Four-Eyed Theatre is an emerging street theatre company fuelled by a band of wonderfully chaotic, fiercely committed young artists—united by a shared love of play, mischief, and storytelling. Meeting while training across Europe, chasing the spirit of the absurd through London, Manchester, Paris, Avignon, and Padua. We all came to admire each other's boundless ability to piss about, thus joining forces and turning this quality into ‘professional work’.
We have coined the phrase ‘Monkeying around’ believing this to encapsulate the shared love and ability we possess and utilise on the daily. Because at its core ‘monkeying around’ is a sense of coequally shared laughter, play, and theatrical folly which combined in the right context are incredible tools for connection, storytelling, and change.
Since launching, we’ve spent the past three years touring across the UK (with the support of Applause Rural Touring), slowly building momentum whilst navigating studies, time zones, and terrible car rental choices. However, despite living in different countries we’ve been supported by the National Lottery, received Arts Council awards, advised and collaborated with brilliant organisations including 101 Outdoor Arts, Turtle Key Arts, Told by an Idiot, Dance Reading, The Story Museum and the Oxford Centre for Life Writing, and even landed a place on the Without Walls advisory board.
But we’re not just making shows. Four-Eyed Theatre exists to champion the next generation of outdoor artists. We want to demystify the world of street theatre and show early-career creatives that there is a place —and a pathway—for creating bold, playful, and physically-driven outdoor work. The opportunities are out there: rural touring networks, commissioning bodies, incredible collaborators. But when you’re just starting out, they can feel impossible to reach. We want to change that.
Now, with graduation in sight, we’re finally plotting to close the international gap and cohabit, collaborate and coevolve in the same place (a big silly house, probably in Reading), so we can GO TOTAL THEATRE—and turn this joyful, absurd, ambitious thing we’ve built into something sustainable.
So come join the chaos. See a show, join a workshop, read the newsletter or pop in for a cup of tea. But let's take this shizzle to the next level!
Love,
Hen, Mo, Harry and Theo x