our 50th ANNIVERSARY YEAR 2023-2024

We marked our 50th anniversary year with two extraordinary rural touring productions. Our celebrations began in October and November 2023 with a rural tour a playful new comedy Model Village by Anita Sullivan and ending by renewing connections with rural fellow touring company Pentabus to co-produce Make Good, a new musical telling the story of the Post Office Scandal.

LISTEN

Artistic Director Angharad Jones invited the company's former leaders Helen White, Gavin Stride, Daniel Buckroyd and Jack McNamara to join her in conversation to learn about their experiences and get under the skin of the company resulting in 5 fascinating podcast episodes you can listen to here: #NP50 podcast series 

SUPPORT

We have released a commemorative postcard collection featuring artwork from 50 years of productions. These make for and original souvenir or gift for the theatre-lover in your life, plus as a registered charity, this is a great way of showing your support by purchasing a pack direct from our shop

let's keep making and sharing memories

Over the 50th anniversary we connected and reconnected with many people as possible who have helped make New Perspectives the company it is today.  We shared stories about the productions included on our blog.

If you have a memory, anecdote, photograph or would like to share what makes New Perspectives specials to you, we'd love you to get in touch with us:

Email us at [email protected]

Send a postcard or letter to New Perspectives, 8 Park Lane Business Centre, Park Lane, Nottingham NG6 0DW

Or contact us on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook

50 years of high-quality, thought-provoking theatre

The company began in 1973 after a group of Bretton Hall graduates created a Theatre in Education (TIE) company with a clear objective: to bring an urgent story to a new audience. The company's first production, a devised piece about David Oluwale, a homeless Nigerian man who was killed in British police custody in the 1960s, toured to schools and young audiences.

Over the past 50 years, New Perspectives has been through many changes: 3 variations of our name, 3 different home locations and 5 artistic directors have followed in the founders' footsteps. 

Today, as a leading touring theatre company based in the East Midlands, we continue to make high-quality theatre accessible to people in a wide range of spaces and places.  We make new writing accessible to people in a wide range of spaces and places. We remain true to the company’s original focus of sharing exceptional and thought-provoking stories, amplifying underrepresented voices and supporting local talent.

Whether you've seen New Perspectives productions, worked with us, or only just discovered us, we'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support and we look forward to our future journey together.

Here's to another 50 years together!