An opportunity for you to meet members of the New Earth Team and be part of a small focus group to share your experiences.

Community Feedback Session

Be led through the nuts and bolts of a TV sitcom writing room experience demystifying the process in this fun, hands on, free writing workshop.

TV Writing Workshop with Ins Choi

New Earth Theatre today announces the appointment of Ailin Conant as the company’s new Artistic Director who will officially take up the post later this month.

New Earth Theatre announces Ailin Conant as new Artistic Director

Culturally Specific Performance Practice and British East and South East Asian Representation in collaboration with The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and New Earth Theatre.

Collaborative Doctoral Award with The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

Kumiko Mendl today announces her decision to step down from her role as Artistic Director after 11 years, leaving the company in 2024.

Kumiko Mendl steps down as Artistic director of New Earth Theatre

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of one of our founder members, Veronica Needa.

Remembering Veronica Needa

The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and New Earth Theatre are pleased to announce a new associateship.

Central and New Earth Theatre Announce Associateship

Jude Christian becomes New Earth Theatre’s first Fellow. Our Fellowship sets out to build on from our successful Professional Writers Programme.

Jude Christian becomes New Earth Theatre’s first Fellow

My original urge to write this story was simply to entertain and engage. It was a bizarre thing that happened in my life and I thought it'd be funny.

Writing WORTH

It is with disappointment that we announce that our upcoming production of WORTH will not be coming to the Crucible in June 2023

Sheffield Statement

The sadness, the fear and the anger felt in our community cannot go unheard. The discussions around the model minority complex, the hypersexualisation of Asian females and the sinocentric attitudes towards the ESEA diaspora need to be listened to outside of our own circles.

Stop Asian Hate

Our first podcast Earth 2 Air aims to further amplify and champion stories of East and South East Asians in the UK.

Earth 2 Air

Tom and his family run a takeaway. It’s New Year’s Eve and Nana’s busy putting up the paper cuts while Dad is trying to keep up with the orders. Tensions are running high when Tom accidently rips a cherished decoration, but all is forgiven when the family unite to tell the ancient tell of why the lion dances at New Year. This delightful show for families toured to schools and theatre venues for two months.

Director: Kumiko Mendl 
Designer: Jean Chan
Lighting Designer: Douglas Kuhrt
General Manager: Susannah Kraft

Zenghui Qiu
Oliver Biles
Veronica Needa
Jamie Zubairi 

This delightful show for families toured to schools and theatre venues for two months.

by Carey English

Why the Lion Danced 2011

New Earth Theatre is a national touring theatre company that places British East and South East Asian (BESEA) artists and communities at the heart of all our work.

Now in its 29th year we continue on our journey to bring the voices, stories and creativity of BESEA artists to audiences across the UK and beyond.

Our fully funded, intensive summer course for British East and South East Asians aged 18 and over.

New Earth Academy

We’re taking part in The Big Give Arts For Impact Campaign to raise money for our 30th Anniversary.

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Visit the exhibition which explores themes of migration, identity and culture.

Tsunagu/Connect: The Exhibition

Meet James Robson, the cook on board the Cutty Sark. We have three actors performing as James in promenade performances on various days throughout 2024.

James Robson Character Encounter

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Kumiko Mendl

A paid one-week residency at the New Vic Theatre, Newcastle Under Lyme run by New Vic Theatre in association with New Earth Theatre.

The one-week residential course aims to expand the industry’s knowledge base for making theatre in-the-round and diversify the pool of Global Majority* backstage talent by providing the opportunity to work in a midscale, producing theatre. 

SPARKS is suitable for entry level and early career global majority people; 

Entry level sound and lighting technicians 

Company Stage Managers who would like to expand their knowledge of technical processes 

Early career Production Managers who would like to expand their technical knowledge 

Early career Sound and Lighting Designers who have not yet worked in the round  

There are 4 reserved places available for BESEA’s** out of a total of 8 places. 

The course will be led by Vicki Amedume and participants will train in person with the New Vic Tech and Production teams and freelance creatives. Each successful participant will receive a £450 bursary plus per diems, accommodation and travel expenses to cover for the week. 

After the course, the New Vic will fund a paid bespoke placement for two trainees to further their experience. 

*Global majority is a collective term for non-white people of African, Asian, Latin American descent (including people with dual or multiple heritage), who have been racialised as ‘ethnic minorities’ and, who constitute approximately 85 percent of the world's population. 

**We use the term BESEA to mean anyone from the following countries and their diasporas who live and work in Britain. These countries make up an area that is known as East and South East Asia; Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, North Korea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.

Ailin Conant

Lian Wilkinson

Tammie Rhee

Jordan Blake-Klein

Yuyu Wang

Naomi Sumner Chan

Course Dates: Monday 10 June - Friday 14 June 2024 
Course Leader: Vicki Dela Amedume 
Location: New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-Under-Lyme

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Why the Lion Danced 2011

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