, Waterloo, 2019 & 2020
Wilderness Festival 2019 & 2021
The House of Togetherness, Covent Garden
A unique, award-winning show combining hypnosis, improvised healing storytelling and a healing gong soundtrack.
The Vaults festival, Waterloo, 2019 & 2020
Wilderness Festival 2019 & 2021
The House of Togetherness, Covent Garden
LUCID
A moving and compassionate tale of an old woman's journey away from this world and her failing body into her own limitless world of lucid dreaming ...and of her daughter's struggle to prevent it.
Norwich Puppet Theatre
Latitude Festival
A moving and compassionate tale of an old woman's journey away from this world and her failing body into her own limitless world of lucid dreaming ...and of her daughter's struggle to prevent it.
Norwich Puppet Theatre
Latitude Festival
IN UMBRA / THE UNQUIET GRAVE
These are full shows with improvised storytelling, live music and improvised hand shadow puppetry from Finger and Thumb Theatre.
These are full shows with improvised storytelling, live music and improvised hand shadow puppetry from Finger and Thumb Theatre.
APOKALYPSIS
An Environmental Cabaret, premiered at The Hospital Club, Covent Garden, 2016 &2017
An Environmental Cabaret, premiered at The Hospital Club, Covent Garden, 2016 &2017
SOHO KNOWS
Twice Shy Theatre delve into Soho’s shadows in search of her light. Mixing shadow puppetry, improvised narrative and dark, live electronic music, Soho Knows pays tribute to the Capital’s unofficial capital with stories from her past, characters from her present and visions of her future.
Twice Shy Theatre delve into Soho’s shadows in search of her light. Mixing shadow puppetry, improvised narrative and dark, live electronic music, Soho Knows pays tribute to the Capital’s unofficial capital with stories from her past, characters from her present and visions of her future.
PRECONCEPTION
A show that delves into everything we thought we knew about conception, birth and parenthood.
Beyond Bloodlines festival at The Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone
Shambala Festival
A show that delves into everything we thought we knew about conception, birth and parenthood.
Beyond Bloodlines festival at The Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone
Shambala Festival
ART INSTALLATIONS / EVENTS
The Twice Shy Peep Show, ICA, London
'The Rape of the Well Maidens' for Modern Panic VIII - Apiary Studios, London. A Unique Collection of surreal, controversial and provocative art
Modern Panic VII - Panic Sermons
Amsterdam Fringe Festival - DITS Performance Gallery Take Over
'Black Widow', Interactive live art & film project for BURN, London
MILK gallery take over, full show, Amsterdam
MODERN PANIC V - Apiary Studios, London.
The Twice Shy Peep Show, ICA, London
'The Rape of the Well Maidens' for Modern Panic VIII - Apiary Studios, London. A Unique Collection of surreal, controversial and provocative art
Modern Panic VII - Panic Sermons
Amsterdam Fringe Festival - DITS Performance Gallery Take Over
'Black Widow', Interactive live art & film project for BURN, London
MILK gallery take over, full show, Amsterdam
MODERN PANIC V - Apiary Studios, London.
ONGOING BESPOKE PERFORMANCE ART PIECES FOR THE BOX, SOHO
FESTIVAL SHOWS
Sensation Seekers Stage, Glastonbury Festival, 2014, 2016 & 2019
Live improvised storytelling, Kelburn Garden Party, 2017 , 2018 & 2019
'HYPNAGOGUE' - full show, Wilderness Festival
DREAMWEAVERS - full show, Wilderness Festival
LUCID - full show, Latitude Festival
Baby Stands-Up, Shambala Festival
The Duchess Abroad, Glastonbury Festival
'The Final Fling: Songs and Stories to bid farewell', Secret Garden Party
'Preconception' - full show, Shambala Festival
'Tinderbox' - full show, Latitude Festival
'Adventures in Sensual Storytelling', London Togetherness Festival
'Vive la Resistance', Latitude Festival
The Illuminaughty Ball, Glastonbury Festival
Storyweaving, Overground Festival, London
Sensation Seekers Stage, Glastonbury Festival, 2014, 2016 & 2019
Live improvised storytelling, Kelburn Garden Party, 2017 , 2018 & 2019
'HYPNAGOGUE' - full show, Wilderness Festival
DREAMWEAVERS - full show, Wilderness Festival
LUCID - full show, Latitude Festival
Baby Stands-Up, Shambala Festival
The Duchess Abroad, Glastonbury Festival
'The Final Fling: Songs and Stories to bid farewell', Secret Garden Party
'Preconception' - full show, Shambala Festival
'Tinderbox' - full show, Latitude Festival
'Adventures in Sensual Storytelling', London Togetherness Festival
'Vive la Resistance', Latitude Festival
The Illuminaughty Ball, Glastonbury Festival
Storyweaving, Overground Festival, London
THE DUCHESS ABROAD
Amilla Fushi, The Maldives
Wasteland, Amsterdam & Berlin
Amilla Fushi, The Maldives
Wasteland, Amsterdam & Berlin
